Remarks by UN Under-Secretary General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the UN Security Council high-level open ...

Addressing the digital gender divide in Africa through the African Girls Can Code Initiative Addressing the digital gender divide in Africa through the African Girls Can Code Initiative Expert’s take: ...

This year’s Commission on the Status of Women marks a major milestone. Together, you have set the global normative framework on gender equality, technology and innovation that will shape the lives of ...

A new global Police Handbook aims to address some of the most difficult challenges that survivors of violence face when accessing police and justice sector services around the world. Today, UN Women, ...

#ForAllWomenAndGirls is a rallying call for action on the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Pendo Vestine from Rwanda is an alumni from the UN Women’s regional ...

In a speech prepared in the context of the Global Leaders’ Meeting, President Horacio Cartes said: “I make a firm commitment to strengthening the actions needed to speed up the advancement of real and ...

UN Women estimates that more than 28,000 women and girls have been killed in Gaza since the beginning of the war in October 2023 – that is one woman and one girl on average killed every hour in ...

This year’s theme, “The power of communities”, celebrates the strength that emerges from solidarity. It honours the diversity ...

Women in Sud-Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, gather early to attend to growing crops they cultivate collectively. Many work while simultaneously caring for their children. Photo: UN Women ...

UN Women is on the ground in Afghanistan, supporting Afghan women and girls every day. Photo credit: UN Women/Sayed Habib Bidell Women’s rights in Afghanistan have always been a matter of fierce ...

From increasing women’s representation in leadership and decision-making to redistributing care-work and productive resources, progress towards a gender equal and sustainable future starts with taking ...

Addressing the digital gender divide in Africa through the African Girls Can Code Initiative Addressing the digital gender divide in Africa through the African Girls Can Code Initiative Expert’s take: ...