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Building partnerships, localizing global plans critical to achieving sustainable development, leaders say, as High-Level Political Forum concludes.

General Assembly Seventy-third session Informal meeting of the plenary on “Joining Forces to Achieve Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment”

Upon her return from an official visit to Afghanistan and following a suicide bombing in Kabul City that left 11 civilians dead, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said, “as we witnessed again yesterday, conflict continues in Afghanistan” and noted that “in 2018, the country suffered the highest number of civilian casualties since UNAMA began recording figures in 2009.” UNIFEED

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, led an all-women delegation of top UN officials on a solidarity mission to Afghanistan, with a focus on issues linked to women, peace and security. UNAMA

Press Briefing on gender equality and women’s leadership for a sustainable world.

Informal Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on Gender Equality and Women's Leadership for a Sustainable World - A Panel Discussion with the President's Group of Gender Equality.

“No country has achieved full gender equality and women continue to face discrimination in every region of the world,” President of the General Assembly, Maria Espinosa said at the opening of a high-level meeting of the Assembly titled “Gender equality and women’s leadership for a sustainable world.” UNIFEED

A new UN Women report examines how transformations in families impact women’s rights and puts forth policy agenda to end gender inequalities within families. UNIFEED

Press briefing by UN Women on the launch of their flagship report entitled “Progress of the World’s Women 2019: Families in a Changing World”.