Explainer: Why are women so exhausted? Care work and the mental load Explainer: Why are women so exhausted? Care work and the mental load Press release: Aid cuts dismantle women’s organizations ...

Women’s poverty is fuelled by discrimination in the world of work, limited access to resources and financial assets, and deep-rooted stereotypes that limit women’s participation in education, decent ...

As the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly opens in New York, we reaffirm the UN Charter’s call for international cooperation and respect for human rights. Equal pay for work of equal ...

Dr. Sima Sami Bahous will undertake a second term as Under-Secretary General and Executive Director of UN Women. Following her reappointment by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, Dr.

Climate change, biodiversity loss, and land degradation are dramatically reshaping the lives of women, girls, and their communities, increasingly putting at risk their food and personal security, ...

This brief examines how patriarchal masculinities shape justice systems and limit women’s and girls’ access to justice. Drawing on expert dialogue, it highlights systemic bias, intersecting ...

The annual session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, taking place at the UN Headquarters in New York, from 24 April to 5 May, will celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the United Nations ...

The Essential services package forms part of the United Nations Joint Global Programme on Essential Services for Women and Girls Subject to Violence. This programme is a partnership by UN Women, UNFPA ...

Explainer: Why are women so exhausted? Care work and the mental load Explainer: Why are women so exhausted? Care work and the mental load Press release: Aid cuts dismantle women’s organizations ...

Explainer: Why are women so exhausted? Care work and the mental load Explainer: Why are women so exhausted? Care work and the mental load Press release: Aid cuts dismantle women’s organizations ...

For information about previous review and appraisal processes for the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, see “Follow-up to Beijing”. For the mandate for the 25-year review, see Economic and ...

Renowned activist Jaha Dukureh was appointed Regional UN Women Ambassador for Africa in February 2018. Herself a survivor of FGM, and forced into child marriage at age 15, Ms. Dukureh will dedicate ...