About us

UN Women exists to advance women’s rights, gender equality, and the empowerment of all women and girls. As the lead United Nations entity on gender equality, we shift laws, institutions, social norms, and services to close the gender gap and build an equal world for all women and girls. We keep the rights of women and girls at the centre of global progress—always, everywhere. Because gender equality is not just what we do. It is who we are.

About UN Women
UN Women exists to advance women’s rights, gender equality, and the empowerment of all women and girls. As the lead United Nations entity on gender equality, we shift laws, institutions, social norms, and services to close the gender gap and build an equal world for all women and girls. We keep the rights of women and girls at the centre of global progress—always, everywhere. Because gender equality is not just what we do. It is who we are.
Executive leadership
UN Women’s Directorate consists of Executive Director Sima Bahous, Deputy Executive Director Kirsi Madi, and Deputy Executive Director Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda.
Governance
According to UN General Assembly resolution 64/289, which established UN Women, the organization is governed by a multi-tiered intergovernmental governance structure.
Guiding documents
Several international agreements guide the work of UN Women.
Accountability at UN Women
UN Women is committed to independent and objective internal oversight to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of its operations.
Programme implementation
UN Women implements programmes (and their component projects) at country, multi-country, and regional levels through implementing partners, which include government entities, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), UN agencies, non-UN intergovernmental organizations, and UN Women (direct implementation). UN Women issues calls for proposals to identify and choose, through a competitive process, suitable implementing partners.
Careers at UN Women
Join the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and make an impact on gender equality. UN Women is now hiring expert practitioners for a number of assignments.
Procurement at UN Women
UN Women procures more than USD 176 million worth of services and goods each year to support its programme of work. UN Women is committed to promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women worldwide, while delivering green results, with an emphasis on transparency and effectiveness.
Contact us
UN Women has global offices in New York City, USA; Nairobi, Kenya; and Bonn, Germany, as well as a number of regional, country, multi-country, and liaison offices, through which we work worldwide, for all women and girls.