As the COP29 climate conference enters its second week in Baku, Azerbaijan, global media have spotlighted it’s potential to become the second- largest COP on… Read More »COP29: What is at stake for gender equality as the second week of negotiation starts
Kyiv/New York, 18 November – As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its 1,000th day today, civilians, women, and girls in Ukraine are enduring deadly… Read More »1,000 days of the full-scale war: Ukrainian women drive humanitarian response and recovery amid growing security threats
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 25th November 2024, UN Women and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime… Read More »On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, UN Women draws attention to femicides
Pakistan is home to nearly 19 million child brides today. In the rugged mountains of Mohmand, in the heart of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Yasmin Gul’s… Read More »Breaking tradition to end child marriage in Pakistan’s remote village
At the Global Digital Public Infrastructure Summit in Cairo in October, UN Women announced that it has joined the Digital Public Goods Alliance, a multi-stakeholder… Read More »UN Women partners with the Digital Public Goods Alliance to advance gender justice
At the United Nations Conferences of the Parties (COPs) 29 on climate change in Baku, Azerbaijan from 11 to 22 November 2024, UN Women will… Read More »UN Women at COP29: Calling for a push on gender equality in climate action
Lyudmila is from Novoazovsk, a Ukrainian border city temporarily occupied by Russia. She cared for orphaned and semi-orphaned children until she was detained in October… Read More »Inside Izolyatsia: Lyudmila Huseynova’s story of survival, leadership and support for Ukraine’s women
Hundreds of Sudanese women and girls have been raped during the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, which has been… Read More »Navigating war, birth, and hope in Sudan
In 2021, Bangladesh Women’s Lawyers’ Association analysed reported cases to show that 84 per cent of women face sexual harassment in public spaces, workplaces and… Read More »A step forward for women’s safety in Bangladesh: The push for sexual harassment legislation
In Soloman Islands, a national study in 2009 revealed a higher prevalence of violence against women, with nearly two in three women aged 15 to 49… Read More »‘We deserve to be safe’ – With better access to gender-based violence services, women in the Solomon Islands are speaking up
