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$1.4 billion needed for sexual and reproductive health services in crisis-hit countries

The UN sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, appealed on Thursday for $1.4 billion to safeguard the rights and well-being of women, girls and...

Security Council: Put young women at the heart of peace and security efforts

Peace is in peril worldwide and avenues for diplomatic dialogue are shrinking, but young women peacebuilders are demonstrating that a better world is possible,...

World AIDS Day: UN urges leaders to ‘take the rights path to end AIDS’ by 2030

Ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 is within reach, but only if global leaders commit to dismantling barriers to healthcare and...

Millions of women and girls forced to flee face high risk of gender-based violence: UNHCR

More than 60 million women and girls worldwide who are forcibly displaced or stateless face high risks of gender-based violence (GBV), but funding for...

‘No excuse’: A global call to end violence against women

On the 25th anniversary of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, world leaders and advocates gathered at the UN Headquarters...

One woman killed every 10 minutes: The harrowing global reality of femicide

A sobering report released by UN Women and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Monday reveals that in 2023, 140 women...

One in three women experiences gender-based violence

Every year, the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) campaign led by UN Women serves as a powerful reminder of the widespread...

New UN push to ensure women’s equal participation peace

The UN on Thursday launched the “Common Pledge” initiative, designed to bring together mediators, governments, and civil society to ensure the full, equal and...

Explainer: How to advance women’s roles in peace and security

Ongoing conflicts in Gaza, Haiti, Sudan and Ukraine and beyond reveal that females are disproportionately affected – from gender-based violence to rape used as...

‘Trauma that echoes across generations’: UN highlights weaponisation of sexual violence

The United Nations marked 15 years of its mandate on sexual violence and conflict with a commemoration ceremony held in New York on Wednesday. 

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