From homes to shelter halls: Lebanese women bearing the burden of displacement alone
After 45 days of hostilities, a ceasefire announced on 16 April – which was extended for an additional 3 weeks – offered brief hope for ...
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UN Women Executive Board to convene annual session 2026
The UN Women Executive Board will convene for its annual session from Tuesday 23 to Thursday 25 June 2026 at United Nations headquarters in New York. The President of ...
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Reports to police of online violence against women journalists double since 2020, with one in four experiencing related anxiety and/or depression
Nearly half of women journalists report self-censorship on social media, and 22 per cent in their work due to online violence, according to a new ...
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‘The goal is silence’: Women journalists report increasing violence online
Journalists open up about the lack of accountability and the toll of digital violence – on themselves and on the freedom of the press. “There ...
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Where is the humanity, when more than 38,000 women and girls in Gaza have been killed?
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, ...
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More than 38,000 women and girls were killed in Gaza between October 2023 and December 2025 – UN Women
Six months after the ceasefire, and as regional developments shift global attention, UN Women warns that women and girls in Gaza remain at critical risk, ...
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How women and girls are being targeted in the war in Sudan
The outbreak of war in Sudan three years ago has led to world’s most severe humanitarian and protection crisis for women and girls. Widespread killings, ...
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Sudan’s war on women: The number of people in need of sexual violence support quadruples as abuse of women and girls becomes the blueprint of war, three years on
As the war in Sudan enters its fourth year with sexual violence as one of its most defining features, UN Women calls for the protection ...
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Six uncomfortable truths about women’s health
Women are living longer than ever. But they are not living better. If anyone says, “we’ve already achieved gender equality”, or asks, “has equality gone too far”, ...
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Australia’s Ambassador for Gender Equality on justice, safety and backlash at CSW70
Dialling in from the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) in New York, Ambassador for Gender Equality Michelle O’Byrne joins ...
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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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Press Briefing by UN Women on the situation for women and girls in Lebanon
Remarks by Gielan El Messiri UN Women Representative in Lebanon at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. [As delivered.] Good morning. I am joining you ...
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How the manosphere is selling boys a narrow idea of manhood
The manosphere is not just an online problem. It is a cultural one, and it is shaping the world our young people are growing up ...
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Speech: The headwinds are strong, but our shared resolve to advance women’s rights is stronger
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, ...
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Press briefing by UN Women on the impact of recent hostilities, Decree No. 12 and the widening justice gap for women and girls in Afghanistan
Remarks by UN Women Afghanistan Special Representative, Susan Ferguson, at UN Headquarters in New York, speaking from Kabul For women and girls in Afghanistan, 2026 ...
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Youth leaders call for transformative justice reforms at CSW70
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 ...
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