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Cameroon, Gado-Badzere refugee camp, 2016. UN Women Cameroon supports economic and social rehabilitation for vulnerable women and survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in seven refugee camps in three regions of the country. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown.

Humanitarian funding cuts threaten women’s rights: What’s at stake and how to help

A father and daughter hand out laundry together

How to talk to kids about gender equality and stereotypes

UNMISS peacekeepers from Mongolia, India, and Namibia, respectively, photographed at mission headquarters in Juba, South Sudan. Photo: UNMISS/Gregorio Cunha.

Gender equality in peacekeeping: Why it matters for global security

Woman fishing in Dili, Timor-Leste

How gender inequality and climate change are interconnected

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

collage of female activists

Never backing down: Women march forward for equal rights

25 February 2025

Frequently asked questions: Tech-facilitated gender based violence

FAQs: Digital abuse, trolling, stalking, and other forms of technology-facilitated violence against women

10 February 2025

A migrant farmer in Cambodia showing off her rice harvest for a photography project in 2020. Photo: UN Women Cambodia/Women Migrant Workers participatory photography project

Women on the move: FAQs on migration and gender

12 December 2024

Five essential facts to know about femicide

Five essential facts to know about femicide

25 November 2024

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FAQs: The signs of relationship abuse and how to help

25 November 2024

Facts and figures violence against women

Facts and figures

Facts and figures: Ending violence against women

25 November 2024