Get involved

When there is gender equality in a society, everyone benefits: women, men, girls and boys. We encourage you to get involved and actively promote and support gender equality and women rights.

How can you do it?

-          Speak up when you see injustice and inequalities.

-          Support and empower women and girls around you

-          Make sure that gender equality is an important principle in your organization: there is equal pay for the same work, equal treatment, equal advancement opportunities, etc. for men and women.

Join the Campaigns

Planet 50–50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality – Step It Up asks governments to make and follow through with national commitments to address the challenges that are holding women and girls back from reaching their full potential. Ninety world leaders have made concrete commitments and firm pledges to overcome gender equality gaps at, and since, a historic event co-hosted by UN Women and the People’s Republic of China: the “Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action.” Learn more ►

HeForShe – This action-oriented movement towards gender equality invites men and women around the world to stand together to create a bold, visible force for gender equality. Since its launch on 20 September 2014, hundreds of thousands of men from around the world, including Heads of State, CEOs and global luminaries, have committed to gender equality. Learn more ►
 

UNiTE to End Violence against Women – The UN Secretary-General’s UNiTE campaign aims to raise public awareness and increase political will and resources for preventing and ending all forms of violence against women and girls in all parts of the world. Learn more ►

Networks

Empower Women – Global movement for women’s economic empowerment. It engages gender equality advocates and empowers women to achieve their full economic potential in more than 190 countries. Empower Women equips both women and men with resources, opportunities and a global platform to become change-makers and leaders in their communities. Learn more ►

iKNOW Politics – Online workspace to help elected officials, candidates, political party leaders and members, researchers, students and other practitioners interested in advancing women in politics. Its goal is to increase the participation and effectiveness of women in political life. Learn more ►

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