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Empowerment beyond rhetoric

Real measure of empowerment is when women can rebuild their lives through education, work and the freedom to choose

Women Demand Action on Peace and Equality

Women leaders have called for urgent action to translate the country’s gender equality commitments into tangible improvements in communities warning that policies alone will not de...

Advancing women’s rights

We Say We Support Women. Do We Really?

We often say that women should support one another. We celebrate the idea that every woman has the right to live life on her own terms. Marriage or not. Children or not. Career or...

Women lead peacebuilding efforts in Colombia, Lebanon, and Malawi through dialogue, mediation, and justice

Across the world, women are leading local peacebuilding efforts, strengthening their communities.

Why so few women are in political leadership, and five actions to boost women’s political participation

Find out why there are so few women in political leadership positions and in decision-making roles. Learn more on what can be done to close the gap women's representation in politi...

The community godmothers protecting women against violence in Senegal

The “Badienou Gokh” open their homes to women and girls experiencing abuse – and step into the spaces where formal systems don’t reach.

How aid cuts are threatening women’s organizations responding to Haiti’s gang violence

As armed gangs expand their control, women-led organizations are providing critical support to survivors of violence and displacement, negotiating for humanitarian access, and supp...

From commitments to action: Youth-led pathways to women’s economic justice

This publication captures achievements and learnings from the EJR Action Coalition small grants initiative, a strategic response to persistent challenges faced by youth-led organiz...

Aid cuts decimate services for women and girls as women’s organizations struggle to stay afloat

Remarks by Sofia Calltorp, UN Women Chief of Humanitarian Action – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on 10 July

No country in the world has reached full legal equality for women and girls

From protection against gender-based violence to equal pay, women and girls remain unequal under the law, as impunity for violations of their rights persists worldwide, said UN Wom...

Never Surrender: Empowered Wives Were Never the Problem

Over the past year, several women-focused articles in the New York Times declared feminism has gone too far, and put the onus on women to fix what is broken. An article asking if...

What is a Woman?

Smithsonian National Museum of American History Director Anthea Hartig was brought before congress in July 2026. During the questioning, Nancy Mace asked the director “what is a wo...

Rwandan cooperative allows women to stitch together a livelihood

An all-female Rwandan cooperative has given 21 women economic independence and helped them recover from the lingering aftermath of the 1994 genocide.

A woman's right to own

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UN Women Opens Applications for the Women’s Empowerment Principles Corporate Action Lab Philippines 2026 on Gender-Respo...

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), in partnership with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) through the Regiona...

What makes a woman a witch? Financial independence

Women aren’t being burnt at the stake any more, but there is still risk and violence implicit in the label ‘witch’When Katherine Harrison’s husband passed away, she became the weal...

When Rural Women Gain Power, Families and Communities Grow Stronger

[Daily News] Dodoma -- Talk of agriculture in many rural communities, a seed is more than something planted in the soil. It can represent food, income, family health and the future...

UN Women deepens partnership with Ghana to accelerate gender equality and combat violence against women

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening collaboration with Ghana in advancing gender eq...

Voices from the bench: Women shaping international justice

This publication examines women’s participation and leadership in international justice institutions. Drawing on interviews with women judges and experts, it highlights barriers to...

How Global Aid Cuts are Undermining Women-Led Humanitarian Response in Sudan

UNITED NATIONS, August 17 (IPS) - Women-led and women’s rights organizations (WLOs) in humanitarian settings are collapsing amidst a complicated predicament in which needs are sur...

WPBL Unveils Team Identities for Inaugural Women's Baseball League

The Women's Professional Baseball League (WPBL) has introduced the names, uniforms, and visual identities of its four inaugural teams, in collaboration with Toronto-based agency Ar...

At least one million women and girls lose access to critical support as aid cuts dismantle women’s organizations working...

A new UN Women report finds that 84 per cent of women’s organizations report that demand for their services has increased since January 2025, while nearly nine in 10 can no longer...

Empowered Women Breaking Barriers and Redefining Success

The content highlights the achievements of four remarkable women: Dame Brigitte Kruse in luxury auctions, Shanley Melody in mental health care, Lusine Aghajanyan in maritime financ...