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Ongoing killing and displacement of women and girls in Lebanon under a fragile ceasefire
UN Women    Remarks by Moez Doraid, UN Women Regional Director for Arab States - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today’s press briefing at the Palais...
   
The goal is silence’: Women journalists report increasing violence online
UN Women    Journalists open up about the lack of accountability and the toll of online violence - on themselves and on the freedom of the press.
   
Nearly three out of four women journalists face digital abuse globally: How digital violence threatens press freedom in Africa
UN Women    As online abuse against journalists intensifies globally, understanding how women reporters navigate these hostile digital environments and what can...
   
For ALL Women and Girls: Sushmita S. Preetha on elevating and protecting women journalists
UN Women    ForAllWomenandGirls is a rallying call for action on the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Sushmita S. Preetha,...
   
Who are the women and girls behind Gaza war’s horrific casualty toll?
UN Women    Palestinian girl describes the moment that airstrikes killed her mother and siblings in Gaza: I felt nothing. I went completely numb
   
What it means to be a woman in Gaza today
UN Women    Famine was declared in Gaza City on 22 August 2025 by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis - a first for the Middle East...
   
Where is the humanity, when more than 38,000 women and girls in Gaza have been killed?
UN Women    Remarks by Sofia Calltorp, UN Women Chief of Humanitarian Action - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today’s press briefing at the Palais...
   
UN Women gravely concerned by military strikes against Iran and escalation across the Middle East
UN Women    Women and girls everywhere have the right to live in safety and in peace, free from violence and discrimination.
   
From homes to shelter halls: Lebanese women bearing the burden of displacement alone
UN Women    After 45 days of hostilities, a ceasefire announced on 16 April - which was extended for an additional 3 weeks - offered brief hope for displaced...
   
UN Women Executive Board to convene annual session 2026
UN Women    The UN Women Executive Board will convene for its annual session from Tuesday 17 to Thursday 19 June 2025 at United Nations Headquarters in New York ...
   
Reports to police of online violence against women journalists double since 2020, with one in four experiencing related anxiety and or depression
UN Women    Ahead of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, UN Women, The Nerve, and partners share a new report about the growing and increasingly sophisticated...
   
Reports to police of online violence against women journalists double since 2020, with one in four experiencing related anxiety and or depression
UN Women    Ahead of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, UN Women, The Nerve, and partners share a new report about the growing and increasingly sophisticated...
   
It feels like the whole world is complicit’: What displacement feels like for women in Lebanon conflict
UN Women    Escalating conflict in Lebanon has forced hundreds of thousands of women and girls to flee their homes. Two women from South Lebanon share the impact...
   
Lebanon conflict drives mental health crisis for displaced women: We hear, see and feel pain constantly’
UN Women    Escalating conflict in Lebanon has forced hundreds of thousands of women and girls to flee their homes, and women are on the frontlines of the...
   
Displaced women return home in Lebanon: I saw destruction everywhere’
UN Women    Across Lebanon, women and girls navigate continued displacement, loss, and returns home - often multiple times - as uncertainty remains part of daily...
   
Sudan’s war on women: The number of people in need of sexual violence support quadruples as abuse of women and girls becomes the blueprint of war, three years on
UN Women    Sexual violence continues to surge across Sudan, with the number of women and girls requiring support after experiencing gender-based violence nearly...
   
What is life like for women working in Gaza? Doctors, teachers and journalists speak out
UN Women    First-hand accounts from women in Gaza about helping people through war, displacement and humanitarian crisis.
   
More than 100 women and girls displaced every hour in South Sudan, some going days without food
UN Women    Statement by Anna Mutavati, UN Women Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, following her five-day mission in South Sudan, calling for peace...
   
Remarks by Anna Mutavati, UN Women Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, on Sudan’s war on women and girls, as conflict enters fourth year
UN Women    This is a summary of what was said by Anna Mutavati, UN Women Regional Director for East and Southern Africa - to whom quoted text may be attributed ...
   
More than 38,000 women and girls were killed in Gaza between October 2023 and December 2025 - UN Women
UN Women    Six months after the ceasefire, and as regional developments shift global attention, UN Women warns that women and girls in Gaza remain at critical...
   
Speech: Game-changing rewards: Women as empowered agents of stability, accountability, and peace
UN Women    Remarks by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the briefing of the UN Security Council on the situation in the...
   
More than 250 women killed in Lebanon over past seven weeks
UN Women    The mounting death toll of women and girls in Lebanon is horrific and underscores a profound failure to protect civilians in line with international...
   
UN Women statement on the impact of the recent military escalation in the Middle East on women and girls
UN Women    UN Women echoes the UN Secretary-General’s welcome of the announcement of a two-week ceasefire by the United States and Iran and his alarm at the...
   
UN Women Executive Board visits Bolivia: Advancing women’s rights and strengthening alliances
UN Women    From 24 to 31 March, the Executive Board of UN Women made an official visit to Bolivia to gain insights into the impact of programmes and deepen its...
   
From learning to leading: Unlocking the power of girls in ICT
UN Women    Ahead of International Girls in ICT Day, two students share how the African Girls Can Code Initiative is empowering young women to transform the tech...
   
What it is like to survive female genital mutilation (FGM)
UN Women    Learn what life after FGM looks like and why legal bans on the practice alone are not delivering justice for women and girls.
   
Speech: Progress to celebrate, progress unrealized - A call for reinvigorated collective action
UN Women    Remarks by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the launch of the report, Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The gender snapshot...
   
Op-ed: The cost of motherhood and the gender pay gap
UN Women    Motherhood still comes with a pay penalty, and women continue to be paid less for work of equal value - not by accident, but by design.
   
Women, climate change, and the search for accountability
UN Women    As climate litigation gathers force, women are helping to redefine what accountability looks like - and exposing how far climate policy still is from...
   
Press Briefing by UN Women on the situation for women and girls in Lebanon
UN Women    Remarks by Gielan El Messiri UN Women Representative in Lebanon at the Palais des Nations in Geneva
   
Press briefing by UN Women on the impact of recent hostilities, Decree No. 12 and the widening justice gap for women and girls in Afghanistan
UN Women    Remarks by UN Women Afghanistan Special Representative, Susan Ferguson, at UN Headquarters in New York, speaking from Kabul.
   
Op-ed: Building women’s resilience to climate-driven poverty and food insecurity
UN Women    Climate change means millions more women and girls risk having insufficient food and resources to meet their basic needs. As women bear the brunt of...
   
Speech: The headwinds are strong, but our shared resolve to advance women’s rights is stronger
UN Women    Closing remarks by Ms. Sima Bahous, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director at the Commission on the Status of Women at its...
   
Youth leaders call for transformative justice reforms at CSW70
UN Women    Young people from around the world joined Member States and United Nations leaders for an interactive dialogue on ensuring and strengthening access...
   
Only 1 in 7 countries is led by a woman as global political power remains dominated by men
UN Women    New Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) - UN Women data show women remain far from equal political power, holding just 22.4 per cent of cabinet posts and...
   
Justice must work for all women and girls, and for every generation - At CSW70, young leaders and women’s rights advocates tackle the justice gap across the life course
UN Women    At CSW70, adolescent girls, young feminists, older women advocates and policymakers came together to identify intergenerational solutions to one of...
   
World leaders at CSW70 put ending violence against women and girls at the top of the agenda
UN Women    At the first-ever annual High-level Meeting on Violence Against Women and Girls held during the Commission on the Status of Women, more than 100...
   
Durable impact and delivery at the centre of efforts to end violence against women and girls
UN Women    The Five Years On Group of Friends meeting convened at CSW70 to mobilize support, strengthen cooperation and share solutions.
   
UN Women Executive Director’s message for World Water Day
UN Women    A message from UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous for World Water Day, 22 March 2026.
   
Only 1 in 7 countries is led by a woman as global political power remains dominated by men
UN Women    New Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) - UN Women data show women remain far from equal political power, holding just 22.4 per cent of cabinet posts and...
   
Malala Yousafzai’s remarks on International Women’s Day 2026
UN Women    The Co-founder and Executive Chair of Malala Fund and Nobel Peace Prize laureate delivered her address at the official UN Commemoration of IWD 2026...
   
Remarks by UN Women Chief of Humanitarian Action Sofia Calltorp following her visit to Gaza
UN Women    Remarks by UN Women Chief of Humanitarian Action Sofia Calltorp at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, following her visit to Gaza in...
   
Advancing justice in every context: CSW70 event spotlights women’s access to justice in conflicts
UN Women    High-level event spotlights international cooperation to bridge the justice gap, including the UNDP-UN Women Gender Justice Platform.
   
Women leaders call for stronger justice systems for women and girls at CSW70
UN Women    At a High-Level side event on the sidelines of the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70), an intergenerational group of women...
   
Speech: It is our task, our responsibility, to make real the commitments and promises we have made to all women and girls
UN Women    Remarks by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the opening of the 70th session of the Commission on the Status...
   
Gender stereotypes remain a barrier to women’s access to justice
UN Women    CSW70 event calls for dismantling stereotypes and carving pathways for progress.
   
Speech: Justice goes beyond the courtroom to encompass accessible, coordinated, and adequately resourced systems
UN Women    Remarks by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the CSW high-level meeting on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the Group of Friends for...
   
Speech: Women and girls must live lives free of violence in all spaces, everywhere
UN Women    Remarks by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the Commission on the Status of Women high-level meeting on...
   
Speech: In the face of pushback against gender equality, we do not back down, we rise higher
UN Women    Remarks by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the 2026 commemoration of International Women’s Day, 9 March...
   
Speech: Justice - the bedrock of every right to which women and girls are entitled
UN Women    Remarks by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the interactive dialogue on the CSW70 priority theme, Bridging...
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