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 ...

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 ...

UN Women works to increase financing for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, with an emphasis on Goal 5 – the achievement of gender equality. Alongside the UN system, financial ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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, ...

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

My thanks also to our UN Women colleagues in Zimbabwe and the Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa for their support. And my thanks, always, to all UN Women colleagues, here in Headquarters ...

Studies indicate that the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) has changed in a number of ways. Most encouragingly, the practice is declining. This can be observed when looking at data from ...