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Women in Georgia spend half as much time as men on paid work and twice as much on unpaid work but paid paternity leave in Georgia could help to change that.

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Women in Mexico City joined the 25th of November demonstration raising awareness towards the elimination of violence against women and girls. Photo: UN Women/Dzilam Méndez
Research highlight|Ending violence against women
The power of women's activism: protests against gender-based violence during COVID-19
People in Uganda commemorate the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence with a bike ride. Photo: UN Women/Martin Ninsiima
Impact story|Ending violence against women
Uganda’s violence against women survey heralds legislative and policy changes
A woman in Colombia picks Coffee beans. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Impact story|Ending violence against women
COVID-19 survey on violence against women in Colombia heralds local-level data and changes
UN Security Council during the Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security in 2019. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Gender data story|Peace and security
Women at the UN Security Council: a sea change in numbers
Students on the grounds of the Angelina Jolie Primary School in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Gender data story|SDG monitoring
Leaving no girl behind in education
Chandra Kala Thapa works in the fields near Chatiune Village in Sindhuli Disrict, Nepal. Photo: UN Women/Narendra Shrestha
Research highlight|SDG monitoring
It will take 22 years to close SDG gender data gaps
UN Women Colombia/Juan Camilo Arias
Impact story|Gender data production and collection
New national gender data publication makes waves in Colombia
Sunita Rai, 40, lives in Chalna at Dacope upazila in Khulna. She suffers due to a spinal cord ailment for the last 16 years, which stemmed from an injection that was pushed into her during her C-section delivery. Her husband abandoned her after finding her in that state, and has not been in contact with her since. She lives with her mother. Before the coronavirus pandemic, she used to work as a tailor and embroider, whenever she felt fit. But that came to a halt soon amid the outbreak, as she was laid off.
Research highlight|Disabilities
Six ways women with disabilities have been affected by the pandemic
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