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    Pendo Vestine speaks at a forum in Kigali about her coding work and experience in the African Girls Can Code Initiative (AGCCI). Photo: UN Women
    Interview
    For All Women and Girls: Pendo Vestine on closing the gender gap for girls in tech
    Sanjana Chhantyal Photo: UN Women/Radhika Chalasani
    Interview
    Interview: Gender equality is key to a just renewable energy future
    Woman fishing in Dili, Timor-Leste. Photo: UN Photo/Martine Perret
    Explainer
    How gender inequality and climate change are interconnected
    Malka, a displaced mother, carries her 1-year-old daughter Sahar who is suffering severe acute malnutrition outside her house in Elhoury gathering point for internally displaced persons in Gedaref state, November, 2024. Photo: UNICEF/UNI689368/Ahmed Mohamdeen Elfatih.
    Explainer
    The impact of Sudan’s war on women, two years on
    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
    In focus
    Two years of war in Sudan: The world’s worst humanitarian crisis for women and girls
    Rabha, a beneficiary of UN Women's humanitarian assistance at Saada and Salaam gathering site in Port Sudan. Through women-led organizations across the country, UN Women gives various forms of humanitarian support to the women and girls of Sudan including psychosocial, provision of dignity kits and sensitization on their rights. Photo: UN Women/Ekram Hamad Fadlalla
    Press briefing
    Press briefing by UN Women on the humanitarian needs of women and girls in Sudan after two years of war
    A refugee fromCentral African Republic (CAR) learns the French alphabet as part of an adult education class held at the UN Women Social Cohesion space. Refugees from CAR speak a variety of languages, and many seek to learn French, one of Cameroon’s official languages, in order to integrate successfully. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
    Facts and figures
    Facts and figures: Humanitarian action
    When the conflict erupted in Khartoum, Ruweda and hersiblings fled without their father. Its been a whole year since they last saw him.. Kassala state, March 2024. Photo: UNICEF/UNI547360/Ahmed Mohamdeen Elfatih.
    Press briefing
    Press briefing by UN Women on the impact on women and girls of two years of relentless conflict in Sudan
    As part of the EU-funded project WE-RISE, led by UN Women and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, Women in Eastern Sudan received farm inputs, training on value chain transformation, marketing, women’s rights, violence against women, and education. October 2024. Photo: UN Women / Muna Elsadaty
    Press release
    Two years of relentless conflict in Sudan have triggered the world’s worst humanitarian crisis for 6 million displaced women and girls
    Activists and civil society members interact at the Conference with Sudanese Women Leaders to Influence the Peace Process and Support Coalition Building held in Kampala, Uganda in October 2023. Photo:UN Women/James Ochweri
    Feature story
    For lasting peace in Sudan, women must lead peace efforts
    UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous delivers remarks at a side event to mark the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, UN Headquarters, 7 April 2025. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown.
    Speech
    Speech: Sport to unite, inspire and transform progress for women and girls
    Mursalina Amin, founder of Girls toward leadership.
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    Inside the crisis you don’t see: How war impacts women’s mental health