Women's empowerment

In 2024, over halfway to the 2030 deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals, as we commemorate International Women's Day, it is crucial to reflect on our collective journey towards gender equality and envision the path ahead.

The European Union and U.N. Women are set to provide financial and technical support to 22 civil society organizations in Turkey with an aim to advance women's rights and gender equality in the country.

Representatives of organizations from 17 province across the country came together for an award ceremony in Ankara with the participation of U.N. Women and EU senior officials.

The 23rd Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival came to a close on May 14 with a videoconference ceremony as the world continued to grapple with the novel coronavirus.

A total of 1,301 women directors from various countries applied for the festival this year.

Seventy-six films from 31 countries were screened online for film lovers.

On March 8 - International Women's Day, the non-governmental organization Reach for Change launched the global initiative Bridgit, which aims to overcome digital inequality between men and women. 11 women - social entrepreneurs from Europe and Africa will get support to develop their digital solutions that increase access to information technology for women and girls.

The priority of the Serbian government is to protect and promote rights and empower women in our society, Brnabic said, according to the government.

On 19-20 June 2018, the Ministry of Interior co-organised the 3rd COPOLAD II Annual Conference 'Women and drug policy. Progress and challenges in the implementation of the gender approach and the empowerment of women as a cross-cutting matter'. The event was part of the calendar of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU.

Turkey was number one in 2017 for the number of companies signing up to the U.N.’s Women Empowerment Principles, according to Alia El-Yassir, who is the U.N. Women Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia and Representative to Turkey.

The country’s leading business association, the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD), has changed its name in Turkish, heralding a step to end gender discrimination and enhance women empowerment.

Like the previous year, a bell-ringing ceremony was held at Turkey's main stock exchange Borsa Istanbul on March 8 in cooperation with U.N. Global Compact, U.N.

Don't be surprised if you soon come across products that carry the logo of the United Nations' Women's Empowerment Principles (WEP).

When you see that logo on that product, you will know that the company that produced that product is working for the empowerment of women, both at its workplace and on a global level.