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Press release
UN Women welcomes the adoption of the Belém Gender Action Plan and urges its effective implementation
A woman holds up fresh greens
Media advisory
UN Women calls for a strong Gender Action Plan at COP30 to keep gender equality as a central pillar for climate action
Eight women farmers stand proudly in their tomato field
In focus
Gender-responsive climate and environmental action
Youth activists speak out on International Youth Day 2025.
Feature story
Youth leading local change: From climate justice to gender equality
Sanjana Chhantyal Photo: UN Women/Radhika Chalasani
Interview
Interview: Gender equality is key to a just renewable energy future
Woman fishing in Dili, Timor-Leste. Photo: UN Photo/Martine Perret
Explainer
How gender inequality and climate change are interconnected
Robie Halip at the “Regional Conference Highlighting the Voices of Indigenous Women and Youth for a Just and Sustainable Energy Transition” co-organized by UN Women in Bangkok, Thailand in September 2024. Photo Courtesy of the Right Energy Partnership with Indigenous Peoples
Interview
For ALL Women and Girls: Robie Halip on Indigenous leadership in renewable energy transition
Jemimah Njuki, UN Women Chief of Women’s Economic Empowerment, delivers a keynote address on Gender Day, 21 November, during the second week of the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan.
News
COP29 decisions deliver gains for gender equality in climate action, but more remains to be done
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Press release
UN Women calls for increased gender-focused climate finance at COP29
A COP 29 attendee stands outside the venue in Baku, Azerbaijan. Photo: UN Climate Change/Kiara Worth.
News
COP29: What is at stake for gender equality as the second week of negotiations starts 
Elena Sam Pec lives in Puente Viejo, Guatemala, and participates in a joint programme by UN Women, the World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development, which is empowering more than 1,600 rural women to become economically self-reliant.
Media advisory
UN Women at COP29: Calling for a push on gender equality in climate action
In the Katfoura village on the Tristao Islands in Guinea, the civil society organization Partenariat Recherches Environnement Medias is providing rural women with new opportunities to generate income and improve community life.
Explainer
Four steps to put women’s rights at the centre of implementing the Rio Conventions