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Press briefing
Remarks by UN Women Chief of Humanitarian Action Sofia Calltorp following her visit to Gaza
A group of people walk through the crumbled remains of buildings after an earthquake
Statement
Statement on the earthquake in eastern Afghanistan
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Statement
Statement: A call on leaders to #ActForHumanity – the world is watching
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Statement
UN Women statement on World Refugee Day
Lucky leads a planning session on joint action to address challenges, issues, and demands on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls during the Rohingya women leaders meeting at the UN Women multi-purpose women’s centre. Photo: UN Women/Allison Joyce.
Interview
For ALL Women and Girls: ‘Work with us, not just for us’, urges Rohingya activist
Malka, a displaced mother, carries her 1-year-old daughter Sahar who is suffering severe acute malnutrition outside her house in Elhoury gathering point for internally displaced persons in Gedaref state, November, 2024. Photo: UNICEF/UNI689368/Ahmed Mohamdeen Elfatih.
Explainer
The impact of Sudan’s war on women, two years on
As part of the EU-funded project WE-RISE, led by UN Women and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, Women in Eastern Sudan received farm inputs, training on value chain transformation, marketing, women’s rights, violence against women, and education. October 2024. Photo: UN Women / Muna Elsadaty
Press release
Two years of relentless conflict in Sudan have triggered the world’s worst humanitarian crisis for 6 million displaced women and girls
On 31 March 2025, two women are seen riding a motorcycle, passing by a collapsed building in Sagaing, Myanmar, following the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Mandalay on 28 March. Photo: UNICEF/UNI771892/Htet
Explainer
Myanmar Earthquake 2025: What it means for women and girls
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Statement
Stop the assault on Palestinians in Gaza and on those trying to help them
Women farmers in eastern Sudan discuss the next planned growing season.
Press release
Sudan humanitarian crisis has catastrophic impact for women and girls, with two-fold increase of gender-based violence
A member of the UN Women’s deployment team is seen walking past a damaged building in Grenada.
Feature story
UN Women assists rebuilding efforts after Caribbean hurricanes
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Statement
Statement by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment