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UN Women Yemen, in coordination with the Gender in Humanitarian Action (GiHA) Working Group, has launched a new brief titled “When the Waters Rise, Women Fall Further”, highlighting the unequal impacts of recurrent flooding on women and girls in Yemen.
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United Nations Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous concluded a three-day visit to Jordan focused on advancing women’s economic empowerment and political participation and supporting the implementation of the country’s Political, Economic, and Public Sector Modernization Vision.
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Madleen Kullab grew up on the shore of Gaza, in a family where the sea was not only a place, but a source of survival. Her father was a fisherman, and from a young age she followed him to the water with her younger brother, learning the names of fish, the weight of nets, and the rhythm of the sea.
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In Birzeit, Najwa Khouri is known for bringing people together. Her work is rooted in a simple belief: people need spaces where they feel safe, respected and heard.
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For World Humanitarian Day, UN Women staff in the Central African Republic, Sudan, Lebanon, Myanmar, Afghanistan, and Ukraine share what it means to serve while surviving crisis.
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Senior leaders from the UAE hospitality sector gathered on 2 July 2026 at Atlantis The Royal, Dubai, for the Sustainable Progress League event, “The Next Chapter.” The evening marked the launch of the Surging Women’s Employment Initiative (SWEI), a collaboration between Diversey, a Solenis company, and UN Women...
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These are the words of Alaa, a young Palestinian woman from Gaza with a hearing disability, recalling the first moments of the war. As Israeli’s bombardments intensified and families rushed to flee, Alaa struggled to understand what was happening around her.
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Care is essential to human well-being, gender equality and sustainable development. It includes the activities -paid and unpaid- that respond to people’s physical, psychological and social needs throughout the life cycle, including childcare, support to the elderly, to persons with disabilities and people living with illness, as well as household work that sustains families and communities.
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À l'heure où les secteurs des sciences, des technologies, de l'ingénierie et des mathématiques (STIM) s'imposent comme les moteurs de l'innovation mondiale, la Tunisie affirme son rôle de leader régional en matière d'excellence académique au féminin.
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A new UN Women report finds that 84 per cent of women’s organizations report that demand for their services has increased since January 2025, while nearly nine in 10 can no longer meet current levels of need — the result of the steepest annual decline in official development assistance on record.
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Through this Call for Proposals, the selected CSO will c onvene and facilitate UN Women Arab States virtual regional CSOs dialogue, bringing together both regional and national CSO representatives to review and finalize the draft of Arab States CSOs regional declaration.
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A new policy brief released today by UN Women and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) warns that the ongoing 2026 Middle East crisis could significantly deepen risks to women’s employment and economic participation across the Arab States, threatening to reverse years of progress on women’s economic empowerment.
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Through this Call for Proposals, UN Women seeks to engage a qualified local civil society organization or women-led organization to provide integrated protection, psychosocial, legal, information and livelihood support to vulnerable women and girls affected by displacement and return in Iraq.
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Through this Call for Proposals, UN Women seeks to engage qualified Yazidi local peace structures, CSOs, and activist networks to implement community-led initiatives such as dialogue activities, awareness-raising actions, memorialization initiatives, and social cohesion projects.
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On the International Day of Women in Diplomacy, three women from Palestine, Morocco, and Yemen reflect different pathways to leadership, representation, and public service.
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A group of fathers from Egypt, Jordan and Morocco are challenging long-held social norms around fatherhood and caregiving. Once hesitant to take an active role in childcare and household responsibilities, they are now embracing more engaged and equitable approaches to family life.
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As Syria continues its transition towards recovery and stabilization, women remain largely excluded from political and peacebuilding processes, despite growing recognition that sustainable peace and long-term recovery depend on their leadership and meaningful participation.
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In 2025, UN Women reinforced its coordination mandate within the United Nations system in Tunisia by continuing to lead a unified inter-agency mobilization for the global “16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence” campaign.
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Under the project “Reclaiming Power: Advancing Gender Justice and Women’s Leadership for Sustainable Peace and Recovery in Palestine” funded by the Government of Norway, UN Women Palestine office invites eligible partners to submit proposals to implement projects to contribute to Palestinian women (including young women) have increased leadership and participation in humanitarian, political, decision-making and peacebuilding processes, across the HDP nexus.
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Under the project “Reclaiming Power: Advancing Gender Justice and Women’s Leadership for Sustainable Peace and Recovery in Palestine” funded by the Government of Norway, UN Women Palestine office invites eligible partners to submit proposals to implement projects to contribute to more women, including the most vulnerable, have access to decent income opportunities, assets and partnerships across the HDP nexus.