Beyond the headlines: What the ongoing conflicts really mean for women and girls in the Middle East
Civilians continue to be killed, injured and displaced, while impacts on women and girls are escalating within – and well beyond – the region. In ...
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What is life like for women working in Gaza? Doctors, teachers and journalists speak out
First-hand accounts from women in Gaza about helping people through war, displacement and humanitarian crisis. In Gaza, there is no safe place to work – ...
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Displaced women return home in Lebanon: ‘I saw destruction everywhere’
Across Lebanon, women and girls navigate continued displacement, loss, and returns home – often multiple times – as uncertainty remains part of daily life. More ...
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Who are the women and girls behind Gaza war’s horrific casualty toll?
Palestinian girl describes the moment that airstrikes killed her mother and siblings in Gaza: “I felt nothing. I went completely numb” Trigger warning: This article ...
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Who are the women and girls behind Gaza war’s horrific casualty toll?
Palestinian girl describes the moment that airstrikes killed her mother and siblings in Gaza: “I felt nothing. I went completely numb” Trigger warning: This article ...
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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 war: Inside the world’s worst humanitarian and protection crisis for women and girls
Three years of war in Sudan has created the world’s most severe humanitarian and protection crisis for women and girls. Widespread killings, mass displacement, and systematic sexual ...
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Lebanon conflict drives mental health crisis for displaced women: ‘We hear, see and feel pain constantly’
Escalating conflict in Lebanon has forced hundreds of thousands of women and girls to flee their homes, and women are on the frontlines of the ...
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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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“It feels like the whole world is complicit” – What displacement feels like for women in Lebanon conflict
“This is my second displacement in recent years. And I have not forgotten the repeated wars on South Lebanon since we were children”, says Zainab*, ...
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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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AI-powered online abuse: How AI is amplifying violence against women and what can stop it
Stock photo posed by model. We already live in a world where at least one in three women experience physical or sexual violence. Enter a ...
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Gender-responsive climate and environmental action
Towards greater gender equality and a safer, healthier planet for all. The triple planetary crisis – climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution – has very real and very ...
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Supporting women and girls in Gaza and throughout the Middle East
Since the 7 October attacks on Israel, the subsequent devastating war on Gaza and the escalation of violence across the Middle East, women and girls ...
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UN Women at 15: Delivering power, driving rights and equality for all women and girls
Fifteen years ago, UN Women was created with a bold mission: to become the United Nation’s powerhouse for gender equality and women’s empowerment. Rooted in ...
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Two years of war in Sudan: The world’s worst humanitarian crisis for women and girls
Sudan’s civil war is now the world’s worst humanitarian crisis for women and girls. They make up more than half of the 12 million people displaced and ...
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