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Glossary: The manosphere

1 December 2025

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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

An Afghan woman, who returned from Pakistan earlier that day, rests with her son inside a tent erected to give returnees some shade from the burning sun at Takhta Pul, near the Pakistan border. UN Women: Sayed Habib Bidell.

FAQs: What it’s like to be a woman in Afghanistan in 2025

Collage of women from around the world to mark 15 years of UN Women.

UN Women at 15: Delivering power, driving rights and equality for all women and girls

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How to counter the manosphere’s toxic influence

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What is the manosphere and why should we care?

Activists, social leaders, organizations, women, and men participate in a march against gender violence titled “Vivas nos Queremos” (We Want Us Alive) in Ecuador, 2019. Photo: UN Women/Johis Alarcón.

Actions to accelerate gender equality for ALL women and girls

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Never backing down: Women march forward for equal rights

25 February 2025

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Twelve small actions with big impact for Generation Equality

7 February 2025

Women participate in a protest against femicide in Kenya in January 2024. At least 500 women and girls have been murdered in Kenya since 2016, despite the country's efforts to prevent gender-based violence. Photo: William Kane Olwit

The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action at 30, and why that matters for gender equality

24 January 2025

A father teaches his daughter how to ride a bicycle in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

How men and boys can push for gender equality

23 September 2024