UN Women welcomes the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, including the hostage release deal, which went into effect today. We join the Secretary-General in expressing hope ...
UN Women Statement on Human Rights Day, 10 December 2024 Today, we celebrate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its promise of dignity, freedom, ...
A Statement by the Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME – We the leaders of 15 United Nations and humanitarian organizations urge, yet ...
UN Women statement for the International Day of Rural Women, 15 October 2024 The International Day of Rural Women recognises the critical roles and contributions of ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq0POW_yXEo Today marks one year since the horrific events of October 7th when Hamas launched a large-scale terror attack in Israel killing over 1,250 Israelis ...
Investing in women and girls and ending discrimination are key to fulfilling the promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development New York, 16 September ...
UN Women is deeply concerned about the recent enactment of a morality law by the de facto authorities in Afghanistan, which imposes extensive restrictions on ...
Afghanistan is currently grappling with multiple overlapping crises, all of which are exacerbated by escalating gender inequalities. The Taliban has issued at least 70 decrees ...
UN Women Country Representative in Afghanistan, Alison Davidian, spoke at the noon briefing at the UN Headquarters about the state of women and girls three ...
Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell, UNFPA Executive Director Natalia Kanem, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous, ...
UN Women unequivocally condemns the Russian Armed Forces’ attack on Friday, 28 June 2024, which struck a residential apartment building in Dnipro city, resulting in ...
On World Refugee Day, UN Women urges that governments recognise the rights of women and girl refugees and make substantial investments to provide the services, ...
Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, and every day, UN Women unequivocally condemns all acts of sexual and ...
Remarks by Sima Bahous, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director at the Conference “Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza,” in Sweimeh, Jordan ...