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International humanitarian law flouted as health and aid workers are…
UNITED NATIONS, New York – Across the world, wars are being waged on the very systems set up to protect civilian
Female genital mutilation in infancy still common, Gambian mothers say
BASSE, The Gambia – Hulay Damba, 55, spent years performing
Famine confirmed in Gaza – pregnant women and newborns at acute risk
GAZA STRIP, Occupied Palestinian Territory – “Where is the world watching what’s happening to us, and to our children?
Adolescent pregnancy in Latin America and the Caribbean: Seeking…
BOCAS DEL TORO PROVINCE, Panama – “We don't have special care for women,” said Jakelyn Chiu, a single mother of three
Statement on the earthquake in eastern Afghanistan
UN Women statement on the devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, 2 September 2025.
Over 500 days of siege: Women and girls trapped in El Fasher face the…
UN Women statement on the crisis unfolding in Sudan, September 2025.
Press briefing by UN Women on the new Afghanistan Gender Alert
Remarks by UN Women Chief of Humanitarian Action Sofia Calltorp at the Palais des Nations in Geneva
Four years after Taliban takeover, Afghans overwhelmingly back girls’…
New UN Women report finds 92 per cent of Afghans support girls’ secondary schooling.
Press briefing by UN Women, four years since the Taliban takeover of…
Four years since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan (15 August), UN Women Afghanistan Special Representative Susan Ferguson…
Statement: A call on leaders to #ActForHumanity – the world is…
UN Women statement for World Humanitarian Day, 19 August 2025
Afghanistan: Ten facts about the world’s most severe women’s rights…
Four years after the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021, dozens of its directives have stripped Afghan women and girls…
A chance to breathe: How life-saving incubators are transforming…
MOGADISHU, Somalia – “I didn’t know if she would make it.” When Faduma Mohamed gave birth to her daughter at Banadir Hospital in…
“Now I know I have a future”: Safe spaces work with health centres to…
AL MAHRAH/MARIB GOVERNORATES, Yemen – In a rural corner of Al Wadi District in Yemen’s eastern Marib Governorate, Salwa* was…
Pregnant refugees in Chad see faltering sexual and reproductive…
Farchana Camp, CHAD – "I arrived at the health centre very early this morning for a prenatal appointment, but I've already been…
When the water rises: How women are adapting to a changing climate in…
Sunamganj, BANGLADESH – When floodwaters sweep into the village of Bodipur in north-eastern Bangladesh, life does not pause – it…
The scars of gender-based violence run deep in South Sudan – but so…
BAHR EL GHAZAL REGION, South Sudan – Tucked between mango trees in a compound in Wau, a town in the western Bahr el Ghazal region…
In Paraguay, nurse Mariel Díaz delivers culturally-sensitive…
LAGUNA NEGRA, Paraguay – Nurse Mariel Díaz Flores, 37, regularly travelled more than 70 kilometres by motorcycle to complete her…
Explainer: No, contraceptives don’t cause abortions
UNITED NATIONS, New York/NAROK COUNTY, Kenya – Misinformation about contraception is deadly. Just ask Evaline Chepkemol, a mother…
“More educators, more access”: One woman’s dedication to delivering…
MEXICO CITY, Mexico – “I’m dedicated to bringing comprehensive sexuality education to as many people in Mexico City as possible,”…
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