The Symposium of Traditional Leaders and Faith Leaders in Lesotho was held on 30 June 2022, at Lehakoe Recreational Centre, Maseru, with the aim of bolstering a dynamic and vast collaborative experience between the Principal Chiefs and Faith Leaders. The symposium was organized by UN Women South Africa Multi Country office through Man Up Lesotho who seek to address sexual gender-based violence (SGBV) and HIV vulnerability through mobilising men.

Guatemalan actor Benjamín Levy Aguilar, together with representatives of the UN Guatemala, signed a commitment in favor of gender equality and the empowerment of women within the framework of the global initiative HeForShe.

The Arabic HeForShe team recently implemented a social media campaign to raise awareness for gender equality and women's empowerment through interactive social media posts and stories in Arabic and English that aim to break down harmful stereotypes. 

North Wales Police came together with forces from across the UK on Tuesday July 5th as part of the international gender equality campaign – HeForShe.

For the past five years, all UK forces have been signed up to the UN Women’s initiative and are working together to solve gender inequalities found within policing and to work to combat domestic abuse and sexual abuse in society.

It is with great sadness that we received the news of the tragic passing of His Excellency Mr. Abe Shinzo, the former Prime Minister of Japan.

Gabon officially launched the HeForShe global solidarity movement spearheaded by UN Women to further engage men and boys as agents of change in advancing women’s rights and strengthening positive masculinity throughout the country and across communities.  As a series of high-level events kicked off the national launch under the patronage of the government-led platform “Gabon Egalité” and the Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Foundation, the main highlight of the action was marked by the pinning of the President of Gabon, H.E Ali Bongo Ondimba, awarding him with the presti

On the 8th of March 2022, UN Women and the British Embassy in collaboration with the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries and the National Gallery of Zimbabwe hosted the 4th Edition of the #HeForShe Impact Summit in commemoration of the International Women’s Day. The Summit brought together 64 participants mostly Diplomats and Business Leaders.

In just over two weeks, the war in Ukraine has led to more than 2.5 million refugees being forced to flee to neighbouring countries, generating ever-growing protection risks, including gender-based violence and sexual exploitation and abuse, as the vast majority of people on the move are women and children. This is the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II.

In the recently ended Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP 26) held in Glasgow, Scotland, there was affirmation of collective action among states, corporates and the third sector. There was a call for action and accountability on the commitments that were made. During the conference, 83 countries, 750 companies and 1000+ cities made a commitment to net-zero emissions by 2050. In the same meeting 141 world leaders made a pledge to stop deforestation by 2030 with a pledge of $19.2 billion by 2030.

~ gender equality has been “demoted by war, climate change and covid” ~

Majority believe climate change more serious than gender equality

Climate change seen as more important, yet 80% of those displaced are women

Gender equality now only ranked 10th as a most pressing issue