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
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
UN Women statement for International Youth Day, 12 August 2025.
A grassroots feminist organizer in Eastern Sudan shares how young women are demanding true inclusion and redefining peace from the ground up.
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 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
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
In a new report, UN Women, CARE International and partners urge long-term support for women and girls.
Remarks by Salvator Nkurunziza, UN Women Representative in Sudan, speaking at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, from Port Sudan.
As Sudan’s humanitarian crisis deepens with escalating famine and conflict, women and girls are bearing the brunt. A new report, “Gender Snapshot: Women, Food Insecurity,… Read More »Women-led households at triple risk of severe food insecurity in Sudan
