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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
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Announcement
International Women’s Day 2025 – For ALL women and girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment
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Statement
Realizing women’s and girls’ human rights: A prerequisite and catalyst for progress
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Statement
In solidarity with Women Human Rights Defenders, today and every day
Activists, social leaders, and other rights defenders shout slogans against gender-based violence during a march in Ecuador.
Explainer
How women human rights defenders are under threat worldwide
Wai Wai Nu, Founder and Executive Director of Women’s Peace Network, speaks at the United Nations Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Statement
Statement by Wai Wai Nu at the UN Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security
Yuli Velázquez is an environmental defender working with the fishing communities of Santander, in northern Colombia. Photographed here, she is speaking at an event about sustainable fishing practices.
Feature story
For women environmental defenders in Colombia, standing down is not an option
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
A woman is seen in a bakery in Daikundi, Afghanistan, in May 2022.
Statement
UN Women deeply concerned by new Afghanistan morality law
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Press briefing
Press briefing at the United Nations Headquarters by UN Women Country Representative in Afghanistan, Alison Davidian, on the three-year mark of the Taliban takeover
UN Women is on the ground in Afghanistan, supporting Afghan women and girls every day.
FAQs
FAQs: Afghan women three years after the Taliban takeover
UN Women is on the ground in Afghanistan, supporting Afghan women and girls every day.
In focus
Afghan women and girls push for their rights over three years of Taliban rule