The UN Women Internship Programme offers outstanding students the opportunity to acquire direct exposure to UN Women’s work in areas such as strategic partnerships, communications, advocacy, policy, ...

In every country around the world women face multiple barriers and gender-based discrimination in the work place. The discrimination sets in early—from the kind of education girls get or till which ...

The theme of this year’s International Day of the Girl is, ‘Girls’ vision for the future’. Research from UNICEF shows that girls are not only courageous in the face of challenges, but hopeful for the ...

Intensified hostilities began in October 2023 and have escalated since 23 September 2024, disrupting women’s livelihoods in ...

New UN Women report highlights the disproportionate impacts of the escalating conflict for Sudanese women and girls, including the 5.8 million who are internally displaced.

Hodan Addou, UN Women Regional Director for East and Southern Africa a.i., spoke about UN Women’s new report on the situation in Sudan.

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Stela attends the eighth grade and her dream is to become a world boxing champion. Photo: UN Women Moldova/ Diana Savina. The world of women’s sports is undergoing a game-changing transformation, ...

UN Women’s new flagship report uncovers significant gaps for women’s empowerment and puts forth a robust agenda to shift gears. It spotlights inequalities and challenges faced by women and identifies ...

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 ...

Gender equality is a right. Fulfilling this right is the best chance we have in meeting some of the most pressing challenges of our time—from economic crisis and lack of health care, to climate change ...