Three years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the toll on women and girls remains staggering. They continue to bear the heaviest burdens – displacement, economic instability, heightened ...

Russia’s three years of mass attacks on Ukraine are having a devastating effect on women and girls, with 1,869,000 internally displaced, almost 6.7 million women in need of humanitarian assistance, ...

As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine completes three years of devastation, more than 1.8 million women and girls are internally displaced and less than half of them have employment. Thousands of ...

Let me begin by expressing my gratitude to H.E. Ms. Nicola Clase, President of our Board, for her strong and attentive leadership during this first regular session of 2025. Your steady guidance has ...

Welcome to the first regular session of the UN Women Executive Board 2025. My congratulations to our incoming Executive Board President, H.E. Ms. Nicola Clase, Ambassador of Sweden to the United ...

"I've been walking for two hours now”, said Hanin Hamaduna, a Gazan journalist and a mother of a 14-year-old boy, as she embarks on a long way back to North Gaza, having been internally displaced by ...

Violence against women and girls is rooted in gender-based discrimination, social norms that accept violence, and gender stereotypes that continue cycles of violence. To date, efforts to eliminate ...

Worldwide, women only make 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. As a result, there’s a lifetime of income inequality between men and women and more women are retiring into poverty. This stubborn ...

Several common tools and strategies help improve the status of women in the UN system. They are briefly described here, accompanied by the most recent UN Women data on usage, as well as examples and ...

Training for gender equality and women’s empowerment is an essential component for UN Women’s commitment to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment. Training for gender equality is a ...

Ms. Sima Sami Bahous became UN Women’s third Executive Director on 30 September 2021. A champion for women and girls, gender equality, and youth empowerment, as well as a keen advocate for quality ...