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 ...

UN Women has officially opened its new UN Women Bonn Global Office - a move that boosts the organization's global presence and strengthens efforts to advance women's rights, gender equality, and the ...

A belief in the core principles of resolution 1325 is shared by women and men everywhere. Whether through our work at country level, including in conflicts, or in the recent Member State commitments ...

Conflict can cause food shortages and the severe disruption of economic activities, threatening the means of survival of entire populations. Additionally, wars commonly trigger the displacement of ...

For the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action campaign, #ForAllWomenandGirls UN Women spoke to feminist anti-racist activist Lúcia Xavier from Brazil. Xavier talks about ...

This critical moment comes amid severe funding challenges for civil society groups worldwide. In its latest research, UN Women found that nearly half (47 per cent) of women’s organizations affected by ...

Every month, more than two billion people [1] around the world menstruate. Although a natural and healthy process, menstruation – or period – interrupts lives, rights and freedoms of millions of women ...

The Resilient, Inclusive and Sustainable Environments (RISE) grants challenge is a groundbreaking mechanism to address gender-based violence in environmental programming and climate-vulnerable ...

Explainer: How to talk to kids about gender equality and stereotypes Explainer: How to talk to kids about gender equality and stereotypes Press release: USD 420 billion annual shortfall blocking ...

"As a survivor of digital violence, I have seen how this violence does not stay on screen", says Olimpia Coral Melo. "It crosses into your life, your surroundings, your presence, your body, and your ...

There is no excusing a failure to act when solutions are plentiful. Let us use our discussions, and the wisdom and expertise here today, as a launchpad. So much is lost when women and girls are denied ...

United Youths Organization is one of the organizations in Africa that have partnered with UN Women to change attitudes toward GBV and discriminatory gender norms. The initiative in Cameroon is ...