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
“Chineo” is a racist, colonialist practice dating back to the Spanish conquest, allowing white men to gang rape indigenous women or underage girls with impunity.… Read More »Interview with Irene Cari: How indigenous and feminist women’s groups in Argentina are rising to stop racist sexual violence and femicide
We the leaders of 15 United Nations and humanitarian organizations urge, yet again, all parties fighting in Gaza to protect civilians, and call on the… Read More »Stop the assault on Palestinians in Gaza and on those trying to help them
Effie Owuor made history when she joined the Kenyan attorney general’s chambers as the country’s first female state council in 1967. In the years that… Read More »‘Women try and make peace’ – Interview with Kenyan jurist Effie Owuor
