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A new interactive database provides visual progress on sustainable development and human rights goals across the globe. It is based on more than 50,000 recommendations made during the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The UPR is a peer-review mechanism of the Human Rights Council that looks at the human rights situation on the ground for each of the United Nation’s 193 Member States.

The Global Gender Equality Constitutional Database is a repository of gender equality related provisions in 195 constitutions from around the world.

The guide, illustrated with watercolor drawings, provides a brief adoption history of the Declaration and 2 versions of the text: one specifically adopted for the children and the second written in plain English.

Women’s representation in political decision-making continues to rise slowly, with slight improvements since 2017.

This guide was built to streamline the research process on this particular topic. It combines primary and secondary sources from both the archives and library of the United Nations at Geneva. The guide also includes links to relevant sites outside of the UNOG library and archives.

The UHRI enables users to produce overviews of human rights recommendations by country (summary by country), by Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), or by Human Rights Voluntary Goals (HRVGs), as well as to perform basic and advanced searches by using filters.

Assessment reports, policy papers, case studies, and country evaluation reports by different UN Bodies on topics related to the work of UN Women.

This document highlights some of the legal, social and economic barriers to the empowerment of women that have been reported during the global lockdown.

This brief presents emerging evidence of the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic on violence against women and girls (VAWG)and advocates for measures that prevent and respond to VAWG in the current circumstances of lockdown.

This document international commitments to advance gender equality that have brought about improvements in some areas such as child marriage and female genital mutilation.

This brief shines a light on the critical role of women’s leadership in responding to COVID-19 (coronavirus) and preparing for a more equitable recovery.

This publication documents the origins, drivers and prevalence of harmful practices within countries as well as in humanitarian settings, while also highlighting the impact on girls’ and women’s health and the eventual achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.

This publication from UN Women presents the latest evidence on the multiple impacts of the pandemic on women and girls, including how the crisis is affecting extreme poverty, employment, health, unpaid care and violence against women and girls.