2025

UN Women statement for the International Day of Care and Support, 29 October 2025

Sweeping aid cuts are dismantling the very organizations that are critical to ending violence against women and girls. The new UN Women report At Risk… Read More »One in three organizations have suspended or shut down programmes on ending violence against women due to funding cuts

East and Southern Africa governments are prioritising investing in the care economy. From unpaid care work time-saving solutions in Rwanda to safer care jobs in… Read More »In East and Southern Africa, care is everyone’s business – and it’s changing lives

Gender inequality and the climate crisis are two of the most urgent challenges of today. As we better understand and make the critical connections between… Read More »Five ways to build gender equality and sustainability

The 2025 UN Secretary-General’s report on Women, Peace and Security warns that 676 million women now live within 50 kilometers of deadly conflict, the highest… Read More »Wars on women escalate as global conflicts reach record highs

Press briefing by UN Women on the situation of women and girls in Gaza on October 17 2025.

The recent blackout by the Taliban exposed how vital the Internet has become for Afghan women and how, when that connection is lost, hope fades and isolation takes hold.

Women peacebuilders are localizing the global Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda: mediating conflicts, countering violent extremism and promoting equality.

UN Women statement for the International Day of Rural Women, 15 October 2025

Remarks by Sabine Freizer Gunes, UN Women Representative in Ukraine, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.