Press briefing by UN Women on the new Afghanistan Gender Alert
Remarks by UN Women Chief of Humanitarian Action Sofia Calltorp at the Palais des Nations in Geneva
2025
Four years after Taliban takeover, Afghans overwhelmingly back girls’ education
New UN Women report finds 92 per cent of Afghans support girls’ secondary schooling.
Statement: A call on leaders to #ActForHumanity – the world is watching
UN Women statement for World Humanitarian Day, 19 August 2025
Afghanistan: Ten facts about the world’s most severe women’s rights crisis
Four years after the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021, dozens of its directives have stripped Afghan women and girls of their rights to… Read More »Afghanistan: Ten facts about the world’s most severe women’s rights crisis
Press briefing by UN Women, four years since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
Four years since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan (15 August), UN Women Afghanistan Special Representative Susan Ferguson delivers press briefing at UN Headquarters in New… Read More »Press briefing by UN Women, four years since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
Statement: Local youth actions for the Sustainable Development Goals and beyond
UN Women statement for International Youth Day, 12 August 2025.
For ALL Women and Girls: Areej Hussein on young women peacebuilders taking the lead
A grassroots feminist organizer in Eastern Sudan shares how young women are demanding true inclusion and redefining peace from the ground up.
UN Women Executive Board to convene second regular session 2025
The UN Women Executive Board will convene for its second regular session from Tuesday 9 to Wednesday 10 September 2025 in person at United Nations Headquarters in… Read More »UN Women Executive Board to convene second regular session 2025
Many forced to return, Afghan women expelled from Iran and Pakistan fighting to rebuild their lives
Many Afghan women and girls deported from Iran and Pakistan return with nothing. Learn how they’re rebuilding their lives amid crisis and displacement, and how… Read More »Many forced to return, Afghan women expelled from Iran and Pakistan fighting to rebuild their lives
Let us stand with the women of the Sahel in recognition of their power to shape a better future
Remarks by Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the United Nations Security Council Briefing on the Sahel at… Read More »Let us stand with the women of the Sahel in recognition of their power to shape a better future
