UN Gender Focus

Appeal for justice for Iraqi rape survivors

Experts call for more action to protect LGBTI defenders in Honduras

Barbershop Conference: Changing the conversation around gender equality

This week we're bringing you a special programme to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week, which runs until 7 August.

Breastfeeding protects both babies and their mothers from an array of diseases and helps boost their health long-term.

But despite the benefits of breastfeeding for babies and mothers, no country in the world fully meets recommended standards for the practice.

UN deputy chief underscores women’s role in peace, security in Africa

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will not be possible without investing more in women.

That’s the view of UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, who led a high-level group of women leaders to two African countries this month.

Women and children plead for peace in South Sudan ‘ghost town’

Greater gender balance needed in peacekeeping, says UN chief

Reports of sexual abuse by peacekeepers “shocked” UN in CAR

Girls and boys are missing out on education: UN deputy chief