|
Apr 02, 2026
From 24 to 31 March, the Executive Board of UN Women made an official visit to Bolivia to gain insights into the impact of programmes and deepen its understanding of the challenges around women's rights.
|
|
Apr 01, 2026
Remarks by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the launch of the report, "Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot 2024", 21 September 2024, UN headquarters.
|
|
Mar 30, 2026
Motherhood still comes with a pay penalty, and women continue to be paid less for work of equal value - not by accident, but by design.
|
|
Mar 30, 2026
As climate litigation gathers force, women are helping to redefine what accountability looks like - and exposing how far climate policy still is from delivering gender justice.
|
|
Mar 27, 2026
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 sector.
|
|
Mar 27, 2026
Remarks by Gielan El Messiri UN Women Representative in Lebanon at the Palais des Nations in Geneva
|
|
Mar 27, 2026
Remarks by UN Women Afghanistan Special Representative, Susan Ferguson, at UN Headquarters in New York, speaking from Kabul.
|
|
Mar 25, 2026
Climate change means millions more women and girls risk having insufficient food and resources to meet their basic needs. As women bear the brunt of climate impacts, so they must have equity in decision-making on climate solutions.
|
|
Mar 19, 2026
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, UN Headquarters, 19 March 2026.
|
|
Mar 17, 2026
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 all women and girls.
|
|
Mar 17, 2026
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 27.5 per cent of parliamentary seats worldwide.
|
|
Mar 17, 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 the advancement of gender equality — access to justice for women and girls at every stage of life.
|
|
Mar 16, 2026
At the first-ever annual High-level Meeting on Violence Against Women and Girls held during the Commission on the Status of Women, more than 100 countries in the presence of a large number of civil society organizations gathered to share what works - and demand the political will, funding, and accountability to make it happen.
|
|
Mar 16, 2026
The "Five Years On" Group of Friends meeting convened at CSW70 to mobilize support, strengthen cooperation and share solutions.
|
|
Mar 16, 2026
A message from UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous for World Water Day, 22 March 2026.
|
|
Mar 13, 2026
The Co-founder and Executive Chair of Malala Fund and Nobel Peace Prize laureate delivered her address at the official UN Commemoration of IWD 2026 at the UN Headquarters in New York.
|
|
Mar 13, 2026
Remarks by UN Women Chief of Humanitarian Action Sofia Calltorp at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, following her visit to Gaza in November 2025
|
|
Mar 13, 2026
High-level event spotlights international cooperation to bridge the justice gap, including the UNDP-UN Women Gender Justice Platform.
|
|
Mar 13, 2026
At a High-Level side event on the sidelines of the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70), an intergenerational group of women leaders called for stronger legal systems, accountability, and collective action to advance access to justice for all women and girls.
|
|
Mar 13, 2026
Remarks by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the opening of the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, 9 March 2026, UN Headquarters.
|
|
Mar 12, 2026
CSW70 event calls for dismantling stereotypes and carving pathways for progress.
|
|
Mar 12, 2026
Remarks by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the CSW high-level meeting on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the Group of Friends for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls, 12 March 2026, UN Headquarters.
|
|
Mar 12, 2026
Remarks by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the Commission on the Status of Women high-level meeting on violence against women and girls (morning session), on 12 March 2026, at UN Headquarters.
|
|
Mar 12, 2026
Remarks by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the 2026 commemoration of International Women's Day, 9 March 2026, UN headquarters.
|
|
Mar 12, 2026
Remarks by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the interactive dialogue on the CSW70 priority theme, "Bridging systemic gaps: Advancing justice for all women and girls".
|
|
Mar 12, 2026
At CSW70, global leaders gathered to explore pathways for accelerating sustainable financing for gender equality for all women and girls.
|
|
Mar 12, 2026
At a High-Level interactive discussion on the sidelines of CSW70, government leaders, experts and advocates examined why formal and informal justice systems continue to fail women and girls, and what it will take to fix them.
|
|
Mar 11, 2026
This year's focus is clear: rights, justice and action for all women and girls.
|
|
Mar 10, 2026
According to the 2025 edition of the IPU-UN Women "Women in politics" map, men outnumber women by more than three times in executive and legislative positions. The map presents the latest rankings of women in executive positions and national parliaments as of 1 January 2025. While the proportion of women in parliament has increased fractionally by 0.3 percentage points to 27.2 per cent compared to a year ago, in government positions it has declined by 0.4 percentage points.
|
|
Mar 10, 2026
The Agreed Conclusions introduce several groundbreaking elements.
|
|
Mar 10, 2026
The townhall provides an opportunity for UN Secretary-General António Guterres to have a frank discussion on issues related to the advancement of gender equality and women and girls' rights around the world.
|
|
Mar 09, 2026
Speaking at the UN commemoration of International Women's Day 2026 at the UN Headquarters in New York, UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Anne Hathaway said: "It is absolutely our honour to celebrate the courage and power of the women who would not be denied their justice, because they chose action in a world that expects silence."
|
|
Mar 09, 2026
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres addresses CSW70
|
|
Mar 09, 2026
Leading voices on women's rights and justice, together with a special musical performance, will join UN Women for IWD2026.
|
|
Mar 08, 2026
UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous says in her International Women's Day statement: "Nothing can and nothing will stop us until the equal rights of all women and girls are realized."
|
|
Mar 08, 2026
On International Women's Day, we celebrate women and girls everywhere.
|
|
Mar 08, 2026
When we are not equal under the law, we are not equal. It is time to make justice a reality for women and girls, everywhere.
|
|
Mar 05, 2026
Around the world, women have just 64 per cent of the legal rights of men. From Thailand to Colombia and Albania, UN Women is working with women's organizations, governments, and justice systems to close that gap — one law, one survivor at a time.
|
|
Mar 05, 2026
UN Women's 16 Days of Activism campaign demands a world where technology is a force for equality - not harm.
|
|
Mar 05, 2026
Digital violence against women is exploding across Latin America. For women in public life—politicians, journalists, activists, human rights defenders—online abuse isn't just a nuisance. It's a weapon. And it doesn't stay online. A 2023 UN Women study on digital violence against women in public life across Latin America found that half of women interviewed had experienced threats, groping in public spaces, or had their photos weaponized on social media to harass them. But women aren't accepting those rules. Across the region, survivors are reshaping laws, demanding accountability, and redefining what it means to participate in public life in the digital age.
|
|
Mar 04, 2026
From protection against gender-based violence to equal pay, women and girls remain unequal under the law, as impunity for violations of their rights persists worldwide, said UN Women.
|
|
Mar 03, 2026
Women and girls everywhere have the right to live in safety and in peace, free from violence and discrimination.
|
|
Feb 26, 2026
Closing remarks by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous to the first regular session 2026 of the UN Women Executive Board, 19 February 2026, UN headquarters.
|
|
Feb 25, 2026
For the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action campaign, #ForAllWomenandGirls UN Women spoke to feminist anti-racist activist Lúcia Xavier from Brazil. Xavier talks about Black women's resilience and fight for equality in Brazil today.
|
|
Aug 18, 2025
UN Women statement for World Humanitarian Day, 19 August 2025
|
|
Aug 14, 2025
Four years after the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021, dozens of its directives have stripped Afghan women and girls of their rights to education, work, freedom of movement and participation in public life.
|
|
Aug 14, 2025
Four years since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan (15 August), UN Women Afghanistan Special Representative Susan Ferguson delivers press briefing at UN Headquarters in New York
|
|
Aug 12, 2025
UN Women statement for International Youth Day, 12 August 2025.
|
|
Aug 08, 2025
A grassroots feminist organizer in Eastern Sudan shares how young women are demanding true inclusion and redefining peace from the ground up.
|
|
Aug 08, 2025
The?UN Women Executive Board?will convene for its second regular session from Tuesday 9 to Wednesday 10 September 2025 in person at United Nations Headquarters in New York (ECOSOC Chamber).
|
|
Aug 08, 2025
Many Afghan women and girls deported from Iran and Pakistan return with nothing. Learn how they're rebuilding their lives amid crisis and displacement, and how to help.
|
|
Aug 07, 2025
Remarks by Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the United Nations Security Council Briefing on the Sahel at UN Headquarters, 7 August 2025.
|
|
Aug 07, 2025
Remarks by Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the United Nations Security Council Briefing on the Sahel at UN Headquarters, 7 August 2025.
|
|
Aug 07, 2025
In a new report, UN Women, CARE International and partners urge long-term support for women and girls.
|
|
Aug 05, 2025
Remarks by Salvator Nkurunziza, UN Women Representative in Sudan, speaking at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, from Port Sudan.
|
|
Aug 05, 2025
As Sudan's humanitarian crisis deepens with escalating famine and conflict, women and girls are bearing the brunt. A new report, "Gender Snapshot: Women, Food Insecurity, and Famine Risk in Sudan", reveals that female-headed households face triple the risk of severe food insecurity compared to male-headed families.
|
|
Aug 04, 2025
This International Youth Day, meet young changemakers from Brazil to South Africa driving local action for climate justice, gender equality, disability inclusion, and sustainable economic development. This is what localizing the SDGs looks like.
|
|
Aug 04, 2025
A new generation of Jordanian women are participating in politics - backed by grassroots advocacy and concrete national reforms, supported by UN Women initiatives.
|
|
Jul 31, 2025
Learn how years of advocacy led to Kazakhstan's new domestic violence reforms, better support for survivors and more effective policing.
|
|
Jul 30, 2025
More than two decades on from the adoption of the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda — which affirmed the crucial role of women in conflict prevention and peacebuilding initiatives — women's inclusion in recovery and relief efforts remains under-resourced and under-valued. Reversing this trend is a priority, and though advancing causes around gender and peace may seem the purview of policymakers and non-profits, the private sector has an important role to play.
|
|
Jul 30, 2025
On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict (19 June), UN Women spoke to two Ukrainian women artists about their experience and art as an expression of their resilience.
|
|
Jul 29, 2025
Trafficking in persons has become a cornerstone of organized crime, posing a critical threat to global security, democracy, governance and human rights. Most traffickers operate within structured criminal networks, enabling them to exploit more victims, for extended periods and with greater violence - disproportionality affecting women and children, who frequently endure the most severe forms of abuses.
On the World Day against Trafficking in Persons (30 July), joint statement by the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons, which includes UN Women, urges action on criminal networks behind human exploitation. Trafficking in persons and organized crime form a mutually reinforcing cycle that not only threatens global and national security, weakens governance, and undermines human rights but also erodes the rule of law, weakens democracy, and undermines sustainable development.
|
|
Jul 28, 2025
One million women and girls starving in Gaza
|
|
Jul 25, 2025
The newly adopted Ministerial Declaration underscores that the empowerment of all women and girls is vital to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
|
|
Jul 25, 2025
The newly adopted Ministerial Declaration underscores that the empowerment of all women and girls is vital to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
|
|
Jul 24, 2025
Remarks by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the Interactive Multi-Stakeholder Hearing on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration on 24 July 2025.
|
|
Jul 23, 2025
The Declaration reaffirms both institutions' shared and unwavering commitment to promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls across the globe.
|
|
Jul 15, 2025
Gender equality takes center stage with a full review of SDG 5, urgent calls to close the $420 billion annual financing gap, and a spotlight on feminist leadership driving progress across the 2030 Agenda.
|
|
Jul 15, 2025
Social protection is a powerful - but underused - lever for gender equality and sustainable development. Governments must invest in inclusive systems that support women's rights and needs at every stage of life.
|
|
Jul 15, 2025
Thirty years after the landmark Beijing Declaration, progress on gender equality is stalling - and in some cases reversing. Rekindling its vision demands urgent, united action.
|
|
Jul 15, 2025
COVID-19, climate, conflict, cost of living. Over recent years, the world has been rocked by repeated shocks and multiple, overlapping crises. Violent conflict is a deadly reality for billions of people, while climate disasters are increasing in frequency and severity. With progress on poverty eradication and gender equality in reverse, achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is under threat. In this world of soaring risks and vulnerabilities, bold, concerted action is needed to catalyze the changes that are needed to get back on track.
|
|
Jul 15, 2025
Achieving the 2030 Agenda hinges on realizing gender equality. UN Women calls on Member States, partners, and stakeholders at all levels to act collectively and with urgency.
|
|
Jul 10, 2025
Colombian women shaped history by making peace gender-inclusive. Eight years on, they're still leading peace, justice, and change—with UN Women's support.
|
|
Jul 10, 2025
Achieving the 2030 Agenda hinges on realizing gender equality. UN Women calls on Member States, partners, and stakeholders at all levels to act collectively and with urgency.
|
|
Jul 10, 2025
UN Women will be at Davos 2023, this year's annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, taking place from 16 to 20 January. Under the meeting's theme of "Cooperation in a Fragmented World", UN Women will spearhead solutions-focused conversations that advance gender equality during the week with leaders from across governments, businesses and civil society organizations. Through in-person engagements, social media highlights and visible on-site messaging, action for gender equality will take center stage this year. Will you join us?
|
|
Jul 03, 2025
Discover how targeted investments in data deliver transformative actions for gender equality and women's rights.
|
|
Jul 01, 2025
In the state of Madhya Pradesh, a UN Women backed programme shows just how much empowered women bring to the industry, uplift the local economy and change lives.
|
|
Jun 30, 2025
As UN Women marks its 15th anniversary this year, the world has seen important progress in gender equality that has changed the lives of women and girls across the globe. While this is cause for celebration, the push for equality is losing ground.
|
|
Jun 30, 2025
More than 50,000 women vendors are improving their businesses, saving money and feeling safer in markets across the Pacific islands.
|
|
Jun 29, 2025
Chronic underfunding, weak tracking systems, and unfair financial rules are stalling progress on gender equality. UN Women calls for urgent, sustained investment to close the gap and deliver on equality commitments.
|
|
Jun 27, 2025
Discover how Latin America is leading a care revolution by recognising and valuing the care work that women and girls shoulder.
|
|
Jun 27, 2025
"I can't imagine myself anywhere else," says Kseniia Mishyna, although she cannot remember when she last ate or slept or had any time for herself.
|
|
Jun 27, 2025
Afghan women face the world's worst women's rights crisis under Taliban rule. Learn the latest updates from Afghan women and how UN Women supports their rights, leadership, and survival across all 34 provinces.
|
|
Jun 26, 2025
(Geneva) - At a time of converging crises, dangerous escalations in threats to peace and security, unprecedented cuts to development aid, and a global backlash against women's rights, women led civil society organizations continue to deliver key services for peace and security in their communities. Two of the UN's leading gender equality funds - the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Trust Fund) and the Women's Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) - who continue to ensure that these organizations and their allies have the funding needed, have released their 2024 annual reports in Geneva this week. The data reflects record-breaking reach and transformative impact, rising risks and a renewed call to action around funding feminist change.
|
|
Jun 23, 2025
Briefing on Afghanistan by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the Security Council meeting on the situation in Afghanistan on 23 June 2025 at UN headquarters.
|
|
Jun 21, 2025
Committed in solidarity: refugee women and girls will not be left behind
|
|
Jun 19, 2025
Remarks by UN Under-Secretary General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the Closing of the Executive Board at its Annual Session, 19 June 2025, UN headquarters.
|
|
Jun 17, 2025
On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict (19 June), UN Women spoke to two Ukrainian women artists about their experience and art as an expression of their resilience.
|
|
Jun 17, 2025
Opening remarks by UN Under-Secretary General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous to the annual session 2025 of the UN Women Executive Board, 17 June 2025, UN headquarters.
|
|
Jun 17, 2025
Press briefing by UN Women Chief of Humanitarian Action Sofia Calltorp at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on the 2024 Afghanistan Gender Index launch.
|
|
Jun 17, 2025
UN Women launches the 2024 Afghanistan Gender Index, the most extensive study on women's empowerment and gender equality since the Taliban takeover.
|
|
Jun 12, 2025
Fewer women hold top political offices in 2025. UN Women reports rising barriers, political violence and setbacks in gender equality in leadership worldwide.
|
|
Jun 09, 2025
#ForAllWomenAndGirls is a rallying call for action on the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Saron Mesele, a graduate of African Girls Can Code and an aspiring cybersecurity professional, is empowering young Ethiopian women with digital literacy and ambition.
|
|
Jun 04, 2025
On World Environment Day, UN Women joins the global call to beat plastic pollution and tackle the triple planetary crisis—climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution—with urgency and inclusion.
|
|
Jun 03, 2025
At Photoville 2025 in NYC, discover portraits of women peacebuilders - captured by local women photographers in some of the world's most volatile places.
|
|
Jun 02, 2025
Celebrate Pride Month with stories of resilience and inclusion from Thailand. Meet four LGBTIQ activists creating safe, vibrant spaces for all to thrive.
|
|
May 30, 2025
Remarks by UN Under-Secretary General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the 2025 joint meeting of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN Women and WFP, UN headquarters, 30 May 2025.
|
|
May 28, 2025
As conflicts continue around the world, peacekeeping remains essential—and central to the Women, Peace and Security agenda. On this International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, and 25 years since the unanimous adoption of Security Council Resolution 1325, we reaffirm that women's full, equal, and meaningful participation is vital to effective peacekeeping and lasting peace.
|
|
May 22, 2025
Despite long-standing commitments from governments, women remain underrepresented, particularly in leadership and operational roles in United Nations Peace Operations. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, only 40 per cent of all Chief of Police Officers, and 30 per cent of civilian heads of United Nations peace operations are women. As of October 2024, just one woman serves in a military leadership role within United Nations Peace Operations. On the International Day of UN Peacekeepers, 29 May, meet some of the women leading global peace and security efforts and find out why women's leadership in peace operations matters.
|
|
