Explainer: How COVID-19 impacts women and girls
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
A profound shock to our societies and economies, the COVID-19 pandemic underscores society’s reliance on women both on the front line and at home, while simultaneously exposing structural inequalities across every sphere, from health to the economy, security to social protection. Explore these varied impacts and take a quiz to test your knowledge.
Unpaid care work: Your daily load and why it matters
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
From domestic chores to caring for loved ones, unpaid care work is the back bone of thriving families, communities and economies. There’s one universal truth: When it comes to unpaid work, not everyone is in the same boat. What does your boat look like? Find out.
Unpaid care work: Your daily load and why it matters
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
From domestic chores to caring for loved ones, unpaid care work is the back bone of thriving families, communities and economies. There’s one universal truth: When it comes to unpaid work, not everyone is in the same boat. What does your boat look like? Find out.
Visualizing the data: Women’s representation in society
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Women’s full and equal participation in all facets of society is a fundamental human right. Yet, around the world, from politics to entertainment to the workplace, women and girls are largely underrepresented. Take a closer look at this gender-imbalanced picture over time.
Infographic: End the stigma. Period.
Sunday, October 6, 2019
Periods. Menstruation. Monthlies. Call it what you want. But there’s a whole lot to talk about.
Photo essay: Families are changing, policies need to change too
Tuesday, June 25, 2019
This photo essay provides a snapshot from UN Women’ latest flagship report, Progress of the World’s Women 2019-2020: Families in a Changing World, and UN Women programmes around the world.
Displacement and resilience: Five women, five stories
Monday, June 17, 2019
Join us for a journey into the Far North Region of Cameroon to meet five women who have traversed immense tragedies and emerged as resilient leaders, survivors and entrepreneurs.
Photo essay: A day in the life of Christine Banlog, market woman from Cameroon
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Christine Banlog has been a market woman for 22 years. She is now 64, widowed, and raising her three grandchildren in Nyalla, Cameroon.
Photo essay: Markets for Change in the Pacific islands
Monday, April 15, 2019
Since 2014, UN Women’s Markets for Change project has been boosting leadership and financial skills of women vendors in 17 markets to make them safe, inclusive and sustainable. For the first time, women’s voices are shaping market infrastructure and climate adaptation.
Photo essay: Growing coffee, sowing peace in Colombia
Tuesday, August 7, 2018
For Cielo Gomez, every day is work day, starting with coffee 5:30 am. A mother of three, a wife, and now a coffee grower with her own land, it’s a labour of love.
Learn the facts: Rural women and girls
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Rural women ensure food security for their communities, build climate resilience and strengthen economies. Yet, gender inequalities, such as discriminatory laws and social norms, combined with a fast-changing economic, technological and environmental landscape restrict their full potential, leaving them far behind men and their urban counterparts.
Photo essay: Rural women, human rights
Thursday, February 22, 2018
The world has committed to upholding the rights of all women and girls. Fulfilling this commitment is particularly urgent in rural areas. Rural women and their organizations are on the move to claim their rights and improve their livelihoods and well-being.
Explore the data: The state of women’s economic empowerment in the Indian Ocean Rim region
Monday, June 5, 2017
Indian Ocean Rim countries have set change in motion, investing in laws, policies, and institutions that empower women economically. But there’s much to be done. From the gender pay gap to labour policies, dive into the data to see how women fare across the region.
Thursday, March 9, 2017
Finding women at work shouldn't be this hard. To highlight women's under-representation in science, technology and politics, UN Women Egypt and DDB Dubai launched the "Finding Her" initiative. The series of illustrations show science, technology and political workplaces with only one woman.
Photo essay: Changing world, changing work
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
The world of work is changing fast, through innovation, increasing mobility and informality. But it needs to change faster to empower women, whose work has already driven many of the global gains in recent decades.
Women in the changing world of work - Facts you should know
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Globalization, digital innovation and climate change, among other factors, continue to change the world in which we work — posing both challenges as well as opportunities in realizing women’s economic potential for a better tomorrow. Explore just some facts on where women stand today in the changing world of work.
Quiz: Women in the world of work
Friday, February 24, 2017
Think you know your facts on women and the economy? Take our short quiz to find out!
Photo essay: Rural women light up villages in Liberia
Monday, January 9, 2017
Rural Liberian women are promoting renewable solar energy that reduces dependency on expensive and polluting fossil fuels, like kerosene.
Photo essay: Made in Cambodia, a day in the life of Chhun Srey Sros, a garment factory worker
Thursday, November 17, 2016
In Cambodia, 70 per cent of women are engaged in vulnerable employment; more than 500,000 work in garment and footwear factories. Empowering women to exercise their rights to decent work, UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (managed by UN Women on behalf of the UN system) is working closely with partners to ensure discrimination-free work environments in Cambodian factories.
Photo essay: In the Philippines, women migrant workers rebuild lives, advocate for each other
Friday, September 16, 2016
In the past two decades, an annual average of 172,000 Filipino women have left the country as migrant workers, in the quest for decent work and adequate income.