Millions of Indonesians working abroad now have hard-won legal protection against exploitation, thanks to the work of pioneering campaigners. Originally published in UN Women’s flagship ...

An early years education centre at Ghana’s biggest outdoor market has weathered tough economic challenges to give children—and women—the support they need. Originally published in ...

At the age of 13, Nunnaree Luangmoi dropped out of school. She was sent to work as a nanny and housekeeper, paid little, with scarce ...

Billions of people across the world stand on the right side of history every day. They speak up, take a stand, mobilize, and take big ...

Freeh Abu T’ema was preparing for his daughter’s wedding when he received a visit that would change not only his life, but the life of ...

Françoise Gbeko¹ (36), is one of the many Christian women married to Muslim men who were living in harmony in the Central African Republic (CAR) ...

UN Women works in over 100 countries unlocking opportunities for women to access education, training and jobs, helping women to lift themselves out of the ...

1.3 million refugees are currently hosted by Jordan, a country that continues to demonstrate humanitarian leadership in the Syrian refugee crisis. In 2012, UN Women ...

While parts of the Amazon are in flames across Brazil and eastern Bolivia—from fires largely caused by burning to clear arable land—communities in northern Bolivia ...

Today there are more than 70 million people around the world who have been forced from their homes. As crises get more prolonged, the only home that entire ...

This story was originally published on Medium.com/@UN_Women Across the world, millions of women and girls live in the long shadows of human trafficking. Whether ensnared by ...

Kavrepalanchok, Nepal — Indra Maya Tamang says that for as long as she can remember, her family has farmed the land here in the hills of ...

Years of collective mobilisation, strategising and innovation by women’s rights groups culminated in the repeal or reform of archaic laws across the Northern Africa and ...

The Far North Region of Cameroon is an arid area bordering Nigeria; it’s also the poorest part of the country. According to latest UN data, of ...

Eight years. Since the start of the conflict, the Syrian crisis has displaced more than 6.6 million people internally and seen more than 5.6 million ...

Through women’s cooperatives, a joint UN programme provides training in agricultural techniques, improved seeds and time-saving machinery, while also granting loans and encouraging saving. In ...