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    Cameroon, Gado-Badzere refugee camp, 2016. UN Women Cameroon supports economic and social rehabilitation for vulnerable women and survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in seven refugee camps in three regions of the country. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown.
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    Humanitarian funding cuts threaten women’s rights: What’s at stake and how to help
    A father and daughter hand out laundry together
    Explainer
    How to talk to kids about gender equality and stereotypes
    UN Women report cover on funding cuts
    Press release
    New survey shows half of women’s organizations aiding women in crises may shut down in six months due to global aid cuts
    UN Women Executive Board President Nicola Clase shakes hands with Zimbabwe President E.D. Mnangagw
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    UN Women Executive Board concludes its visit to Zimbabwe reaffirming commitment to support women’s empowerment and resilience
    UNMISS peacekeepers from Mongolia, India, and Namibia, respectively, photographed at mission headquarters in Juba, South Sudan. Photo: UNMISS/Gregorio Cunha.
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    Gender equality in peacekeeping: Why it matters for global security
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    Announcement
    UN Women Executive Board to convene annual session 2025
    The site for displaced people hosted at Marie-Jeanne school in Port-au-Prince, where 7,000 people live in overcrowded and desperate conditions, seeking safety amidst the ongoing armed violence in Haiti, 18 March 2025. Photo: UNICEF/UNI769396/Patrice Noel
    Press release
    Media Factsheet Haiti: Impact of ongoing violence on women and girls
    Sushmita S. Preetha speaks at a podium with the United Nations logo
    Interview
    For ALL Women and Girls: Sushmita S. Preetha on elevating and protecting women journalists
    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
    Woman fishing in Dili, Timor-Leste. Photo: UN Photo/Martine Perret
    Explainer
    How gender inequality and climate change are interconnected
    Sanjana Chhantyal Photo: UN Women/Radhika Chalasani
    Interview
    Interview: Gender equality is key to a just renewable energy future
    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
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    Facts and figures: Humanitarian action