Remarks by Sofia Calltorp, UN Women Chief of Humanitarian Action – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva ...

Sexual violence continues to surge across Sudan, with the number of women and girls requiring support after experiencing gender-based violence nearly doubling in two years and quadrupling since the ...

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By 2050, climate change may push up to 158 million more women and girls into poverty and see 236 million more face food insecurity. The climate crisis fuels increases in conflict and migration, as ...

The 68th session of the Commission on the Status of (CSW68) will take place from 11 - 22 March under the priority theme: “Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all ...

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The empowerment of all women and girls was firmly upheld at the 2025 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) – the United Nation’s central platform for reviewing progress on the Sustainable Development ...

The Agreed Conclusions introduce several groundbreaking elements. New York — As the largest United Nations convening dedicated to gender equality and women’s rights opens today, governments meeting at ...

Legal discrimination can shape every aspect of a woman’s life. She may be prevented from owning property, seeking a divorce, or taking a job without her husband’s permission. In more than 40 countries ...

What Leading voices on women’s rights and justice, together with a special musical performance by Grammy Award-winning artist and Broadway star Michelle Williams will join UN Women for the official UN ...

If women’s unpaid work were assigned a monetary value, it would exceed 40 per cent of GDP in some countries. Globally, women and girls spend more than 2.5 times as many hours a day on unpaid care work ...

New York – On 8 March 2026, International Women’s Day, UN Women issues a global alert: Justice systems meant to uphold rights and the rule of law are failing women and girls everywhere. Women globally ...