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Participants in a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) pride parade to support same-sex marriage on 27 October 2018 in Taipei. Photo: UN Women/Billy H.C. Kwok.
Statement
UN Women statement on the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous addresses the UN Security Council meeting on Afghanistan at UN Headquarters on 18 September 2024. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown.
Speech
Speech: We must step forward – The situation is not hopeless, and we are not helpless
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UN Women is on the ground in Afghanistan, supporting Afghan women and girls every day.
In focus
UN Women urges immediate global action to end oppression of Afghan women and girls
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Statement
UN Women statement on the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
Now unemployed, a woman sits at home with her two daughters. Photo: UN Women/Sayed Habib Bidell.
Photo essay
Photo essay: A glimpse into the lives of Afghan women
Hanifa and her two neighbours huddle in a makeshift tent to mourn those they’ve lost.
Feature story
Trapped in their homes: Women and girls comprise majority of earthquake casualties in Afghanistan
UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous delivers remarks to the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Afghanistan, UN Headquarters, 26 September 2023. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown.
Speech
Speech: The women’s rights crisis: Listen to, invest in, include, and support Afghan women
UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous shakes hands with President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach following the signing of an MOU between the two organizations on 18 September 2023 at UN Women Headquarters in New York. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown.
Press release
Press release: The International Olympic Committee and UN Women sign new agreement to advance gender equality through sport
Mona Chalabi illustrates the freedom of movement for Afghan women before and after the Taliban takeover of August 2021.
Feature story
Women in Afghanistan: From almost everywhere to almost nowhere
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Statement
Statement on Afghanistan by UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous
Photo of Ghotai (pseudonym) for the fourth story in the “After August” series. Photo: UN Women/Habib Sayed Bidell.
In the words of ...
In the words of Ghotai*: ‘Afghanistan has become the graveyard of buried hopes.’