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Woman fishing in Dili, Timor-Leste

How gender inequality and climate change are interconnected

Malka, a displaced mother, carries her 1-year-old daughter Sahar who is suffering severe acute malnutrition outside her house in Elhoury gathering point for internally displaced persons in Gedaref state, November, 2024. Photo: UNICEF/UNI689368/Ahmed Mohamdeen Elfatih.

The impact of Sudan’s war on women, two years on

Nassim, 28 years and a mother of five children at the Tambasi centre for displaced families in El Fasher, North Darfur. Photo: UNICEF/UNI569483/Mohamed Zakaria

Two years of war in Sudan: The world’s worst humanitarian crisis for women and girls

A refugee fromCentral African Republic (CAR) learns the French alphabet as part of an adult education class held at the UN Women Social Cohesion space. Refugees from CAR speak a variety of languages, and many seek to learn French, one of Cameroon’s official languages, in order to integrate successfully. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Facts and figures

Facts and figures: Humanitarian action

Mursalina Amin, founder of Girls toward leadership.

Inside the crisis you don’t see: How war impacts women’s mental health

On 31 March 2025, two women are seen riding a motorcycle, passing by a collapsed building in Sagaing, Myanmar, following the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Mandalay on 28 March. Photo: UNICEF/UNI771892/Htet

Myanmar Earthquake 2025: What it means for women and girls

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

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

CSW69 Hero banner featuring several women from around the world

69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women

Indonesia, women participate in discussions held at Pesantren Annuqqayah—one of the oldest Islamic boarding schools in the country—on how women contribute to peace in their communities.

Make 2025 count for feminism: What you can do right now

25 February 2025

collage of female activists

Never backing down: Women march forward for equal rights

25 February 2025

On 8 July 2024 in Kyiv, fire and rescue service workers, hospital staff and volunteers clear rubble and search for people trapped under debris after an attack that hit Okhmatdyt hospital, Ukraine's largest children's medical centre. Photo: UNICEF/UNI608590/Filippov

Women leading humanitarian aid and economic resilience after three years of war in Ukraine

17 February 2025