UN Gender Focus: Yemen, indigenous women and disaster preparedness
Women and girls paying “heaviest price” in Yemen as famine looms: UNFPA
Women and girls paying “heaviest price” in Yemen as famine looms: UNFPA
Rape chants lay bare Burundi terror campaign: UN human rights chief
An interactive timeline chronicling the accomplishments of women over the centuries has been nominated for a Webby, the leading international award honouring excellence on the Internet.
Produced by UN Women, it showcases contributions dating back hundreds of years that trailblazing women made in a wide range of fields: from art to science and literature to law.
A new campaign in Mexico City aims to combat a touchy subject: sexual harassment on public transportation.
A recent national survey found that nearly 90 per cent of women feel unsafe on buses and subways.
Faced with these alarming figures, UN Women, in partnership with the city government launched the campaign #NoEsDeHombres which translates as “this is not what being a man is about.”
Women’s participation in peace talks empower Syrians “as a whole”
Gender equality is “central to development”: UNFPA