Why water and sanitation are women’s rights issues
From girls’ education to women’s leadership, learn why safe, clean, and accessible water and sanitation are essential to gender equality. Many women and girls in ...
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Women lead peacebuilding efforts in Colombia, Lebanon, and Malawi through dialogue, mediation, and justice
Peace is often determined in processes, agreements, and political milestones. But around the world, every day, peace is being built by creating spaces for dialogue, ...
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UN Women at the High-Level Political Forum 2026: Placing gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at the heart of sustainable development
At HLPF 2026, UN Women calls for renewed commitment, stronger partnerships, and accelerated action to ensure that women and girls benefit equally from progress across ...
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Media fact sheet: Five reasons why the care economy is one of the most transformative investments of our time
Care work is the invisible foundation of every economy and society. Investing in strong care systems creates decent jobs, drives economic prosperity, advances gender equality, ...
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Why are women so exhausted? Care work and the mental load
The invisible labour keeping families, workplaces, and societies running – and what we can do about caregiver burnout. In UN Women’s Hand in Hand “social ...
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What happens to women during an Ebola outbreak? Pregnancy, caregiving, violence, and survival — explained
A health worker checks a child potentially infected with Ebola being carried on the back of a caregiver at the Ebola Treatment Centre of Beni, ...
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Speech: Our vision is clear, our movement strong, our resolve undeterred
Remarks by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the Executive Board Annual Session, at the UN Headquarters, on 23 June 2026. [As delivered.] Your ...
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AI is already rewriting reality for billions of people. It is getting women wrong.
A study of 133 AI systems found that 44 per cent demonstrated gender bias and 26 per cent demonstrated both gender and racial bias. Yet only 51 ...
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Who are the women working on the frontlines of Sudan war’s sexual violence epidemic?
Conflict related sexual violence has soared in recent years. It includes rape, gang rape and sexual slavery – and overwhelmingly targets women and girls. The ...
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The Fatherhood Programme challenging gender norms
Meet fathers from Egypt, Jordan, and Morocco who are embracing the joys of caregiving – to the benefit of their families and themselves. In many ...
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Speech: Women, the largest and most reliable constituency for peace, ready to participate
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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UN Women statement: Women and girls account for the majority of laboratory-confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda
Women and girls account for 53.4 per cent – or 244 of 457 – of laboratory-confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and ...
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Haiti opens first state-supported safe houses for women and girls, as gangs continue to weaponise sexual violence
Remarks by Marie Goretti Nduwayo, UN Women Representative in Haiti – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing at the ...
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Why the Men’s World Cup 2026 is a gender equality opportunity
As the Men’s World Cup 2026 is set to command more global attention than any other event, the game that moves the world remains unequal ...
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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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UN Women statement for World Environment Day
Act #NowForClimate Climate change, biodiversity loss, and land degradation are dramatically reshaping the lives of women, girls, and their communities, increasingly putting at risk their ...
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