Public service announcement narrated by Oscar-winning actor highlights increase in domestic violence with call to support women in need. New York, 27 May, 2020– UN ...

Authors/editor(s): Dina Deligiorgis This brief provides background information on the root causes and risk factors that explain why violence against women occurs in the first place. It highlights ...

A new initiative by UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific is promoting ‘safe greetings’ to avoid physical contact and slow the spread ...

As a consequence of the global COVID-19 pandemic, millions of people now find themselves indoors. Gender inequalities, particularly of women in the home, are becoming ...

The COVID-19 pandemic affects everyone, everywhere. But it affects different groups of people differently, deepening existing inequalities. Early data indicates that the mortality rates from ...

With 90 countries in lockdown, four billion people are now sheltering at home from the global contagion of COVID-19. It’s a protective measure, but it ...

As the current COVID-19 global pandemic spreads through the world, the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Trust Fund), and its grantees, ...

By UN Women Deputy Executive Director Anita Bhatia Governments the world over are struggling to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. While some voices have flagged the ...

A week since The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 as a pandemic and robust measures around the world attempt to contain its spread, social impact of ...

UN Headquarters and UN Women offices around the world are either closed or have stringent restrictions on staff access. But the UN continues working 100 ...

Statement by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director One thing is clear about the COVID-19 pandemic, as stock markets tumble, schools and ...

Twenty-five years ago, in Beijing, China, the world made a promise: equal rights and opportunities for all women and girls, everywhere. It was the Fourth ...

Originally published on Medium.com/@UN_Women BREAKING NEWS: We found a country that has achieved gender equality! In Equiterra all people have equal rights and opportunities, regardless of ...

[Geneva, Switzerland and New York City, USA]—Women’s representation in political decision-making continues to increase but at a dragging pace, with three-quarters of parliamentary seats still ...

THE POLITICAL DECLARATION ADOPTED TODAY IS THE OUTCOME OF THE 64TH COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN, TAKING STOCK OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS ON THE 25TH ...

From the Liberian women’s sex strike paving the way for peace to the Icelandic “Women’s Day Off” demanding economic equality to the global impact of ...