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    Press release
    Women’s political leadership declines, with fewer women in executive office in 2025
    Palace Of Fine Arts in Mexico City (with raised fist and purple bandana of the women’s movement)
    Explainer
    Intersectional feminism: What it means and why it matters right now
    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
    Saron Mesele of Ethiopia proudly poses with African Girls Can Code materials
    Interview
    For ALL Women and Girls: Saron Mesele on bridging the digital gender gap
    Zoila Dolores Piedra Guamán, a farmer and homemaker from Puculay. Women in Ecuador have stayed in the páramo, an ecosystem in the Andes, despite the threats that desertification, overgrazing and other human activities pose to their sustenance. With funding from the Municipality of Spain, UN Women is working with the Azuay provincial government to improve the resilience of communities in Azuay province through sustainable agricultural production. Photo: UN Women/Jerónimo Villarreal.
    Statement
    UN Women statement on World Environment Day, 5 June 2025
    Photographer Alice Ambrucer, from Mozambique.
    Press release
    “Through Her Lens”: New UN photo exhibit celebrates women leading peace
    (From left) Matcha Phorn-in, with daughter Siriwan and spouse Veerawan atthe finish line of the Run for Environmental Justice held on 8 March
    Feature story
    Voices of Pride: How LGBTIQ+ activists in Thailand are creating safer, stronger communities
    UN Under-Secretary General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous delivers remarks at the 2025 joint meeting of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN Women and WFP, UN headquarters, 30 May 2025. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown.
    Speech
    Speech: Bold in ambition, relentless in delivery, fearless in advocacy, and prepared to move as one
    United Nations Police (UNPOL) officer from Niger on patrol in Timbuktu, Mali, working to secure the city against threats of terrorism and banditry. Photo: UN Photo/Harandane Dicko.
    Statement
    UN Women statement on the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
    menstrual justice activists in turkey take materials to women and girls in a disaster zone
    Explainer
    Five ways activists are fighting for menstrual justice in Türkiye
    Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Anita Asmah presents the first Kazakhstan contingent at UNDOF with their UNDOF medals on 7 February 2025. Photo: UNDOF
    Feature story
    Who are the women leading peacekeeping?
    UN Under-Secretary General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous delivers remarks at the UN Security Council high-level open debate on the “Protection of civilians in armed conflict”, 22 May 2025, UN Headquarters. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown.
    Speech
    Speech: There is no pathway to peace that does not begin with the protection of women and girls