Chronic underfunding, weak tracking systems, and unfair financial rules are stalling progress on gender equality. UN Women calls for urgent, sustained investment to close the gap and deliver on ...

This poster presents data on women in executive positions, including Heads of State, Heads of Government, and Cabinet members heading ministries. The findings highlight the persistent ...

UN Women launches the 2024 Afghanistan Gender Index, the most extensive study on women's empowerment and gender equality ...

Leveraging its experience and expertise in gender equality and the empowerment of women, UN Women engages in humanitarian response efforts in more than 40 crisis-affected countries, ensuring gender ...

As humanitarian crises intensify globally, women’s organizations are being pushed to a breaking point. A March 2025 UN Women survey of 411 women’s organizations across 44 crisis settings found nearly ...

Handbook on Costing Gender Equality A comprehensive, step-by-step guide to costing gender equality priorities. It responds to the growing global demand for concrete methodologies to estimate the ...

UN Women supports women’s full and equal representation and participation in all levels of peace processes and security efforts. UN Women leads on implementing the women, peace, and security (WPS) ...

As a standard-setting organization, the United Nations has a particular responsibility to lead by example in ensuring the equal and active participation of women at all levels of the UN system. This ...

The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) discusses global economic, social and environmental challenges. It coordinates the related work of UN entities and regional commissions, as well as of its ...

Rural women are key agents for achieving the transformational economic, environmental and social changes required for sustainable development. But limited access to credit, health care and education ...

From the local to the global level, women’s leadership and political participation are compromised. Women are underrepresented as voters, as well as in leading positions, whether in elected offices, ...

In 2000, the UN Security Council adopted resolution 1325 (2000), linking gender equality to the maintenance of international peace and security.Almost two decades and nine additional resolutions later ...