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Stronger together: How care workers in Georgia are organizing for their rights
UN Women statement for the International Day of Rural Women, 15 October 2026
UN Women statement for the International Day of the Girl 2026
The scale of destruction and suffering after three years of war in Gaza can be measured in the lives of women and girls
Advancing inclusive pandemic prevention, preparedness and response for migrants, refugees and displaced populations
Middle East escalation could leave 11.7 million more women and girls facing food insecurity by end-2026
Middle East escalation threatens food security for an additional 11.7 million women and girls by the end of 2026
For rural women in Liberia, digital and economic empowerment go hand-in-hand
We need better care policies. But where do we start?
Governments, civil society, and private sector call for coordinated action to end technology-facilitated violence against women and girls
UN Women launches the Digital, Innovation and AI Hub dedicated exclusively to gender equality
One month after the Nepal floods, women are running community kitchens, feeding their communities, and rebuilding their lives
Building a safer digital future through women’s leadership in cybersecurity
AI is advancing fast. Women are being left behind in the workforce and leadership
Women’s care work fuels an unaccounted death toll in the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record
One in three institutions built to advance gender equality stripped of power in just two years, new UN report reveals
UN Women statement for International Equal Pay Day 2026
Women in the occupied West Bank increasingly cut off from daily life, living in fear amid rising violence and restrictions
Women head one in four households in Gaza as war tears families apart and reshapes household structures
Killing of Palestinians in Gaza has been so widespread that women now head one in four households, double the pre-October 2023 rate
A year since Afghan women staff barred from entering United Nations premises across the country
UN Women at the 81st session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 81)
UN Women Executive Director concludes three-day visit to Jordan
How conflict is experienced across three generations of Lebanese women
Nepal floods: 43,000 women and girls need immediate humanitarian assistance
Alysa Liu: ‘I know my worth’
Nearly 160,000 women and girls impacted by Nepal flash floods
One man’s quest to end female genital mutilation (FGM) in Mali
Serving through crisis: UN Women’s humanitarian workers on what keeps them going
Women of Influence: Sydney Female Leaders Share Why Community Has Become Critical to Building Successful Organisations
Press briefing at the United Nations by UN Women Special Representative in Afghanistan, Susan Ferguson
UN Women Executive Board to convene second regular session 2026
Five years after the Taliban takeover: the normalization of the exclusion of women and girls in Afghanistan
UN Women Statement For International Youth Day
Inside Liberia’s campaign to end female genital mutilation (FGM)
How aid cuts are threatening women’s organizations responding to Haiti’s gang violence
Joint statement on the World Day against Trafficking in Persons: Forced into crime – a call for protection, not punishment
Drone attacks by day and sexual violence by night leave no safe window for women and girls to collect water amidst rainy…
The community godmothers protecting women against violence in Senegal
Women and girls account for the majority of laboratory-confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda
UN Women Statement For World Environment Day
UN Women Afghanistan statement on Decree No. 18 issued by the de facto authorities
For 50 years, women have been overrepresented in Ebola deaths – UN Women fears the current outbreak will follow the same pattern
UN Women statement on the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
How menstruation is being weaponised in war
Building a more resilient digital future through women’s leadership in cybersecurity
UN Women Executive Board to convene annual session 2026
Reports to police of online violence against women journalists double since 2020, with one in four experiencing related anxiety and/or depression

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