Asia and the Pacific

Partnership: A Powerful Force for Progress in 2015

Across the 22 countries in the Asia-Pacific region where UN Women has programme presence, partnerships with ministries for gender equality, women’s organizations... Learn more

In focus: Women refugees and migrants

Around the world, people are on the move, half of them are women. In the lead-up to the UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants, we highlight the voices of women refugees and migrants... Learn more

Aishwaryaa Rajinikanth Dhanush announced as UN Women’s Advocate

UN Women Deputy Executive Director Lakshmi Puri appointments film director and writer, Aishwaryaa Rajinikanth Dhanush as UN Women’s Advocate for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment ... Learn more

Unlocking the potential of Afghan women

A programme by UN Women provides skills training and internship opportunities to young women graduates in Afghanistan to kick-start their careers... Learn more

Gender Equality Comic & Cartoon Competition

Create a Comic or Cartoon without words and show us what comes to your mind when you reflect on Gender Equality, Women's rights and empowerment ... Learn more

Highlights

Healing in post-earthquake Nepal

Trapped under rubble for days after the earthquake hit, Maali Gurung had almost given up hope. Today she is part of a cash-for-work programme, saving to rebuild her home... More

Triumphing gender stereotypes with skills

Q&A with Hajra Khan, Captain of Pakistan’s Female National Football Team, and first Pakistani female football player to try out for three professional German Bundesliga clubs... More
For the Federation, every day is Orange Day

Q&A with Stephan Fox, the General-Secretary of the International Federation of Muaythai Amateur (IFMA). Muaythai is a sport in which fair play, respect and honour are important values... More
Youth's Voice

Let's us listen to young boys and girls to express their thoughts and opinions for developing gender equality in their homes and communities. UPDATE! - Nikita's blog about Women Peace and Security... More
HeForShe Corner

From students to diplomats, from celebrities to farmers, from politicians to sports stars, everyone is welcome to stand up and pledge one's commitment to work together and take action to create a gender equal world. UPDATE! H.E. Moazzam Malik, the British Ambassador to Indonesia, ASEAN and Timor-Leste... More
Football - changing young women’s lives in Pakistan

UN Women teamed up with Serena Hotels and hosted a match day to show how football is a powerful tool for social inclusion, gender equality and youth empowerment. Young women and girls from Pakistan’s National... More
Riding for Women's Rights

Covering over 350 km. by bicycle on an adventurous 12-day route, the Ride for Rights team is a group of roughly 25 women, of all ages, who have embarked on this challenge in order to support and raise awareness... More
Picturing gender equality in Viet Nam through comics and cartoons

“My cartoon portrays inequality in the working environment, where gender is never an official criteria but it secretly has influence over chances of recruitment and promotion”, said Ms. Nguyen Vu Xuan Lan, the first prize winner of the “Comic and Cartoon Contest: Gender Equality... More

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Interactive Annual Report

This Annual Report captures some of the work which we undertook in the Asia-Pacific region, in collaboration with governments, the UN system, development partners and civil society actors. It is an interactive report through which you will have access to our reports, advocacy tools and publications. We invite you to use these materials!... More

Disasters: What’s gender got to do with it?

OP-ED – World Humanitarian Day

In the past 18 months, we have seen two massive cyclones rip through Vanuatu and Fiji, leaving a trail of devastation; homes and livelihoods destroyed, crops wiped out, no clean water, insecure food supply... More