Jordan and Sudan are climate hotspots. Climate change and topography combine with socio-economicpolitical processes to increase vulnerability to droughts and floods in both sites, with increasing frequency, magnitude, severity and adverse societal impacts.

Following the escalation of hostilities after the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, UN Women is responding in line with its humanitarian strategy, its long-standing work in Palestine on humanitarian assistance and women, peace, and security, and the UN and partner Flash Appeal launched on 6 November 2023.

The Regional Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group for Arab States/Middle East and North Africa (RGiHA – AS/MENA) is committed to ensuring that gender equality is at the core of humanitarian responses in the region.

As part of the Government of Egypt’s development of the National Strategy for the Development of Statistics, a national review of gender statistics in Egypt was carried out. The report of the National Review of Gender Statistics subsequently examines three key components of gender statistics in Egypt: creating an environment that enables data collection, improving data production, and enhancing accessibility and usage.

The document, titled "GiHA Accountability Framework Report - August 2023," outlines a comprehensive accountability framework for Gender in Humanitarian Action (GiHA) in the context of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). This framework is designed to ensure that humanitarian efforts in the OPT prioritize gender equality and women's empowerment. The report details the specific outcomes, outputs, and indicators that are part of this framework, emphasizing the importance of integrating gender considerations into all aspects of humanitarian action, from planning and coordination to funding and program implementation. It recognizes that the ongoing political crisis in the OPT poses significant challenges, particularly for women and girls, and aims to address these challenges through targeted gender-sensitive approaches. The document underscores the need for a holistic and consistent approach to gender in humanitarian action and highlights the critical role of women and girls in shaping humanitarian planning and decision-making processes.

Following the 7 October 2023 attack by Hamas on Israel, which resulted in an estimated 1,300 deaths and 4,500 injuries, the Israeli Armed Forces launched strikes by land, sea, and air against Gaza.

This briefing note provides the headline findings and recommendations from three country studies of the gendered realities of displacement for Syrian refugee women in Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq. The studies investigated refugee women’s role, responsibilities and experiences in displacement.

This infographic highlights the main results achieved under the “Women’s Economic Empowerment in Egypt” programme between July 2021 till August 2023. This programme is implemented by UN Women Egypt in partnership with the National Council for Women (NCW), the Ministry of International Cooperation, and the Ministry of Labour and is generously supported by KOICA Egypt.

This research seeks to provide an overview of the global and regional trends and best practices in relation to men’s childcare and paternity leave.

This publication is the latest instalment in the annual series jointly produced by UN Women and UN DESA. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of gender equality progress across all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

This brochure summarizes “UN Women’s strategic note (SN) for Libya, 2022–2025”, which provides a roadmap for improving the lives of women and girls in Libya. The SN articulates UN Women’s multi-year strategy, rationale, envisioned results, targets, and resource requirements for the next four years.

Violence against women is a major public health problem rooted in gender inequality, and is a gross violation of women’s human rights affecting the lives and health of millions of women and girls.

This document was compiled in June 2023 by UN Women in collaboration with the Gender Working Group in Lebanon. It includes the most recently available data on gender in Lebanon.

The purpose of this report is to provide humanitarian practitioners and stakeholders with full and transparent access to disaggregated gender, age, and disability data to inform their humanitarian interventions. The report is intended for those looking for more detailed humanitarian evidence on gender and social inclusion.

This report, prepared by UN Women and UNDP, highlights the global challenges faced by women and provides a roadmap for targeted interventions and policy reforms.

This brief synthesizes findings from statistically representative data on women’s economic participation from before the crisis (2018 and 2019) and during the crisis (2022) to develop a more complete picture of the ways in which the crisis has impacted women at work.

Online violence against women (OVAW) is emerging as a global problem with serious implications for societies and economies everywhere. For Libya, the political and security context deepens the negative effects on women’s participation and their well-being. This study models research to bridge a gap of understanding in Libya, illustrate the big picture effect of OVAW, and build allies with social media platforms to shut down harmful sources of violence.

A series of powerful earthquakes measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale struck southern Turkey and northern Syria on February 6th, resulting in widespread devastation. The epicenter was near the Turkey-Syria border, and the region has experienced over 1,206 aftershocks. The impact of the earthquake has been particularly severe in Aleppo, Hama, Idleb, and Lattakia Governorates, worsening the existing dire humanitarian situation.

This info-graph highlights the main 2022 achievements of the five-year Joint Programme entitled Women’s Economic Empowerment for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth in Egypt – known as “Rabeha”. The Joint programme is implemented by UN Women and UNIDO Egypt in partnership with the National Council for Women (NCW), the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MoTI) and the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA) with the generous support of Global Affairs Canada (GAC).

Gender Equality in the Earthquake Humanitarian Response for North West Syria