Nearly 10,000 cases of conflict-related sexual violence were recorded worldwide last year – more than double the previous year’s figure – as rape, sexual slavery and abduction were deployed as weapons of war across Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the Caribbean. Releasing the UN’s annual report on Friday, Special Representative Pramila Patten said the numbers reflected […]
Many women in eastern Chad are being forced to give birth in overcrowded clinics with limited medicine, minimal equipment and severe shortages of anesthesia, as a worsening humanitarian crisis overwhelms the country’s fragile healthcare system, the UN reproductive health agency, UNFPA, warned on Tuesday May 12, 2026. The crisis is unfolding as Chad struggles to […]
President John Mahama wants to criminalize employers demanding sex in exchange for work. But can a new law — that falls into a legal grey zone — be enforced? President John Mahama’s call to criminalize so‑called “sex for jobs” marks one of the clearest signals yet that Ghana‘s leadership is willing to confront a practice that […]
In the wake of the recent terrorist attacks that have struck several towns in Mali, Women in Law and Development in Africa – West Africa (WiLDAF-AO) expresses its deepest sympathy and solidarity with the affected populations, the bereaved families, and the affected communities, particularly the women who have been severely impacted by this violence. WiLDAF-AO […]
Reports of online violence against women journalists have doubled since 2020, with serious impacts on their health and well-being, according to a study published ahead of World Press Freedom Day marked annually on 3 May. The report by UN Women and partners highlights how online violence targeting women in public life is increasingly becoming more technologically sophisticated, invasive and damaging in the artificial intelligence (AI) era. “AI is […]
Across war-torn Sudan, women and girls “are telling a consistent story of continued experience of danger, and risks for gender-based violence” whether when fleeing to safety or arriving at displacement camps, a senior official with the UN reproductive and sexual health agency UNFPA said on Friday April, 17, 2026. Fabrizia Falcione, UNFPA Country Representative in Sudan, briefed […]
For 25 years, the world has made significant progress in advancing women’s right to health, particularly in sexual and reproductive care. Women are living longer than ever before – but they are not living better. Across the world, UN data shows, women are still less likely to be taken seriously, accurately diagnosed, or appropriately treated. From […]
The Secretary-General’s commitment towards women leadership in the United Nations was recognized at a pivotal moment marked by global uncertainty, economic volatility and increasing pressure on hard-won rights. The Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed recently convened women leaders who met in Manhasset, Long Island, for the fifth year, to reaffirm their collective commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), women’s […]
From 9 to 19 March 2026, the international community will gather at the United Nations in New York for the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) to address a major imperative: ‘Ensuring and enhancing access to justice for all women and girls’. In this context, the Women in Law and […]
The UN chief on Tuesday applauded civil society groups for “shaking the foundations of privilege” in a male-dominated world, addressing a range of questions during a townhall meeting on the margins of the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) at UN Headquarters. “You are foundation-shakers,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the annual […]
