In focus

Eight women farmers stand proudly in their tomato field

Gender-responsive climate and environmental action

31 October 2025

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

International Day of Care and Support

29 October 2025

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

The Women, Peace and Security agenda

20 October 2025

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 conflict in Gaza

10 September 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

Women learn to read and write through a literacy initiative supported by UN Women, in Nuristan province, eastern Afghanistan. As part of the initiative, 130 Village Literacy Committees were also established. By improving their literacy, the women can also strengthen their livelihoods, access to healthcare and build their resilience, in one of the most isolated and underserved provinces in Afghanistan. Photo: UN Women/Sayed Habib Bidell

State of women’s rights in Afghanistan

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

Nassim, 28 years and a mother of five children at the Tambasi centre for displaced families in El Fasher, North Darfur. Photo: UNICEF/UNI569483/Mohamed Zakaria

Two years of war in Sudan: The world’s worst humanitarian crisis for women and girls

CSW69 Hero banner featuring several women from around the world

69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women

On 8 July 2024 in Kyiv, fire and rescue service workers, hospital staff and volunteers clear rubble and search for people trapped under debris after an attack that hit Okhmatdyt hospital, Ukraine's largest children's medical centre. Photo: UNICEF/UNI608590/Filippov

Women leading humanitarian aid and economic resilience after three years of war in Ukraine

17 February 2025

Equal is Greater: The role of the private sector

UN Women at the World Economic Forum in Davos 2025

15 January 2025

Participants hold up Beijing+30 signs during the high level side event to kickoff Beijing+30, held during the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on 21 Sept 2024 at UN Headquarters in New York.

The Beijing declaration: A call to revolutionize gender equality

12 November 2024