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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

A refugee fromCentral African Republic (CAR) learns the French alphabet as part of an adult education class held at the UN Women Social Cohesion space. Refugees from CAR speak a variety of languages, and many seek to learn French, one of Cameroon’s official languages, in order to integrate successfully. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown

Facts and figures

Facts and figures: Humanitarian action

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

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.

The impact of Sudan’s war on women, two years on

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

A view of a woman in Gaza walking amid the rubble

Facts and figures

Facts and figures: Women, peace, and security

23 October 2024

A women walks amid ruins in Yemen. UN Photo/Heba Naji

The women, peace, and security debate

22 October 2024

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

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.

Supporting women and girls in Gaza and throughout the Middle East

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