Sudanese women lead drive for change
Alaa Salah never expected to become the face of the Sudanese protest movement. Yet, that is exactly what happened when she took to the streets …
In Focus: UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW63)
Welcome to CSW63 CSW 63 official documents Webcasts Side events News Speeches and statements This year, the 63rd session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of …
Climate action with women
As the United Nations prepares for the UN Climate Action Summit 2019, taking place in New York on 23 September during the 74th session of the UN …
Statement by UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka for International Youth Day, 2019: Transforming education for a new generation of leaders
Sixteen-year old Gambian Jakomba Jabbie wants to be an aerospace engineer. A vocal advocate for girls’ education, she created a robotics team at school to …
UN Women statement on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
UN Women joins all indigenous peoples everywhere, especially indigenous women and girls, in commemorating the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. This year’s theme …
Trafficked: Three survivors of human trafficking share their stories
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 …
Reforming the laws that forced women to marry their rapists
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 …
UN Opens Applications for Youth Climate Summit in New York, Announces “Green Tickets” to Recognise Young People Driving Climate Action
New York, 1 July — Starting today, young people from around the world are formally invited to apply to participate in the United Nations Youth …
Press release: To accelerate gender equality, UN Women launches a Call to Action to parliamentarians
Date: Thursday, June 27, 2019 Tokyo, 27 June —In the lead up to the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (Beijing+25) and …
Displacement and resilience: Five women, five stories
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 …