Over the past five years, the de facto authorities have issued more than 100 decrees targeting women and girls, institutionalizing discrimination and stripping them of their fundamental rights – with ...

Cairo/Geneva/New York – Women reportedly head nearly one in four households in Gaza – an estimated 86,290 households – which is double the pre-October 2023 rate of one in nine, according to a new data ...

Women and children have borne the brunt of this war for far too long. More than 28,000 women and girls have been killed, most of them mothers leaving children and elderly behind with no protection or ...

United Nations Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous concluded a three-day visit to Jordan focused on advancing women’s economic empowerment and political participation ...

This brief on Sustainable Development Goal indicator 5.1.1 analyses the latest data for 120 countries, emphasizes the importance of strong legal frameworks that advance gender equality, showcases good ...

Four years after the Taliban takeover in August 2021, the most severe women’s rights crisis in the world is being normalized. This gender alert aims to counter this normalization through data and ...

Explainer: Why are women so exhausted? Care work and the mental load Explainer: Why are women so exhausted? Care work and the mental load Press release: Aid cuts dismantle women’s organizations ...

Explainer: Why are women so exhausted? Care work and the mental load Explainer: Why are women so exhausted? Care work and the mental load Press release: Aid cuts dismantle women’s organizations ...

Annex A: Progress against Member State and entity-specific commitments related to UN-Women PowerPoint Presentation Annual joint report of UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and UN-Women on the implementation of the ...

This report examines how the war in Gaza has transformed household structures, with women now heading nearly 25 per cent of them. It highlights the disproportionate impacts, including inadequate ...

Explainer: Why are women so exhausted? Care work and the mental load Explainer: Why are women so exhausted? Care work and the mental load Press release: Aid cuts dismantle women’s organizations ...

The 12 stories shared in these pages are stories of resilience, ancestral knowledge, collective action, innovation, and dignity. They are the faces and voices of women cultivating the land while ...