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 ...

UN Women launches the 2024 Afghanistan Gender Index, the most extensive study on women's empowerment and gender equality ...

Discover how Latin America is leading a care revolution by recognising and valuing the care work that women and girls shoulder.

UN Women celebrates 15 years of global impact on gender equality and women’s rights. Learn how UN Women supports women’s empowerment, drives policy change, and advances equality for women and girls in ...

“We are not ordinary women who have nothing; we are women who are important”, says Joy Janet Ramo, her voice full of pride. “We just never thought of it that way in the past.” Ramo has seen firsthand ...

What can you do to make the workplace an equal space? Businesses: Audit your policies, not just your progress Prioritize equal pay for work of equal value, transparent promotion pathways, and ...

Just four years ago, a woman in Afghanistan could technically decide to run for President, attend university, or play sports. Today, none of that is possible. Even before the Taliban took power in ...

Ilayda Eskiter-Schoğlu is a menstrual justice activist and human rights lawyer from Türkiye. Her activism began in the aftermath of a severe earthquake when she saw how menstrual needs were overlooked ...

Today, on World Refugee Day - and every day - UN Women stands in unwavering solidarity with the more than 123 million people forcibly displaced around the world, including over 42 million refugees, ...

In 2023, the United Nations reported 3,688 cases of conflict-related sexual violence globally —a staggering 50 per cent increase from the previous year. Between February 2022 - December 2024, the ...

The number of women killed in conflict doubled in 2023, underscoring the devastating impact of war on civilians. At the same time, women remain underrepresented in peace processes—despite evidence ...