This is the UN Women global Flickr account - For more photos from our offices around the world, check out our regional Flickr accounts, administered by UN Women Regional Offices:

UN Women Asia and the Pacific: www.flickr.com/photos/unwomenasiapacific/

UN Women Europe and Central Asia: www.flickr.com/photos/86859554@N06/

UN Women Arab States: www.flickr.com/photos/unwomenarabstates/

UN Women Africa: www.flickr.com/photos/86818492@N05/

UN Women Americas and the Carribbean: www.flickr.com/photos/unwomenamericasandthecaribbean/

HeForShe: www.flickr.com/photos/heforshe

About us: UN Women is the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.

Gender equality is not only a basic human right, but its achievement has enormous socio-economic ramifications. Empowering women fuels thriving economies, spurring productivity and growth.

Yet gender inequalities remain deeply entrenched in every society. Women lack access to decent work and face occupational segregation and gender wage gaps. They are too often denied access to basic education and health care. Women in all parts of the world suffer violence and discrimination. They are under-represented in political and economic decision-making processes.

For many years, the UN has faced serious challenges in its efforts to promote gender equality globally, including inadequate funding and no single recognized driver to direct UN activities on gender equality issues.

UN Women was created to address such challenges. It will be a dynamic and strong champion for women and girls, providing them with a powerful voice at the global, regional and local levels.

Grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the UN Charter, UN Women, among other issues, works for the: elimination of discrimination against women and girls; empowerment of women; and achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

To learn more, visit: www.unwomen.org

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