Case open: Justice for all women and girls

The People vs. Impunity against women and girls Around the world, millions of women and girls face violence, discrimination, and abuse. Too often, the message ...
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Migrant women at risk of violence and exploitation

Gender-based violence, trafficking in persons, and other forms of exploitation continue to endanger women at all stages of migration – including those in domestic and care work. Migrant women workers ...
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Debunking five common myths about migrant women

How harmful stereotypes undermine migrant women and what must change Migration is often talked about in numbers – how many people cross borders, what it ...
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International Migrants Day

A migrant woman worker cuts timber in a sawmill in Nakhon Nayok, Thailand, around 50 kilometres north-east of Bangkok. Photo: UN Women/Pornvit Visitoran Women migrate ...
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Women on the move: FAQs on migration and gender

A migrant farmer in Cambodia showing off her rice harvest for a photography project in 2020. Photo: UN Women Cambodia/Women Migrant Workers participatory photography project ...
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Five essential facts to know about femicide

Every 10 minutes, partners and family members killed a woman intentionally in 2024. Gender-related killings (femicide/feminicide) are the most brutal and extreme manifestation of violence ...
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Online safety 101: What every woman and girl should know

Stock photo posed by model. The digital world promised connection and empowerment – but for millions of women, it has become a hunting ground.  Schoolgirls ...
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AI-powered online abuse: How AI is amplifying violence against women and what can stop it

Stock photo posed by model. We already live in a world where at least one in three women experience physical or sexual violence. Enter a ...
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FAQs: The signs of relationship abuse and how to help

Violence against women is a human rights violation that takes place every single day around the world. Globally, one in three women experiences physical or sexual violence, ...
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FAQs: Types of violence against women and girls

Violence against women and girls is one of the world’s most prevalent human rights violations, taking place every day, many times over, in every corner ...
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FAQs: Digital abuse, trolling, stalking, and other forms of technology-facilitated violence against women and girls

Imagine receiving a message from a stranger that contained chillingly accurate details about your daily routine. Or consider the shock of discovering that your footage ...
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The climate change Gender Action Plan: What’s at stake at COP30

Learn how an ambitious Gender Action Plan (GAP) puts women and girls at the heart of climate action – and why it matters for a ...
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Gender-responsive climate and environmental action

Towards greater gender equality and a safer, healthier planet for all.  The triple planetary crisis – climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution – has very real and very ...
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Gender equality in 2025: Gains, gaps, and the $342T choice

2025 is a crossroads. One road leads to deeper poverty, weaker economies, and human rights stripped away. The other, propels economies forward, building safer societies ...
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How to keep girls playing sport

With expert tips from Eda Erdem and Marta Vieira da Silva. Want to set girls up for success? Keep them interested in sport!  Girls who ...
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Intersectional feminism: What it means and why it matters right now

From climate disasters hitting hardest in the poorest communities, to a sharp rise in racism and discrimination, to the spread of online misogyny and anti-rights rhetoric – it’s ...
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