Violence against women and girls is the most pervasive human rights violation worldwide. Nearly 30 years since the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action, and despite concerted efforts by UN ...

Several international agreements guide the work of UN Women: UN Women’s strategic plan, 2022–2025 outlines UN Women’s strategic direction, objectives and approaches to support efforts to achieve ...

Since independence, Arab and North African countries have struggled with multiple challenges. These have slowed political, social, and economic development, although there has been progress in ...

Effie Owuor made history when she joined the Kenyan attorney general’s chambers as the country’s first female state council in 1967. In the years that followed, she became the first woman to serve as ...

NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME – We the leaders of 15 United Nations and humanitarian organizations urge, yet again, all parties fighting in Gaza to protect civilians, and call on the State of Israel to cease ...

Today, and every day, we recognize the skilled and the essential work of paid and unpaid care workers around the world. Care work is the backbone of our well-being and prosperity. Without it, our ...

26-year-old Firdez Ademoska is a Roma woman and a mother of three children in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. (December 2016). She started dating her husband at the age of 11 and left her ...

The theme for this year’s International Day of Care and Support (29 October) is, “Transforming Care Systems: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the context of Beijing+30”. Everyone needs ...

Women in Mali suffer from chronic time poverty, spending almost four times as much on unpaid care and domestic work than men—significantly more than the global average where women and girls do 2.5 ...

When different parts of the multilateral system act together, they can deliver greater results—and maximize the use of scarce resources. Within the UN system, UN Women is mandated to lead, promote and ...

In recent years, threats from violent extremism and terrorism have increased, with violent extremism groups exploiting grievances, inequalities, and governance deficits to recruit followers. Crimes ...