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Far more families are choosing to have fewer — or no — children. Many countries, including the U.S., now face a rapidly aging ...
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with the Savannah Regional Peace Council has held a three-day capacity ...
The Compact on Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action provides a path for Member States, United Nations entities, regional organizations, private sector actors, and civil society – ...
A new United Nations report has warned that governments are failing to uphold legal protections for women and girls, ...
There’s a long list of green skills that women across Africa need so that they can get jobs and start businesses that help the world adapt to climate change.
Pst. Mrs. Oluwayomi Itunuoluwa Deborah has been inaugurated as a United Nations Women’s Ambassador. The ceremony took place on June 21, 2025, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja.
More women are connecting environmental degradation with attacks on women's rights, seeing both as rooted in similar values. They’re drawing on personal experiences and reams of research to make their ...
Mignot asserted that countries which have successfully empowered their women and girls—politically, socially, and economically—while protecting them from abuse and violence, have recorded significant ...
Kenya’s FIFA referee Josephine Wanjiku has been selected to officiate at the upcoming Women's Africa Cup of Nations that will be held in Morocco from July 5 to July 26.
UN Women has several liaison offices that afford the organization the ability to engage systematically with key regional entities and UN Member States in policy dialogue, advocacy for gender equality ...
UN Press Release Nice Ocean Action Plan signals political will for global action to protect the ocean Nice, France, 13 June 2025 – The 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference concluded today with ...