UNHCR calls for better oversight of UK ‘Homes for Ukraine’ scheme
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has highlighted the need for “adequate safeguards” and vetting measures to be…
Category: Women
Success of Colombia peace process hinges on ending violence: Mission chief
Colombia’s dynamic peace process – which saw fresh strides with the holding of a largely…
The key to climate action and sustainable peace? Women’s full and equal participation
Women and children increasingly bear the brunt of climate change, which deepens the inequalities and…
Fighting child marriage in India, thanks to school and a mobile phone
With the help of an innovative mobile phone service, UN agencies are working with the…
Women and girls deserve to live without violence in ‘safety, dignity and freedom’
Violence against women and girls may be the world’s “longest, deadliest pandemic,” the UN chief…
World must deliver support to Afghans: UN refugee chief
UN Refugee Agency chief Filippo Grandi called on Thursday for sustained international support for Afghanistan’s…
Gender equality ‘fundamental prerequisite’ for peaceful, sustainable world
Gender equality is essentially “a question of power” that for millennia, has, “to the detriment…
Guterres vows to improve UN’s handling of sexual exploitation and abuse
Secretary-General António Guterres released his annual update on the Organization’s efforts to prevent and respond to…
Violence against women in politics marks ‘moral and ethical failure’ – General Assembly President
Top UN officials on Tuesday gathered with government and civil society representatives to draw attention…
UN on ‘positive trajectory’ towards full gender parity
Gender equality and women’s rights are essential to a renewed social contract anchored in human…
Women and girls must lead battle against ‘widespread and interlinked crises’
To forge a sustainable future for us all, “women and girls must be front and…
First Person: ‘I speak up for those who cannot’
Maya Aktar, a garment worker from Bangladesh, represents other migrants employed in the sector, in…
Investing in women’s empowerment yields major peace, prosperity dividend, Security Council hears
Investing in women’s economic empowerment yields enormous dividends for peace and prosperity, the head of…
International Women’s Day: ‘Time is now’ for gender equality
‘Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow’ is the theme for the UN’s commemoration of…
First Person: Giving birth during the Ukraine crisis
Mariia Shostak, a 25-year-old woman living in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, started having contractions on…
‘Turn the clock forward on women’s rights’: UN chief’s International Women’s Day message
Ahead of International Women’s Day, celebrated on 08 March, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has insisted…
Concern for women and children caught up in Ukraine conflict
The intensification of the Russian offensive in Ukraine is having devastating consequences on women and…
Women building a sustainable future: India’s rural energy pioneers
A UN project, in association with one of India’s leading clean energy companies, is training…
Women building a sustainable future: the Kenyan engineer fighting for equality
Norah Magero, a Mechanical Engineer and Renewable Energy Expert from Kenya, is helping communities adapt…
First Person: The entrepreneur helping Middle Eastern women enter the digital economy
Mona Ataya, a Palestinian-Lebanese entrepreneur based in the United Arab Emirates, runs the largest online…
Violence against refugee women surged in 2020, but grassroots solutions can help tackle scourge
One in five refugee or internally displaced women have faced sexual violence, and the situation…
On International Day, UN chief says ‘violence against women is not inevitable’
In a virtual event to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, commemorated…
Violence against women must stop; five stories of strength and survival
Conflicts, humanitarian crises and increasing climate-related disasters have led to higher levels of violence against…
In post-quake Haiti, rebuilding lives and welcoming new ones
Three months after a devastating earthquake struck the south-west of Haiti, a hospital that was…
UNFPA supports health workers delivering hope, and babies, in crisis-wracked Tigray
Even amid the dire humanitarian crisis in the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia, health workers continue to…
Nepalese Superintendent in DR Congo is UN Woman Police Officer of the Year
A Nepalese peacekeeper serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was on Friday…
UN commits to long-term support for Afghan mothers and newborns: Najaba’s story
The delivery of reproductive health services, including safe childbirth, has been seriously impacted in Afghanistan,…
Women in leadership ‘must be the norm’, Security Council hears
We can no longer exclude half of humanity from international peace and security matters, the…
Somalia: ‘Sustained focus, investments’ needed to boost women’s political participation
Unresolved issues surrounding parliamentary quotas, and women’s participation in elections in Somalia were highlighted by…
DR Congo: Abuse allegations amid Ebola outbreak ‘a sickening betrayal of the people we serve’
Sexual abuse and exploitation allegedly carried out by World Health Organization (WHO) staff during the…
UNICEF’s women Goodwill Ambassadors, give voice to the voiceless
Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in mid-August, the world has continued to watch…
Call to action: Prevent gender-based violence in humanitarian emergencies
Top UN officials met in the margins of the 76th General Assembly on Thursday, with…
First Person: The ‘bravery’ of Afghanistan’s girls and women
Afghanistan’s girls and women are showing “bravery” in the face of real “fears and pressures”…
UN Women’s feminist roadmap tackles triple crises of jobs, care and climate
The UN’s gender equality and empowerment organization on Thursday published a flagship feminist plan for…
Gender equality ‘champion’ Sima Sami Bahous to lead UN Women
Secretary-General António Guterres described Sima Sami Bahous of Jordan, as “a champion for women and girls”, announcing on Monday her appointment to lead the UN’s gender equality…
Afghanistan: UN chief following escalation in fighting ‘with deep concern’
With Taliban fighters continuing to gain ground in Afghanistan, the UN Secretary-General is following events…
For women in e-commerce, ‘entrepreneurship means freedom’
Entrepreneurship can mean more freedom for women according to the first Latin-American advocate of eTrade…
Cyprus communities weaving closer ties through UN-backed project
A weaving project is helping to close the decades-long divide between the two communities in…
First Person: ‘I’m not old enough to be a woman’ says trafficked teen
A teenage girl who was sold for sex for the price of a few beers…
Farmers the ‘lifeblood of our food systems’, deputy UN chief highlights, ahead of key summit
Farmers, especially women and indigenous people, work tirelessly to put food on our tables. UN…
Domestic violence, forced marriage, have risen in Sudan: UN-backed study
Deteriorating economic conditions since 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic have fuelled an increase in domestic violence and forced marriage in Sudan, a UN-backed study…
Fewer women than men will regain work during COVID-19 recovery: ILO
Fewer women will regain jobs lost to the COVID-19 pandemic during the recovery period, than men, according to a new study…
‘We are with you’: The South African care centres providing hope for survivors of sexual violence
In South Africa, a sexual offence is committed every ten minutes, and the number is rising, according…
Generation Equality: Alongside COVID lies an ‘equally horrific pandemic’ threatening women
As the world grapples unevenly with the effects of COVID-19, “a parallel and equally horrific pandemic” has threatened…
Time running out to prevent ‘worst case scenario’ arising in Afghanistan
With all the major indicators for Afghanistan’s security and development looking “negative or stagnant” as international troops withdraw, the threats…
First Person: Raising a glass to ‘Mama Cheers’
A Ugandan woman entrepreneur who was left with just a wheelbarrow and a red dress,…
First Person: Learning a recipe for freedom in Nigeria
When Nigerian Blessing Ojukwu became pregnant after she was raped, her family disowned her. She was forced…
No ‘manels’, more gender equality in Indonesia: a UN Resident Coordinator blog
Panel discussions exclusively made up of men, or ‘manels’ need to stop, says Valerie Julliand,…
Military Gender Advocate of the Year highlights ‘crucial gender dimensions’ in Darfur
The UN chief on Monday, commended an award-winning Kenyan peacekeeper for her gender-mainstreaming work while…
First Person: Refugee ‘Russian Woman’ in bid for Eurovision glory
Manizha Sangin arrived in Russia as young refugee, when her family fled the violence of…