UN Women deeply concerned by new Afghanistan morality law
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 ...
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UN Women statement for World Humanitarian Day
Women at the heart of humanitarian action We honour the brave humanitarians worldwide who sacrifice their lives to aid those in need, and we join ...
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FAQs: Afghan women three years after the Taliban takeover
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 ...
Read More → Press briefing at the United Nations Headquarters by UN Women Country Representative in Afghanistan, Alison Davidian, on the three-year mark of the Taliban takeover
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 ...
Read More → Statement: The Gambia’s decision to uphold ban on FGM critical win for girls’ and women’s rights
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, ...
Read More → Persistent attacks of the Russian Federation on civilians worsen humanitarian situation in Ukraine
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 ...
Read More → UN Women statement for World Refugee Day
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, ...
Read More → UN Women statement on the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
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 ...
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Call for action: Urgent humanitarian response for Gaza
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 ...
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A year of suffering for Sudanese women and girls
[Also available in Arabic] Sudan’s current conflict, which marks its one-year point this week, is having a devastating impact on the people of Sudan, particularly ...
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UN Women Australia welcomes the launch of the Federal Government’s ‘Working for Women: A Strategy for Gender Equality’
UN Women Australia welcomes the launch of the Federal Government’s, ‘Working for Women: A Strategy for Gender Equality’, released today. We welcome a long-term, intergenerational ...
Read More → Civilians in Gaza in extreme peril while the world watches on: Ten requirements to avoid an even worse catastrophe
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME, 21 February 2024 – In the less than five months that followed the brutal 7 ...
Read More → Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: We cannot abandon the people of Gaza
NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME, 30 January 2024 – The allegations of involvement of several UNRWA staff in the heinous attacks on Israel on 7 October are horrifying. As ...
Read More → Statement on Gaza by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous
It is now more than 100 days since the horrors of the Hamas attacks on Israel of 7 October and the horrors that have followed, ...
Read More → UN Women statement on the situation in Israel and Gaza
We deeply regret that military operations have resumed in Gaza, and we reiterate that all women, Israeli women, Palestinian women, as all others, are entitled ...
Read More → UN Women statement on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory
UN Women condemns the attacks on civilians in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories and is deeply alarmed by the devastating impact on civilians including ...
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