2026

At CSW70, adolescent girls, young feminists, older women advocates and policymakers came together to identify intergenerational solutions to one of the most persistent barriers hindering… Read More »Justice must work for all women and girls, and for every generation – At CSW70, young leaders and women’s rights advocates tackle the justice gap across the life course

Closing remarks by Ms. Sima Bahous, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director at the Commission on the Status of Women at its Seventieth Session,… Read More »Speech: The headwinds are strong, but our shared resolve to advance women’s rights is stronger

Young people from around the world joined Member States and United Nations leaders for an interactive dialogue on ensuring and strengthening access to justice for… Read More »Youth leaders call for transformative justice reforms at CSW70

New Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) – UN Women data show women remain far from equal political power, holding just 22.4 per cent of cabinet posts and… Read More »Only 1 in 7 countries is led by a woman as global political power remains dominated by men

Ahead of International Girls in ICT Day, two students share how the African Girls Can Code Initiative is empowering young women to transform the tech… Read More »From learning to leading: Unlocking the power of girls in ICT

Remarks by Gielan El Messiri UN Women Representative in Lebanon at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

Remarks by UN Women Afghanistan Special Representative, Susan Ferguson, at UN Headquarters in New York, speaking from Kabul.

Motherhood still comes with a pay penalty, and women continue to be paid less for work of equal value – not by accident, but by… Read More »Op-ed: The cost of motherhood and the gender pay gap

As climate litigation gathers force, women are helping to redefine what accountability looks like – and exposing how far climate policy still is from delivering… Read More »Women, climate change, and the search for accountability