If women’s unpaid work were assigned a monetary value, it would exceed 40 per cent of GDP in some countries. Globally, women and girls spend more than 2.5 times as many hours a day on unpaid care work ...

One woman or girl is killed every 10 minutes by their intimate partner or family member The latest report on femicides reveals that 60 per cent of all female homicides are committed by an intimate ...

UN Women’s latest report “Women's Rights in Review 30 Years After Beijing”, published ahead of the UN 50th International Women’s Day on 8 March, shows that in 2024 nearly a quarter of governments ...

Governments reaffirm their commitment to place gender equality at the centre of global progress The newly adopted Ministerial Declaration underscores that gender equality and the empowerment and ...

Speech: Gender equality at the heart of our vision: the engine driving sustainable development Remarks by UN Under-Secretary General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the Interactive ...

The Sustainable Development Agenda, adopted by UN Member States in 2015, set a 2030 deadline for the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. Now, with under 10 years ...

New York, 27 May, 2020– UN Women, the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women, today launched the Shadow Pandemic public awareness campaign, focusing on the ...

SDG 3 – Good Health and Well-BeingWomen and girls in conflict settings face heightened mental and physical health risks The global maternal mortality ratio dropped by 34 per cent from 2000 to 2020, ...

“Beijing+30: From words to action” is a five-part UN Women policy paper series offering practical guidance to end violence against women and girls. Covering prevention, data, national action plans, ...

Ocho años después de la firma del acuerdo de paz, las mujeres colombianas hoy siguen definiendo lo que significa la paz. ONU Mujeres las acompaña.

The Taliban takeover of Kabul on 15 August 2021 erased years of hard-won progress towards national peace and security. In the year since, the regime has systematically erased women from Afghan society ...

Since 2014, HeForShe has bolstered a global movement, engaging more than 2 million men and individuals of all genders in championing gender equality. This unique initiative, led by UN Women, has ...