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UN officials and partners addressed reporters today after having concluded a two-day visit to Haiti to raise awareness of the unprecedented humanitarian crisis in the country and assess how humanitarian agencies can expand their operations. UNIFEED

In Lebanon, the UN deputy chief Amina Mohammed explored, first-hand, the challenges of the most vulnerable groups: children and people with special needs. ESCWA

Speaking at the opening of the 67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67), Secretary-General António Guterres said, “women's rights are being abused, threatened and violated around the world,” as “progress won over decades is vanishing before our eyes.” UNIFEED

Addressing Security Council Members on the situation in Somalia, UN-Women Executive Director, Sima Bahous, said, “You have repeatedly called for women’s meaningful participation. But we need you to demand it and be more specific about what you mean and what you expect.” UNIFEED

UN Women is launching a groundbreaking set of recommendations on protecting women human rights defenders worldwide, especially those at risk in migration contexts. UNTV CH

Ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, observed on November 25th, a new report by UN Women and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) indicates that more than five women or girls are killed every hour by someone in their own family. UNIFEED

Achieving full gender equality, one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), could take close to 300 years if the current rate of progress continues, according to a report published on Wednesday by UN Women and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA). UNIFEED

UN Women’s country representative in Afghanistan said “for most Afghan women and girls,” almost every one the 344 days since the Taliban took power “has brought a deterioration in their rights, their condition, and their social and political status.” UNIFEED

The Executive Director of UN Women, Sima Bahous, told the Security Council that the trauma of war “risks destroying a generation” in Ukraine, stressing the importance of continuing “all efforts to advance peace.” UNIFEED

UN Women chief Sima Bahous said International Women’s Day is a day for “reflection, for renewed hope, and for increased action,” and called for women’s economic inclusion as an essential element in the pursuit of peace. UNIFEED