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#HurricaneMelissa has left deep devastation across the Caribbean. UN Women reports thousands of women and girls displaced, facing heightened risks and urgent needs in the aftermath of the Category 5 storm. Women and girls must be at the center of emergency response and long-term recovery. Their safety, livelihoods and leadership are essential to rebuilding resilient communities. 🔗 Learn more about our response in the Caribbean: https://lnkd.in/enxwvkeV #ForAllWomenAndGirls

Peace is... 🕊️ Safety 🕊️ Respect 🕊️ Humanity 🕊️ Life without fear Women and girls must be at the heart of peacebuilding — because #GenderEquality is the foundation for lasting peace. What does #peace mean to you? Tell us in the comments below and join the conversation on #WomenPeaceSecurity 👇 #ForAllWomenAndGirls

🆕 𝐔𝐍 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐛 #GenderEquality and peace go hand-in-hand. At our newly launched Knowledge Hub on Women, Peace and Security, deepen your understanding of the central work of women in building safer communities and longer lasting peace through: ✔️ Publications ✔️ Case studies ✔️ Policy insights 👇 Check out our #WomenPeaceSecurity knowledge hub to see how women and their rights are central to all efforts to realize lasting #peace for all: https://lnkd.in/ex5aYgCQ #ForAllWomenAndGirls

“Homes reduced to dust and yet, in the ruins, women are standing tall.” As we cling to hope that the ceasefire in #Gaza holds, women and girls face urgent needs that require immediate action. UN Women is on the ground, working alongside the United Nations system and humanitarian partners, to ensure that women’s leadership is central to recovery efforts. See what women in Gaza are telling us they need most urgently right now and how we’re supporting them: https://lnkd.in/e-8cd29B #ForAllWomenAndGirls

Women and girls do 16 BILLION hours of unpaid care every day. This imbalance is structural, not natural. #ForAllWomenAndGirls, let’s stop calling care ‘women’s work.’ Let’s support it, share it, and pay for it. 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eJmAwEXR #DayOfCare

Today marks an exciting milestone for UN Women and our partnership with #Germany. On behalf of UN Women, I had the pleasure of signing the agreement to establish our new UN Women Global Office in Bonn, together with Ambassador Ricklef Beutin. This new chapter reflects Germany’s steadfast leadership and unwavering commitment to #multilateralism and #GenderEquality. With its legacy of international cooperation and focus on sustainability, #Bonn already hosts the UN Campus and many of our sister agencies, providing an inspiring home for collaboration and innovation. Through our new global office, we look forward to building even stronger global partnerships and accelerating progress for women and girls everywhere. Germany in the UN

Care is the invisible engine of our lives — powering our families, communities, and economies. Yet, for too long, it has gone unrecognized and undervalued. When we make care visible — when we share it, support it, and invest in it — we unlock equality, dignity, and opportunity for all. This #DayOfCare, let’s recognize care for what it truly is: the work that makes all other work possible. 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gUqrR6ci #ForAllWomenAndGirls

25 years since the world declared that peace requires #GenderEquality, we are seeing: 🔺Rise in conflicts 🔻Decline in funds for peacebuilders But when women are at the negotiating table, peace is: 🕊️ more likely 🕊️ more inclusive 🕊️ more durable Read our explainer to understand the connection between #GenderEquality and peace – and why nations must invest in them: https://lnkd.in/efAjUapD #WomenPeaceSecurity

Lasting #peace is not possible when half the population is excluded. As we mark 25 years since the adoption of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, join our call for women’s equal participation as agents of peace. 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eG9vEpfF #WomenPeaceSecurity

What happens when the people protecting women have no protection themselves? UN Women's new report "At Risk and Underfunded" finds that sweeping aid cuts are dismantling the very organizations critical to ending violence against women and girls — shutting down services, silencing advocacy, and putting progress at risk. Decades of progress are at risk. It’s time to act #ForAllWomenAndGirls. 🔗 Find out what’s at stake: https://lnkd.in/gqsR_Dwq #NoExcuse