UN Women Australia partners with The Hatchery for Women Unlimited, Australia’s premier women’s leadership summit experience
Sydney, 12 November 2026: UN Women Australia (UNWA) and The Hatchery have announced a landmark partnership for the Women UNLIMITED Leadership Summit series. The three-year ...
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Release of UN Women’s “Gender Equality in the Age of Climate Crisis” fact sheet at COP31
ANTALYA – As global leaders gather in Antalya, Türkiye, for the thirty-first UN Climate Change Conference (COP31), UN Women warns that the climate crisis is ...
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1.5 billion women and girls live in climate hotspots, as UN Women urges stronger action at COP31
As world leaders gather in Antalya for the 31st UN Climate Conference, new UN Women data warns that 1.5 billion women and girls already live ...
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Gender-responsive climate and environmental action
Towards achieving gender equality and a safer, healthier, more sustainable planet for all. The triple planetary crisis – climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution – ...
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Care work keeps the world running
Everyone needs care, gives and receives care. Care work – paid and unpaid – keeps the world running. From the moment we wake up to ...
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Launch of “Progress of the World’s Women 2026” at COP31
ANTALYA – As global leaders gather in Antalya, Türkiye, for the thirty-first UN Climate Change Conference (COP31), UN Women warns that the climate crisis is ...
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UN Women statement for the International Day of Care and Support 2026
Building sustainable care and support systems through decent work: International Day of Care and Support, 29 October 2026 Care makes our societies and economies work. ...
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How war impacts women and girls: A simple explainer on gender and conflict
War is becoming more dangerous and more deadly for women and girls. Around the world, conflicts are becoming longer and more brutal. Homes, schools, hospitals, ...
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Facts and figures: Women, peace, and security
In the 26 years since the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously adopted resolution 1325 – what’s known as the Women, Peace and Security agenda – evidence of women’s vital role ...
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Women and girls’ death toll in armed conflict doubles since 2021
At least 25 women and girls are killed every day as civilian deaths mount, sexual violence rises, and women remain largely excluded from peace negotiations. ...
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Speech: Do we have the courage to share power, the resolve to invest in women’s leadership, and the political will to turn our commitments into action?
Speech delivered by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous to the Security Council open debate on women and peace and security, UN ...
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The Women, Peace, and Security agenda
More than 25 years ago, a coalition of women, peace activists, governments and United Nations representatives broke new ground at the United Nation’s Security Council. ...
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War is becoming more dangerous for women. Their leadership is key to peace.
The ways in which wars are being fought – from the use of sexual violence to weaponised technologies – are making conflict even more deadly ...
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The UN Secretary General’s report on Women, Peace, and Security
Remarks by UN Women Deputy Executive Director Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the United Nations [As prepared] Before ...
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Sudan war: Inside the world’s worst humanitarian and protection crisis for women and girls
More than three years of war in Sudan has created the world’s most severe humanitarian and protection crisis for women and girls. Widespread killings, mass displacement, and ...
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“I feel like I am a warrior”: Sudanese women fight for peace on the front lines of war
Three frontline responders tell UN Women what women and girls in Sudan need to heal themselves and their communities. War was so far from Tahani ...
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