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Woman fishing in Dili, Timor-Leste

How gender inequality and climate change are interconnected

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

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.

Four steps to put women’s rights at the centre of implementing the Rio Conventions

13 November 2024

Nurachayatun an Indonesian domestic worker from Surabaya Java, prepares food inher employers kitchen after early morning grocery shopping.Photo: UN Women/Staton Winter

International Day of Care and Support

25 October 2024

Sylvanna Antat, Marine Research Officer with the Seychelles National Parks Authority, plays a leading role in mapping coral reefs in the waters around Mahe Island in Seychelles.

How biodiversity loss affects women, and how to turn the tide

21 October 2024

Sylvanna Antat, Marine Research Officer with the Seychelles National Parks Authority, plays a leading role in mapping coral reefs in the waters around Mahe Island in Seychelles.

Centring gender equality at 2024 conferences on biodiversity, climate change, and desertification

30 September 2024

Community Peacebuilding Discussions held on Madura island, East Java, Indonesia.

Progress on women’s rights and the Sustainable Development Goals – Takeaways from UN Women’s Gender Snapshot 2024

21 September 2024

During a demonstration in downtown New York as part of the youth-lead global #ClimateStrike in 2019, a participant creates a sign that reads "Climate Change is not the Change We Are Looking For."

New report shows how feminism can be a powerful tool to fight climate change

A young woman in New York prepares a protest sign as part of the youth-lead global Climate Strike in September 2019. Photo: UN Women/Amanda Voisard

Why women need to be at the heart of climate action