2025

How to end wars: Invest in the Women, Peace and Security agenda

Twenty-five years since the world declared that peace requires gender equality, funds for peacebuilders are down and conflicts are on the rise.

On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, a powerful, intergenerational group of women leaders called for urgent action to centre women’s leadership in… Read More »UN Women Leaders Network calls for bold action on peace at UNGA80

With winter approaching, many women and girls affected by the earthquake in eastern Afghanistan are still struggling to access humanitarian aid and life-saving services. UN… Read More »UN Women urgently appeals for USD 2.5 million to support women and girls affected by the Afghanistan earthquake

Gender equality remains the unfinished business of our time – and the private sector is indispensable for closing the gap, according to a new report… Read More »Gender equality is the world’s unfinished business – and unfinished potential

Online misogyny has reached crisis levels, with women and girls subjected daily to harassment, abuse and discrimination across digital spaces.

Governments commit to more than 212 actions showing global support for women and girls.

Remarks by UN Under-Secretary General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the High-level meeting of the UN General Assembly on the 30th anniversary… Read More »Speech: Gender equality remains a unifying force for the world – 2025 must be our turning point

UN Women applauds the ECOSOC adoption today by consensus of the resolution on the revitalization of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), a… Read More »The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) revitalization – a renewed commitment from governments to all women and girls

Women and girls continue to bear the brunt of the Afghanistan earthquake – one of the deadliest in the country’s recent history.