This year’s call to #ActForHumanity is more urgent than ever. The humanitarian landscape is collapsing under escalating ...

What is the state of women's rights in Afghanistan today? Explore the data, frequently asked questions, and what the world ...

Considered the most progressive blueprint ever for advancing women's rights, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action has been reprinted in this special edition, which also includes a copy of ...

This year’s International Youth Day shines a spotlight on the extraordinary potential and pressing challenges facing young people—especially young women and girls—as they strive to turn global ...

One million women and girls in Gaza are facing mass starvation, violence and abuse. Malnutrition is soaring and essential services have long collapsed, forcing women and girls to adopt increasingly ...

Many Afghan women and girls deported from Iran and Pakistan return with nothing. Learn how they’re rebuilding their lives amid crisis and displacement, and how to help.

The UN Women Executive Board will convene for its second regular session from Tuesday 9 to Wednesday 10 September 2025 in person at United Nations Headquarters in New York (ECOSOC Chamber).

Amidst stalled progress on achieving gender equality, the evaluation offices of UN Women, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, and WFP conducted an inter-agency synthesis of UN system evaluations related to SDG 5 ...

UN Women’s Independent Evaluation Service contributes to the oversight of UN Women’s work through its programme of evaluations, notably its series of corporate evaluations.

Every year, Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change meet in Conference of the Parties (COPs), as well as in technical meetings throughout the year, to advance the aims and ...

Since independence, Arab and North African countries have struggled with multiple challenges. These have slowed political, social, and economic development, although there has been progress in ...

The “World survey on the role of women in development” is presented every five years to the Economic and Financial Committee of the United Nations General Assembly. It provides a unique opportunity to ...