1,000 days of the full-scale war: Ukrainian women drive humanitarian response and recovery amid growing security threats
Kyiv/New York – As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its 1,000th day today, civilians, women, and girls in Ukraine are enduring deadly intensified attacks ...
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War on women – Proportion of women killed in armed conflicts doubles in 2023
UN paints dire picture of women in war: Despite rising conflict less than 10 per cent of negotiators in peace processes in 2023 were women. ...
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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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Secretary-General’s message to mark one year since the attacks of 7 October 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq0POW_yXEo Today marks one year since the horrific events of October 7th when Hamas launched a large-scale terror attack in Israel killing over 1,250 Israelis ...
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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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Sudan humanitarian crisis has catastrophic impact for women and girls, with two-fold increase of gender-based violence
New UN Women report highlights the disproportionate impacts of the escalating conflict for Sudanese women and girls, including the 5.8 million who are internally displaced. ...
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Call for action: Urgent humanitarian response for Gaza
Remarks by Sima Bahous, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director at the Conference “Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza,” in Sweimeh, Jordan ...
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Palestinian women-led organizations must be at the forefront of the humanitarian response in Gaza and the West Bank
[Also available in Arabic] 80% of women in Gaza depend on food assistance to survive, and women-led organizations are uniquely equipped to support them, according ...
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Intensified military operations will bring increased death and despair for Rafah’s 700,000 women and girls.
[Also available in Arabic] New UN Women survey data from Rafah highlights the depth of physical and mental despair, with 93% of women interviewed feeling ...
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Six months into the war on Gaza, over 10,000 women have been killed, among them an estimated 6,000 mothers, leaving 19,000 children orphaned.
New York/Cairo — Today, UN Women launches its latest Gender Alert on Gaza. Six months into the war, 10,000 Palestinian women in Gaza have been killed, among ...
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Women and girls endure a year of conflict in Sudan
Since 15 April 2023, fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces has resulted in the deaths of at least 14,600 people. More ...
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Statement on Gaza by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous
It is now more than 100 days since the horrors of the Hamas attacks on Israel of 7 October and the horrors that have followed, ...
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Speech: Now more than ever we must seek peace
Briefing by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous to the 9,484th meeting of the UN Security Council on “The situation in the ...
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