In focus

An Afghan woman stands outside her village

Five years since the Taliban takeover: The state of women’s rights in Afghanistan

Nurachayatun an Indonesian domestic worker from Surabaya Java, prepares food inher employers kitchen after early morning grocery shopping.Photo: UN Women/Staton Winter

Care work keeps the world running

Eight women farmers stand proudly in their tomato field

Gender-responsive climate and environmental action

Congolese players celebrate winning the 1st African School Champions Cup organized by FIFA in 2022. Photo: UN Women/Adriana Borra.

Women and girls in sport

Palestinian women grieve over the bodies of their relatives who were killed in Israeli bombings in Nuseirat and Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip.

In Focus: Supporting women and girls affected by the war on Gaza

A woman holds a child and looks at the camera, with belongings behind her and another child beside her.

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

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)

A Ukrainian woman, who works with displaced women, poses for a portrait

After four years of full-scale invasion, Ukraine’s women need your support now

20 February 2026

A migrant woman worker cuts timber in a sawmill in Nakhon Nayok, Thailand, around 50 kilometres north-east of Bangkok. Photo: UN Women/Pornvit Visitoran

International Migrants Day

15 December 2025

A group of women sit in a circle, listening to an elder speak

The Women, Peace and Security agenda

20 October 2025

A view of the General Assembly Hall during the Official United Nations Commemorationof International Women’s Day 2025 on 7 March 2025.Photo: UN Women/Jennifer Graylock

In Focus: 80th Session of the UN General Assembly

8 September 2025

Collage of women from around the world to mark 15 years of UN Women.

UN Women at 15: Delivering power, driving rights and equality for all women and girls