Amani Al Derbi, 35, was a hardworking mother and a psychotherapist in the Gaza Ministry of Health. Her mission: to provide comfort to those traumatized by years of conflict. But there is no safe place in Gaza. UN Women has received devastating news of an airstrike in the early morning of Tuesday, 7 May, killing Amani and her four children ..read more

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 attention. With any Israeli ground invasion, these number will soar ..read more

Amidst stalled progress on achieving gender equality, the evaluation offices of UN Women, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, and WFP conducted an inter-agency synthesis of UN system evaluations related to SDG 5 (gender equality). 295 evaluations were synthesized to generate evidence on what is working, evidence gaps, and lessons to advance SDG 5. The results are intended to serve as a catalyst for action by providing stakeholders with a series of implications to efforts to accelerate SDG 5 ..read more

On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, UN Women interviewed Miriam Jemio, an independent environmental journalist from La Paz, Bolivia. The freedom and safety of journalists reporting from the front lines of the climate crisis is critical.  This year, World Press Freedom Day is focusing on the importance of journalism and freedom of expression in the face of the environmental crisis ..read more

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 ..read more

Statement by principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on the Democratic Republic of the Congo ..read more

On the International Girls in ICT Day, UN Women joins young women and girls globally who are putting a spotlight on leadership in the digital world. Girls’ leadership in Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) is now more crucial than ever ..read more

Generation Equality is the world’s leading effort to unlock political will and accelerate investment and implementation on gender equality. Launched at the start of the 16 Days of Activism campaign in 2023, this report presents the latest evidence on the implementation of commitments made by the Action Coalition on Gender-Based Violence. The report provides compelling evidence that stakeholders are mobilizing new resources and delivering transformative results in this critical area ..read more

Briefing by UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Danai Gurira to the UN Security Council at the annual open debate on conflict-related sexual violence, UN headquarters, 23 April 2024 ..read more

For multiple generations, women in the Pacific coast of Nariño have promoted sustainable harvesting and use of a native mollusk called piangua. They are also at the forefront of mitigating climate change and leading mangrove conservation ..read more