Priority Gender Equality
UNESCO and its partners work to provide solutions to reduce inequalities in and through education, to empower women in science and technology for environmental action, to promote inclusion and combat gender-based violence, to bridge the digital gender divide and to support women’s empowerment in crisis, emergency and early recovery contexts.
UNESCO is committed to gender equality as a human rights issue and a precondition for sustainable people-centered development. It is at the core of UNESCO’s conviction of how to build lasting peace.
As part of its Global Priority Gender Equality, UNESCO publishes every two years a comprehensive report showcasing progress in advancing the rights of women and girls across its mandate. The new edition, UNESCO in Action for Gender Equality 2024–2025, highlights results and impact from across the Organization’s work, illustrating how UNESCO drives change with its partners worldwide — as a laboratory of ideas, a clearinghouse, a standard-setter, a catalyst for international cooperation, and a capacity builder — while supporting Member States in translating its gender equality commitment into concrete action.
Highlights
Culture is now widely recognized as a global public good. Yet, a critical question remains: is it a public good for all? This first-of-its-kind toolkit offers effective actionable strategies for advancing gender equality in the cultural and creative sectors. It promotes a rights-based approach, affirming that all individuals have the right to access, participate in, and contribute to cultural life. With step-by-step guidance, real-life best practices, and scenarios, it equips policymakers with the tools to drive meaningful, measurable and transformative change for all.
Calls for Action
Towards Victory for Gender Equality
Football offers a vast playing field to promote gender equality, and crucially, the involvement of all players and stakeholders is necessary to achieve it.
On 8 March 2024, UNESCO joined forces with women from around the world and across the football ecosystem to issue a Call to Action for gender equality in and through sports.
Bias in artificial intelligence can reinforce stereotypes and contribute to harms such as technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV). This Red Teaming Playbook offers a concrete and collaborative method for identifying these risks in generative AI systems and helping to mitigate them in support of the social good.
