FAQs

An Afghan woman, who returned from Pakistan earlier that day, rests with her son inside a tent erected to give returnees some shade from the burning sun at Takhta Pul, near the Pakistan border. UN Women: Sayed Habib Bidell.

FAQs: What it’s like to be a woman in Afghanistan today

Health worker wearing protective equipment checks a child being carried on a caregiver’s back at an Ebola treatment centre.

What happens to women during an Ebola outbreak? Pregnancy, caregiving, violence, and survival — explained

A woman in a wheelchair sits outdoors beside a girl washing dishes, with a child standing nearby.

How war impacts women and girls: A simple explainer on gender and conflict

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

Rebecca (name changed), 10, sits on her bed in the dorm of the safe house of UNICEF partner NGO Amazonian Initiative Movement in the town of Masethleh, Port Loko District, Sierra Leone. She ran away from her home where her familiy was planning on training her as a female genital mutilation practioner. Photo: UNICEF/UNI150843/Asselin.

FAQs on female genital mutilation (FGM): Causes, impact, and how to end it

6 February 2026

A migrant farmer in Cambodia showing off her rice harvest for a photography project in 2020. Photo: UN Women Cambodia/Women Migrant Workers participatory photography project

Women on the move: FAQs on migration and gender

15 December 2025

A woman looks at her phone concerned. AI powered abuse is threatening women and girls everywhere. There is no excuse for online abuse. Photo: UN Women

AI-powered online abuse: How AI is amplifying violence against women and what can stop it

18 November 2025

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FAQs: The signs of relationship abuse and how to help

17 November 2025

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FAQs: Types of violence against women and girls

17 November 2025

Frequently asked questions: Tech-facilitated gender based violence

FAQs: Digital abuse, trolling, stalking, and other forms of technology-facilitated violence against women and girls

13 November 2025

The “Smile of Hope" is run by AISHA, a UN Women partner and women-led-organization that provides, among other services, case management and protection support for displaced female cancer patients. Standing together during a visit to assess the women’s needs are Reem Frainah, AISHA's director (in blue dress) and Isadora de Moura, head of the UN Women Gaza sub-office (in vest). Photo: UN Women/Sulaiman Hejji

Women in Gaza: What they need now as the ceasefire holds

24 October 2025

Illustration depicting men and women doing unpaid care work tasks

FAQs: What is unpaid care work and how does it power the economy? 

23 October 2025