Effie Owuor made history when she joined the Kenyan attorney general’s chambers as the country’s first female state council in 1967. In the years that followed, she became the first woman to serve as ...

26-year-old Firdez Ademoska is a Roma woman and a mother of three children in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. (December 2016). She started dating her husband at the age of 11 and left her ...

NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME – We the leaders of 15 United Nations and humanitarian organizations urge, yet again, all parties fighting in Gaza to protect civilians, and call on the State of Israel to cease ...

Today, and every day, we recognize the skilled and the essential work of paid and unpaid care workers around the world. Care work is the backbone of our well-being and prosperity. Without it, our ...

The theme for this year’s International Day of Care and Support (29 October) is, “Transforming Care Systems: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the context of Beijing+30”. Everyone needs ...

Women in Mali suffer from chronic time poverty, spending almost four times as much on unpaid care and domestic work than men—significantly more than the global average where women and girls do 2.5 ...

Since independence, Arab and North African countries have struggled with multiple challenges. These have slowed political, social, and economic development, although there has been progress in ...

The theme of this year’s International Day of the Girl is, ‘Girls’ vision for the future’. The findings from UNICEF research show that girls are not only courageous in the face of challenges, but ...

The International Day of Rural Women recognizes the critical roles and contributions of rural women, including Indigenous women, in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food ...

New York, 22 October - The effects of war and conflict on women and girls are worsening. In 2023, the proportion of women killed in armed conflicts doubled compared to 2022. Four out of every ten ...

Today, we commemorate the United Nations Day. We are reminded of the UN's noble mission to promote peace, human rights and development for all. We are reminded of the continued need for diplomacy, ...