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Women-led and women’s rights organizations in Ukraine have been severely impacted by funding suspensions by the United States, a new survey by UN Women, the Apparatus of the Government Commissioner for Gender Equality Policy of Ukraine, and the

This policy brief highlights the urgent need to integrate gender considerations into water governance to achieve Sustainable Development Goals 5 (gender equality) and 6 (clean water and sanitation). Despite progress, implementation gaps remain due to

UN Women spoke to youth activists at the CSW69 Youth Forum. They spoke about navigating the backlash to women's rights and how to keep hope up during times of crisis.

On the eve of the UN Secretary-General's Climate Summit, more than 130 women leaders will gather in New York to demonstrate their commitment to ambitious and gender-sensitive climate action.

At the Town Hall Meeting with Civil Society on the occasion of the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, UN Secretary-General responded to questions and had a dialogue with women's rights organizations.

Generation Equality – a multi-stakeholder partnerships initiative convened by UN Women and launched at the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action – continues to drive increased investments for gender equality. Now at the

Remarks by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at CSW69 side event on “Multistakeholder partnerships – Leveraging Generation Equality to advance recommitment, accountability, and resourcing of the Beijing Platform for Action”, 10 March 2025.

According to the 2025 edition of the IPU–UN Women “Women in politics” map, men outnumber women by more than three times in executive and legislative positions. The map presents the latest rankings of women in executive positions and national

Remarks by Ms. Sima Bahous, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director, at the opening of the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, 10 March 2025, UN headquarters.

At the opening of the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, the Secretary-General said: "The United Nations is stronger today because we are more representative of the world we serve.  And we are determined to do even more to