Teenage and women in Afghanistan are prohibited from being educated. “Created by women for women”: 15 years old, the UN agency promoting gender equality Women Fariba, young Afghan, she began to study at the university in 2021 – just when the Taliban was seized and forbade women and girls to receive secondary and higher education. this is only one of the many ways in which de facto authorities limit the basic rights of women and girls. Today, Afghanistan occupies one of the last places in the world in terms of gender equality. “Sometimes I do not understand how to maintain hope on such dark days,” says Farib (name changed for security reasons). ~ > 62 ~ Afghanistan is not the only country where regression is observed in the field of gender equality. Similar processes today are 25 percent of states. With this sad trend, the structure of the UN-Woman, dealing with the issues of gender equality and expanding the rights and capabilities of women, collided in the year of its 15th anniversary. And today her mission is more relevant than ever. “Now there is no time to retreat. Now is the time to go forward, ”said the Executive Director of the Sima Bachus agency. 60 ~ h2 > regression in the field of gender equality 62 ~ founded in July 2010, today the UN-woman agency operates in 80 countries, operates in 80 countries, operates in 80 countries, works in 80 countries, works In an effort to help women and girls realize their potential. Despite significant progress in ensuring access to the formation and promotion of women’s rights, financing in this area is reduced, and the changes are very slow. 60 > every tenth woman and girl in the world lives under extreme poverty. And this problem will be solved by the current pace no earlier than after 137 years. ~ 60 > Over the past 10 years, the number of women living in conflict zones or in areas next to conflict zones has doubled. Women under such conditions are more at risk of violence, and also more often encounter a lack of food. ~ 60 > in 103 countries of the world, the woman never became the head of state, and complete gender equality in the leadership at the government level, according to forecasts, will come only after 130 years. The gender digital gap continues to grow – even despite the technological revolution and rapid development of AI. Many women and girls are deprived of access to technologies that determine the future. ~ 60 > nonetheless, even in such difficult conditions-and possibly because of them-the structure of the UN-female woman remains a driving force in the struggle for gender equality and expansion of rights women. 60 ~ h2 > war and world ~ 60 > according to the UN data, the participation of women in peace negotiations makes peace agreements more durable. However, from 2020 to 2023, women did not participate in 80 percent of peace negotiations. ~ 60 > Nevertheless, some shifts appear in the direction of greater inclusiveness and gender equality in peacekeeping activities. so, everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, everything. More Ukrainian women are mastered by the profession of sapper – traditionally considered “male”. “What seems to be“ not feminine ”may turn out to be your mission,” says Tatyana Rubank, the head of the sapper team. ~ 60 > Active participation of women is now especially important, taking into account the UN of Cleaning Service, at least 20 percent of the territory of Ukraine is polluted by unexplored ammunition. combining, women achieve changes ~ 60 > there are evidence that gender quotas in the authorities are really effective, but women are still excluded from many processes of adoption decisions. 60 > that is why the UN supports collective forms of female participation: when women do not act one, but together, they achieve the best results. 60 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 ~In the Pacific region, most sellers in the markets are women, but the markets themselves are controlled by municipalities where men prevail. This often led to the fact that issues that worried many market saleswriters-poor ventilation, safety problems, lack of refrigeration equipment-were not solved. ~ 60 > 60 > since 2014, with the support of the UN-Winness, more than 50 thousand women-trading women united in the association. This allowed them to conduct collective negotiations and achieve changes. “We are not just ordinary women who have nothing. Our opinion matters. We just didn’t think about ourselves before, ”says Joy Janet Ramo, the head of the Sales Association on Solomon Islands. without losing hope 60 > in Afghanistan there are more than 80 decrees that limit basic bases. Rights of women and girls. These are 80 ways to suppress their potential – and 80 reasons to lose hope. 60 > “The colors of the rainbow faded in my life. I no longer see a single color that I could draw, ”says Anita, a former artist and teacher. ~ 60 > and yet these women are not given. They create local initiative groups, promote female leadership and prepare women for the day when they can again use their rights. 60 > Today the global deficit of financing for support for gender equality is $ 420 billion a year. This makes the work of the structure of the “UN-female” more and more difficult. But even despite this, the organization doubles efforts in the struggle for equality.