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Digital violence against women is exploding across Latin America. For women in public life—politicians, journalists, activists, human rights defenders—online abuse isn't just a nuisance. It's a weapon. And it doesn't stay online. A 2023 UN Women study on digital violence against women in public life across Latin America found that half of women interviewed had experienced threats, groping in public spaces, or had their photos weaponized on social media to harass them. But women aren't accepting those rules. Across the region, survivors are reshaping laws, demanding accountability, and redefining what it means to participate in public life in the digital age.
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Discover how intersectional advocacy – uniting gender equality and disability rights – creates better outcomes for women and girls, especially those living with disabilities.
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This World AIDS Day, let’s recommit. We must reverse disinvestment, centre gender equality and human rights in the AIDS response, and maintain political will for prevention, care, and treatment. That means increasing domestic funding, ending violence, and supporting the networks of women whose leadership is transforming lives.
South Africa’s G20 Women’s Shutdown – a turning point for ending gender-based violence and femicide?
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On 21 November, just days before the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, South African women brought their country to a standstill with a powerful message: declare gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) a national disaster.
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Remarks by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the official United Nations commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November 2025, UN Headquarters.
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Remarks by UN Women Chief of Humanitarian Action Sofia Calltorp at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, following her visit to Gaza in November 2025
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Women human rights defenders (WHRDs) are at the forefront of movements for dignity, justice, and equality around the world. We call on Member States to amplify their voices and expertise, adopt laws and policies that protect them and their civic space, ensure accountability for those who target or harm them, and increase flexible, direct funding for WHRDs and their organizations.
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In 2024, 50,000 women and girls were killed by intimate partners or family members – one every 10 minutes – according to data released today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and UN Women, with levels unchanged despite years of global commitments.
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Joint statement and call to action to end digital violence against all women and girls, on the occasion of the official commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November 2025, UN headquarters.
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This is a crucial step forward that keeps gender equality at the centre of the climate agenda.
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UN Women has officially opened its new UN Women Bonn Global Office - a move that boosts the organization's global presence and strengthens efforts to advance women's rights, gender equality, and the empowerment of all women and girls at a time when progress is under threat in many corners of the world.
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The Republic of Moldova has taken a bold step to protect women and girls from digital violence and, for the first time, criminalizes several forms of such abuse, including stalking.
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Explore how through UN Women's work in Pakistan, survivors of sexual violence are finding hope and support through one-stop crisis centres that provide medical, legal and psychological care.
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UN Women’s 16 Days of Activism campaign demands a world where technology is a force for equality – not harm.
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Activist Ljubica Fuentes talks to UN Women about her quest to make the digital world safe for women and girls.
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The adoption of a strong GAP will shape the next decade of global climate action and determine whether gender equality remains at the heart – or slips to the margins – of the UN climate process.
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East and Southern Africa governments are prioritising investing in the care economy. From unpaid care work time-saving solutions in Rwanda to safer care jobs in South Africa, communities are proving that care work is real work that is reshaping economies.
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The 2025 UN Secretary-General’s report on Women, Peace and Security warns that 676 million women now live within 50 kilometers of deadly conflict, the highest level since the 1990s. Civilian casualties among women and children quadrupled compared to the previous two-year period, and conflict-related sexual violence increased by 87 per cent in two years.
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Twenty-five years since the world declared that peace requires gender equality, funds for peacebuilders are down and conflicts are on the rise.
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Press briefing by UN Women on the situation of women and girls in Gaza on October 17 2025.