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A view of a woman in Gaza walking amid the rubble

Facts and figures

Facts and figures: Women, peace, and security

20 October 2025

A group of women sit in a circle, listening to an elder speak

The Women, Peace and Security agenda

20 October 2025

Palestinian women grieve over the bodies of their relatives who were killed in Israeli bombings in Nuseirat and Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip.

In Focus: Supporting women and girls affected by the conflict in Gaza

10 September 2025

Women learn to read and write through a literacy initiative supported by UN Women, in Nuristan province, eastern Afghanistan. As part of the initiative, 130 Village Literacy Committees were also established. By improving their literacy, the women can also strengthen their livelihoods, access to healthcare and build their resilience, in one of the most isolated and underserved provinces in Afghanistan. Photo: UN Women/Sayed Habib Bidell

State of women’s rights in Afghanistan

An Afghan woman, who returned from Pakistan earlier that day, rests with her son inside a tent erected to give returnees some shade from the burning sun at Takhta Pul, near the Pakistan border. UN Women: Sayed Habib Bidell.

FAQs: What it’s like to be a woman in Afghanistan in 2025

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

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

Mursalina Amin, founder of Girls toward leadership.

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

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

Alaa' is engaged as a cash-for-work beneficiary in UN Women's mosaic workshop in Za'atari camp.

Eight actions to advance women’s role in peace and security

22 October 2024

UN Women statements on the 7 October attacks

Mariam Djimé Adam, a refugee from Sudan with eight children, is seen in the yard of a secondary school in the neighbouring country of Chad..

A year of suffering for Sudanese women and girls