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Sudan war: Inside the world’s worst humanitarian and protection crisis for women and girls

UN Women team members listen to women at the Alazhri Gathering Site in Port Sudan during a day of emergency assistance distribution. Photo: UN Women/Ekram Hamad Fadlalla.

How women and girls are being targeted in the war in Sudan

A female healthcare professional speaks with a patient seated across a desk in a clinic.

Six uncomfortable truths about women’s health

Eight women farmers stand proudly in their tomato field

Gender-responsive climate and environmental action

A illustration representing internet slang from the manosphere

Glossary: The manosphere

A village council head from a village in Alwar district of Rajasthan in India attends a meeting organized by UN Women’s partner The Hunger Project, to develop her leadership skills. Women get together to discuss priority issues and find solutions to problems such as alcoholism, lack of roads or drinking water.

Facts and figures

Facts and figures: Women’s leadership and political participation

Portrait of a woman seated in a wheelchair against a blue-to-purple gradient background. She is wearing a red long-sleeve top under a plaid sleeveless dress. One hand rests on the arm of the wheelchair. Behind her is a large silver graphic of an institutional-style building with columns and a triangular roof. She is looking toward the camera with a neutral expression.

What justice means to women – and how to deliver it

Colourful illustration of diverse women protesting in front of a classical-style building with columns. A woman speaks into a megaphone, another holds a sign reading “Equality” with a gender symbol, and another raises her fist. A scale symbol appears above the entrance as one woman walks up the steps. The group includes women of different ages and abilities, including a woman using a wheelchair and another using a cane, while others speak with uniformed officials at a desk.

The 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70)

Portrait of a woman looking directly at the camera against a blue and purple background. Horizontal graphic bars partially cover the image, distorting the lower half of her face and body. A soundwave pattern appears behind her head, and digital symbols such as X marks, question marks, and an angry emoji are displayed around her. She is holding a mobile phone.

When justice fails: Why women can't get protection from AI deepfake abuse

26 February 2026

Three young, diverse women standing close together with their arms around each other against a blue background with a pink gradient at the bottom. They are facing the camera with relaxed expressions and are wearing light-coloured tops layered with patterned sweater vests.

What is feminism?

25 February 2026

collage of female activists

Never backing down: Women march forward for equal rights

25 February 2026

Portrait of a woman standing against a blue-to-purple gradient background with a faint image of a classical courthouse-style building with columns behind her. A large silver balance scale appears above and behind her head, with one side tilted lower than the other. She is wearing a black top and layered beaded necklaces in bright orange, yellow and red. She faces the camera with a serious expression.

Case open: Justice for all women and girls

25 February 2026