New UN Women survey data from Rafah highlights the depth of physical and mental despair, with 93% of women interviewed feeling unsafe and over half reporting medical conditions requiring urgent ...

The United Nations has organized four world conferences on women. These took place in Mexico City in 1975, Copenhagen in 1980, Nairobi in 1985 and Beijing in 1995. The last was followed by a series of ...

Implement the 10-year framework of programmes on sustainable consumption and production, all countries taking action, with developed countries taking the lead, taking into account the development and ...

The climate crisis is the most pressing issue of our times, impacting our lives and entire ecosystems. It threatens progress ...

The UN Women Executive Board will convene for its annual session from Tuesday 18 to Thursday 20 June 2024 in person at United Nations headquarters in New York (Conference Room 2). The Board will ...

Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable ...

The theme for the International Day of Rural Women (15 October), “Rural Women Cultivating Good Food for All”, highlights the essential role that rural women and girls play in the food systems of the ...

On the International Girls in ICT Day, UN Women joins young women and girls globally who are putting a spotlight on ...

Eighty cents. When was the last time you handled 80 cents? Paid for something and that was all it cost? It is not even enough to buy a packet of gum in this day and age. But it can buy you a child to ...

This year, the theme for the International Girls in ICT Day focuses on leadership, highlighting the critical need for strong ...

It is seven a.m. in Tumaco, a coastal municipality in Nariño, Colombia. Anabel Magallanes walks through the mudflats of the mangrove forest in low tide, looking for piangua or concha – a nutrient-rich ...