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Photo essay: Vulnerable women and girls face compounded crises after Cyclone Mocha
Author: Alexandra Peard In the aftermath of last week’s Cyclone Mocha, there are deep concerns for vulnerable women and girls in north-western Myanmar, many of whom …
Empowering women entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka
Author: Avindi Perera At the break of dawn, Ramesh Anusha wakes up to prepare food parcels for sale. Before opening her shop in Eluthoor, Mannar …
Strengthening the Resilience of Women and Girls to Disasters: Solomon Islands Government, Australia and UN Women launch new programme.
Honiara, Solomon Islands – A new programme to bolster women’s resilience and leadership for sustainable, secure and thriving communities in the Solomon Islands, in the face …
Cyclone Mocha makes dire situation worse for millions of women and children in Myanmar
Cyclone Mocha, which smashed through Myanmar’s Rakhine State last week, has left a trail of destruction that exacerbates the challenges already faced by millions of …
From UN Women Afghanistan to all the Afghan women and girls we serve
Fighting for women’s rights is a fierce struggle everywhere in the world. But nowhere have more lives depended on it than in Afghanistan right now. …
In the words of Dilay Duman: “During disasters, volunteering is compelling, supporting women is priceless”
“It is heartbreaking that the special needs of women and girls are not usually met or taken into account in disaster situations,” says Dilan Duman, …
Creating safe spaces for women in Ukraine
Since the launch of the Russian Federation full-scale invasion on 24 February, 2022, over 2,000 women have been confirmed dead in attacks that have wrecked …
Statement on Sudan by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous
UN Women joins our partners in expressing our grave concern over the continued conflict in Sudan. As in all crises, this will surely have dire …
Statement on Afghanistan by Sima Bahous, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women
UN Women strongly condemns the Taliban’s latest discriminatory decision to ban Afghan women from working with the United Nations in Afghanistan. We stand in full …
In the words of Özge Ergin: “Photography has become my medium for raising awareness and narrating stories of earthquake survivors”
Özge Ergin (43), is a professional photographer from İstanbul. She was in Antakya shooting a documentary when the earthquakes struck Southeastern Türkiye on February 6th. …