Women’s and girls’ rights, gender equality, and sexual and reproductive health and rights

URG works, in particular, on how to mobilise the UN human rights system, especially the human rights mechanisms, and strengthen State engagement therewith, as a key strategy to maintain and accelerate progress with gender equality and women’s and girls’ rights, in all parts of the world.

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Generation Equality Forum – the Paris edition: More bold commitments,…

On 30 June, UN Secretary-General António Guterres opened the second session of the Generation Equality Forum (GEF) alongside UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and French President Emmanuel Macron. The GEF is a global gathering co-organised by UN Women and the Governments of France and Mexico in close cooperation with…

Generation Equality Forum 2021: A light at the end of…

In his virtual address at the inauguration ceremony of the Generation Equality Forum 2021, French President Emmanuel Macron remarked that ‘no country in the world has yet achieved complete equality between men and women’. This observation crystallises the alarming state of gender equality almost 26 years after the Fourth World…

Argentina passes landmark law to legalise abortion: A step forward…

In the last days of 2020, Latin America and the international community at large witnessed a historic moment for women’s rights as Argentina passed a landmark law to decriminalise abortion. With 38 votes in favour, 29 against, and one abstention, the Senate approved a law that made Argentina the largest…

Spotlight on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights at the…

In Michelle Bachelet’s address at the 74th session of the Third Committee at the UN General Assembly (GA) she highlighted recent ‘pushbacks on women’s equality’ and the need for a ‘pushback to the pushback.’ Indeed, over the last several years, women’s rights, and especially women’s sexual and reproductive health and…