UN Women launches the 2024 Afghanistan Gender Index, the most extensive study on women's empowerment and gender equality ...

Fewer women hold top political offices in 2025. UN Women reports rising barriers, political violence and setbacks in gender ...

After years of grassroots advocacy, Eskiter-Schoğlu and other activists in Türkiye achieved a breakthrough: a reduction in the value-added tax on menstrual products. “In a very tough political ...

Addressing the digital gender divide in Africa through the African Girls Can Code Initiative Addressing the digital gender divide in Africa through the African Girls Can Code Initiative Expert’s take: ...

On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict (19 June), UN Women spoke to two Ukrainian women artists about their experience and art as an expression of ...

[As delivered.] Please allow me to begin by thanking the Executive Board President, H.E. Nicola Clase, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations, for her strong ...

In 2023, the United Nations reported 3,688 cases of conflict-related sexual violence globally—a staggering 50 per cent increase from the previous year. Between February 2022 - December 2024, the ...

Addressing the digital gender divide in Africa through the African Girls Can Code Initiative Addressing the digital gender divide in Africa through the African Girls Can Code Initiative Expert’s take: ...

Investing in women’s rights is a pathway to sustainable development This year marks a pivotal moment for the Sustainable Development Goals and the future of global development cooperation. With only ...

The UN-Women Executive Board is made up of representatives from 41 Member States elected to three-year terms by the UN Economic and Social Council, with the following regional allocation and number of ...

UN Women regional, multi-country and country offices in the Africa region.