Violence against women is a human rights violation that takes place every single day around the world. Globally, one in three women experiences physical or sexual violence, mostly by an intimate ...

UN Women procures more than USD 176 million worth of services and goods each year to support its programme of work. UN Women is committed to promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women ...

World leaders have committed to ending poverty by 2030. But that aspiration can only be achieved by ending the discrimination that traps women in poverty. Globally, 1 in 5 girls are in households ...

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 ...

The Fund for Gender Equality (FGE) has one guiding purpose: to support national, women-led civil society organizations in achieving women’s economic and political empowerment and the Sustainable ...

Everyone needs care. It is the often invisible and mostly unpaid work that sustains families, communities, and economies. On ...

NGOs with valid UN grounds passes need not indicate prior interest in attending events unless specified by event sponsors. Side events on UN premises are not ticketed unless they are by invitation ...

Stela attends the eighth grade and her dream is to become a world boxing champion. Photo: UN Women Moldova/ Diana Savina. The world of women’s sports is undergoing a game-changing transformation, ...

Note: The Step It Up campaign ran in 2014–2015 and is no longer active. The campaign pages remain on this website for archival purposes. Many UN Member States have committed to ending discrimination ...

Every 11 minutes, partners and family members killed a woman intentionally in 2022. The crisis of gender-based violence is urgent. Nearly one in three women experience violence in their lifetime.

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 ...

ONU Mujeres ha diseñado una respuesta rápida y específica para mitigar el impacto de la crisis del COVID-19 en las mujeres y las niñas y garantizar que la recuperación a largo plazo las beneficie. La ...