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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 report cover on funding cuts
Press release
New survey shows half of women’s organizations aiding women in crises may shut down in six months due to global aid cuts
The site for displaced people hosted at Marie-Jeanne school in Port-au-Prince, where 7,000 people live in overcrowded and desperate conditions, seeking safety amidst the ongoing armed violence in Haiti, 18 March 2025. Photo: UNICEF/UNI769396/Patrice Noel
Press release
Media Factsheet Haiti: Impact of ongoing violence on women and girls
Rabha, a beneficiary of UN Women's humanitarian assistance at Saada and Salaam gathering site in Port Sudan. Through women-led organizations across the country, UN Women gives various forms of humanitarian support to the women and girls of Sudan including psychosocial, provision of dignity kits and sensitization on their rights. Photo: UN Women/Ekram Hamad Fadlalla
Press briefing
Press briefing by UN Women on the humanitarian needs of women and girls in Sudan after two years of war
When the conflict erupted in Khartoum, Ruweda and hersiblings fled without their father. Its been a whole year since they last saw him.. Kassala state, March 2024. Photo: UNICEF/UNI547360/Ahmed Mohamdeen Elfatih.
Press briefing
Press briefing by UN Women on the impact on women and girls of two years of relentless conflict in Sudan
As part of the EU-funded project WE-RISE, led by UN Women and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, Women in Eastern Sudan received farm inputs, training on value chain transformation, marketing, women’s rights, violence against women, and education. October 2024. Photo: UN Women / Muna Elsadaty
Press release
Two years of relentless conflict in Sudan have triggered the world’s worst humanitarian crisis for 6 million displaced women and girls
An injured child lays on a hospital cot while a women comforts her
Press briefing
Press briefing by UN Women on the collapse of a Gaza ceasefire and its devastating impact on women and girls
Anastasiia Pyrohova, psychologist and the coordinator of the Women’s New Horizons project, run by the local group Women’s Perspectives, works in Sambir, Ukraine. Photo courtesy of Women’s Perspectives.
Press release
Major funding cuts undermine the ability of Ukraine’s women’s rights organizations to provide humanitarian aid at a crucial time of insecurity
Women in politics: 2025
Press release
Political leadership roles in 2025: Men continue to dominate
Representatives of UN Member States celebrate the adoption of the resolution titled “Political Declaration on the occasion of thirtieth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women” during the opening of the sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women, 10 March 2025, UN headquarters. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown.
Statement
As the 69th Commission on the Status of Women opens, Member States adopt strong Political Declaration, committing to respect, protect and promote rights, equality and empowerment for all women and girls
Girl goals: What has changed for girls? Adolescent girls’ rights over 30 years
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Fast facts: 30 years of uneven progress for adolescent girls 
Illustration: UN Women/The Visual Agency
Press release
One in four countries report backlash on women’s rights in 2024