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Two women from Papua New Guinea raise their fists
Feature story
From crisis response to resilience: How multilateral funds are collectively protecting women and girls
Afraa Al-Hariri
Feature story
How Yemeni women face – and fight – digital abuse and online harassment
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Press briefing
Remarks by UN Women Chief of Humanitarian Action Sofia Calltorp following her visit to Gaza
Olla Alsakkaf poses for a portrait in Yemen
Feature story
Three essential ingredients for lasting, sustainable peace
The opening of UN House in Doha, Qatar in March 2023. Photo: UN Photo/Evan Schneider
Announcement
UN Women at the Second World Summit for Social Development in Doha
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
FAQs
Women in Gaza: What they need now as the ceasefire holds
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Press briefing
Press briefing by UN Women on the situation of women and girls in Gaza
Photo: Sarah Hendriks and Abdurahman Alhassan, Acting CEO of the GCF. Photo credit: GCF
Announcement
UN Women and Global Cybersecurity Forum join forces to advance women’s representation in cybersecurity
Every time Fullah Ziyad Khalil Arafat hears she has to move again, she feels despair in her bones. The mother of five also takes care of her husband’s aging parents. “If we want to move from one place to another, we need money for transport,” she says. “The cost of a tent is (about 500 ILS – more than USD 100) every month. From where would we get that?” Photo: UN Women
Feature story
What it means to be a woman in Gaza today
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
In Focus: Supporting women and girls affected by the conflict in Gaza
A Jordanian woman with glasses speaks into a microphone as other women listen closely
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Jordan sets historic record for women in politics: legal reforms and leadership training drive change
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Statement
UN Women statement on the escalating humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza