This year’s theme, “The power of communities”, celebrates the strength that emerges from solidarity. It honours the diversity within LGBTIQ+ communities and the collective efforts… Read More »UN Women statement on the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
UN Women press release sounding the alarm in a report that revelas that 90 per cent of surveyed women’s organizations are being pushed to a breaking… Read More »New survey shows half of women’s organizations aiding women in crises may shut down in six months due to global aid cuts
During the UN Women Executive Board’s recent official visit to Zimbabwe, President E.D. Mnangagwa told the Board President, Ambassador Nicola Clase of Sweden: “We believe… Read More »UN Women Executive Board concludes its visit to Zimbabwe reaffirming commitment to support women’s empowerment and resilience
The UN Women Executive Board will convene for its annual session from Tuesday 17 to Thursday 19 June 2025 at United Nations Headquarters in New… Read More »UN Women Executive Board to convene annual session 2025
Haiti’s escalating gang violence has pushed the country to the brink of collapse, with armed groups controlling key neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince and carrying out mass… Read More »Media Factsheet Haiti: Impact of ongoing violence on women and girls
#ForAllWomenandGirls is a rallying call for action on the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Sushmita S. Preetha, senior journalist at… Read More »For ALL Women and Girls: Sushmita S. Preetha on elevating and protecting women journalists
The 27th session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change—otherwise known as COP 27—opens Sunday, 6 November 2022.… Read More »In focus: COP 27
This International Women’s Day, 8 March, join UN Women and the world in coming together under the theme “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”,… Read More »In Focus: International Women’s Day
Energy powers every aspect of our lives, and by 2050, up to 90 per cent of the world’s electricity could come from renewable sources. This… Read More »Interview: Gender equality is key to a just renewable energy future
Remarks by Anna Mutavati, UN Women Regional Director for East and Southern Africa and Salvator Nkurunziza, UN Women Country Representative in Sudan, speaking at the… Read More »Press briefing by UN Women on the humanitarian needs of women and girls in Sudan after two years of war
