The theme of this year’s International Day of the Girl is, ‘Girls’ vision for the future’. Research from UNICEF shows that girls are not only courageous in the face of challenges, but hopeful for the ...

“The bombing is very close by, so horror is dominating,” said Zeinab Qabalan Salamieh, a 45-year-old divorced mother of two, living in the Rashidieh Palestine refugee camp on Lebanon’s southern coast.

The UN Women Leaders Network was launched this week on the sidelines of the 79 th UN General Assembly. It is UN Women's first permanent network of its kind, composed of intergenerational and ...

The “World survey on the role of women in development” is presented every five years to the Economic and Financial Committee of the United Nations General Assembly. It provides a unique opportunity to ...

War, violent conflict, terrorism and violent extremism have differential and devastating consequences for women and girls. In the face of this, women are all over the world are leading movements for ...

In every country around the world women face multiple barriers and gender-based discrimination in the work place. The discrimination sets in early—from the kind of education girls get or till which ...

El Día internacional de las mujeres rurales reconoce el papel determinante que juegan las mujeres de medios rurales, ...

In 2024, three major United Nations Conferences of the Parties (COPs) convene in a single year, marking a pivotal opportunity ...

I am grateful to be addressing you on the catastrophic impact that the humanitarian crisis in Sudan has had on women and girls. According to a new Gender Alert published today by UN Women, women and ...

New York, 19 September 2024 — UN Women has today launched the “Generation Equality accountability report 2024”, which uncovers significant progress on the commitments made by this multi-stakeholder ...