Twenty-five years ago, the international community agreed a new approach to women’s inclusion in peace processes in what came to be known as the Women, Peace and Security Agenda (WPS), outlined in the landmark Security Council resolution 1325. The resolution “was a real game-changer,” says Laura Flores, Americas Division Director at the Department of Political and […]
More details continued to emerge on Friday of atrocities committed during and after the fall of El Fasher to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia in Sudan’s Darfur region. Since the powerful paramilitary group made a major incursion into the city last week, the UN human rights office has received “horrendous accounts of summary executions, […]
Funding cuts are dismantling the frontline organisations working to end violence against women and girls, the UN’s gender equality agency warned on Monday October 27, 2025. A new UN Women report, At Risk and Underfunded, based on a global survey of 428 women’s rights and civil society groups, finds that one in three have suspended or shut down […]
As Sudan’s destructive war – now in its third year – grinds on, the challenges to health systems are immense and women giving birth have been particularly impacted. In the heart of Sudan’s White Nile State, to the south of the country’s capital, Khartoum, Kosti Maternity Hospital handles thousands of deliveries a year, but the […]
Women and girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are trapped in one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises and face rampant insecurity, a senior United Nations official warned on Tuesday October 21, 2025 following a visit to the country. Speaking to journalists at the UN Office at Geneva, Shoko Arakaki, director of […]
Women and girls do 16 billion hours of unpaid care every day – powering families, communities, and economies. Yet, this work remains largely invisible, undervalued and unequally distributed. Every day, women around the world do 16 billion hours of unpaid care work. Cleaning, cooking, fetching water, looking after children and the elderly – these are just […]
2025 Theme: Care and Support for All – Addressing all rights-holders, including those providing and receiving care and support . Care work keeps the world running. From the moment we wake up to the time we sleep, care shapes our lives, our economies and communities. It’s in the meals prepared, the children walked to school, the […]
Around 676 million women lived within 50 kilometres of deadly conflict last year – the highest figure since the 1990s. That’s one of the key findings of the UN Secretary-General’s annual report on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) published on Monday. The report highlights the role that women play as peacemakers, describes how conflict affects women overall, and outlines […]
New York, 20 October – The world is experiencing the highest number of active conflicts since 1946, creating unprecedented risks and suffering for women and girls. The 2025 UN Secretary-General’s report on Women, Peace and Security warns that 676 million women now live within 50 kilometers of deadly conflict, the highest level since the 1990s. Civilian casualties among […]
More than eight per cent of the world population or around 673 million people are not getting enough to eat and going hungry, according to the UN. Conflict, climate change and inequality are all playing a role, but there are other reasons for what is known rather dryly as “food insecurity.” Ahead of World Food Day on 16 […]
