Interview: Gender equality is key to a just renewable energy future

Energy powers every aspect of our lives, and by 2050, up to 90 per cent of the world’s electricity could come from renewable sources. This shift ...
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Equipping Thai Tourist Police to better support survivors of sexual violence

For survivors of sexual violence, the first interaction with law enforcement can shape their entire journey towards justice and recovery. In Thailand, where millions of ...
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Yanin Supasa on how creating safe and inclusive spaces empower women and advances peace and resilient communities

#ForAllWomenandGirls a rallying call for action on the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Yanin Supasa, President of the Salaloi community, is ...
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Interview: How Ukrainian women entrepreneurs are keeping businesses alive amid Russia’s war

“That first year of the full-scale invasion was the hardest period of my life,” said Roksolana Rosolovska. “I was completely burned out.” In the quiet ...
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‘One of the most profound humanitarian crises of our time’ – How Ukrainian women support one another after three years of Russia’s full-scale war

As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is set to begin its fourth year, more than 1.7 million women and girls remain internally displaced throughout the ...
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Women in Ukraine persevere amid blackouts after attacks on power infrastructure

“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 ...
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‘We deserve to be safe’ – With better access to gender-based violence services, women in the Solomon Islands are speaking up

“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 ...
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Navigating war, birth, and hope in Sudan

“After I found out that I was pregnant, I decided that I would never give up my child,” said Amna Salih.* When UN Women last spoke ...
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Breaking tradition to end child marriage in Pakistan’s remote village

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 – ...
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In the Ukraine war, women are on the front lines and leading recovery

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 ...
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Women share stories of crisis and displacement in Lebanon

“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 ...
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UN Women-supported training helps aspiring women politicians across Papua New Guinea

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 ...
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How investments in early childhood centres are unlocking women’s earning power in Zanzibar

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 ...
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Turning waste into wealth: the Biomass Briquette Revolution

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 ...
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Women in Afghanistan have not stopped striving for their rights, and neither should we

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 ...
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Breaking barriers, building futures – a second chance for women refugees and the communities that host them in Uganda

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 ...
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