State and non-state actors in many countries are attempting to roll back hard-won progress and further entrench stigma, ...

As we observe this year’s theme, “Land restoration, desertification and drought resilience”, we honour the visionary women who have made history protecting their environment and communities. We ...

Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have assumed unique leadership roles in areas such as climate action, disaster risk reduction, and the protection of the world’s oceans. These small islands hold ...

NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME/WASHINGTON – Time is running out for millions of people in Sudan who are at imminent risk of famine, displaced from their lands, living under ...

My thanks to Mozambique for convening us around the crucial agenda of women, youth, peace, and security. On November 1 st last year, UN Women published a story about a 34-year-old psychotherapist in ...

The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has disproportionately affected women and girls, exacerbating pre-existing inequalities and exposing them to heightened risks of gender-based violence, economic ...

Since their adoption more than 13 years ago, significant and substantial progress has been made in meeting many of the eight Millennium Development Goals, including visible improvements in all health ...

For information about previous review and appraisal processes for the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, see “Follow-up to Beijing”. For the mandate for the 25-year review, see Economic and ...

* Previous years can be accessed via the Executive Board Documents page. Documents of Executive Board sessions, informal briefings, and other meetings in 2023: ...

As part of the Advocacy, Coalition Building and Transformative Feminist Action (ACT) to End Violence Against Women Programme, UN Women is in the process of identifying a Responsible Party for the ...

The world has a gender equality problem, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) mirrors the gender bias in our society. Although ...