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Eight women farmers stand proudly in their tomato field

Gender-responsive climate and environmental action

31 October 2025

A woman walks up the stairs of a damaged building

25 years of the Women, Peace and Security agenda

31 October 2025

Nurachayatun an Indonesian domestic worker from Surabaya Java, prepares food inher employers kitchen after early morning grocery shopping.Photo: UN Women/Staton Winter

International Day of Care and Support

29 October 2025

The “Smile of Hope" is run by AISHA, a UN Women partner and women-led-organization that provides, among other services, case management and protection support for displaced female cancer patients. Standing together during a visit to assess the women’s needs are Reem Frainah, AISHA's director (in blue dress) and Isadora de Moura, head of the UN Women Gaza sub-office (in vest). Photo: UN Women/Sulaiman Hejji

Women in Gaza: What they need now as the ceasefire holds

24 October 2025

Illustration depicting men and women doing unpaid care work tasks

FAQs: What is unpaid care work and how does it power the economy? 

23 October 2025

A view of a woman in Gaza walking amid the rubble

Facts and figures

Facts and figures: Women, peace, and security

20 October 2025

A group of women sit in a circle, listening to an elder speak

The Women, Peace and Security agenda

20 October 2025

Launch of the Equal Pay Platform of Champions, calling for equal pay for work of equal value at #CSW61, UN Headquarters in New York. March, 2017. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown.

Lessons for the private sector from equal pay wins in sport

18 September 2025

illustration of women waving an equal pay banner

Everything you need to know about pushing for pay equity

18 September 2025

Women from the “Mujeres Candelareñas” economic empowerment project in Candelaria de la Frontera, Chalchuapa, Santa Ana, El Salvador. In the photo: Iliana Veralí Lemus, Denni Elizabeth Linares, Delma Noris Morales, Dora Alicia Gonzáles, Nora Daysi Hernández, Rosario Elizabeth Ramos, Mirna Esperanza Cerna, Andrea Campos, Rosa Flandes accompanied by Jéssica Maria Procarioni, Territorial Coordinator for UN Women El Salvador, who is supporting the Trifinio Women's Network through the MELYT program. Photo: UN Wom

Gender equality in 2025: Gains, gaps, and the USD 342 trillion choice

15 September 2025

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

15 September 2025

Palestinian women grieve over the bodies of their relatives who were killed in Israeli bombings in Nuseirat and Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip.

In Focus: Supporting women and girls affected by the conflict in Gaza

10 September 2025