“For my business, winter with blackouts is a disastrous time,” said Iryna Fishchuk.  Fishchuk runs a small bakery and café in Ivano-Frankivsk, a city in ...

“Women run to us crying, saying [perpetrators] are coming to get them. But in Neo Island, where we live, there is no police presence; there ...

In the rugged mountains of Mohmand, in the heart of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Yasmin Gul’s* life was shaped by unyielding traditions. Her three daughters – ...

Women have been on the front lines of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Their suffering has been disproportionate and relentless, with women and children making up almost ...

“The bombing is very close by, so horror is dominating,” said Zeinab Qabalan Salamieh, a 45-year-old divorced mother of two, living in the Rashidieh Palestine ...

UN Women’s project Women Make Change* underscores the importance of increasing women’s participation and leadership in politics at all levels. Despite global advancements, women continue to be ...

In Zanzibar, Tanzania, women like Munira Abdallah Abdallah are experiencing transformation in their economic lives, thanks to investments in early childhood centres. A grandmother and ...

In the sun-drenched Nawata Village in Zomba, nestled in the Shire highlands of Malawi, a group of thirty women has harnessed the power of innovation ...

Three years since the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, UN Women continues to work with Afghan women and girls striving for their freedoms and rights.  “I ...

Uganda hosts 1,644,870 refugees today, and nearly 56 per cent of them have come from South Sudan, fleeing conflict and hunger. Globally, nearly half of all people ...

The “shell women” of the Pacific coast of Nariño have promoted sustainable harvesting and use of a native mollusk called piangua for many generations. They ...

The “shell women” of the Pacific coast of Nariño have promoted sustainable harvesting and use of a native mollusk called piangua for many generations. They ...

On 15 April 2023, war broke out in Sudan in between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). In the year ...

After war broke out in Sudan in mid-April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), 18-year-old Amna Salih* sheltered ...

“During the last 20 years, Sudanese women have been trained in negotiations and mediations. Not because this was a favourable subject for them—but because we’ve ...

The strength of Sudanese women has endured, even before the war started on April 15th 2023. Despite facing tough times and challenges over many years, ...