Key knowledge gaps can hamper delivery of effective response and prevention programmes. There is little comparable, reliable data on the prevalence, forms, impact, and drivers of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) across different global regions and social intersections.

With USD 150,000 in annual revenue generated and significant reductions in labor time and carbon emissions, the project is a model for integrating economic empowerment and environmental sustainability.

The WE RISE Together project (March 2022 - February 2025) aims to create equal market opportunities for women by advancing supplier diversity through gender-responsive procurement (SD-GRP) in Thailand and Viet Nam.

At the SVRI Forum 2024, UN Women, UNFPA, and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) presented insights from their joint implementation of the UN Essential Services Package (ESP) for Women and Girls Subject to Violence. Since its launch in 2015, the ESP has guided over 80 countries in strengthening multi-sectoral, survivor-centered services. This global framework has been rolled out in 10 pilot countries in Asia and 6 in East and Southern Africa, focusing on coordinated approaches to address violence against women and girls (VAWG).

As one of the champion countries on Women, Peace and Security (WPS), the Philippines has integrated the WPS agenda in several national and subnational policy instruments responding to existing and emerging security challenges, such as armed conflict, terrorism, the illicit drug trade, human trafficking, climate change, cybersecurity and pandemics. Among these policy instruments, the government has adopted four iterations of a National Action Plan (NAP) on WPS (see below), including its inaugural NAP-WPS (2010-2016) in 2010, making it the first country in Asia to achieve this. The NAP-WPS has been localized in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) through the BARMM Regional Action Plan (RAP) on WPS, which has gone through three iterations, including the third-generation BARMM RAPWPS 2023-2028 adopted in October 2023.

This research mapped out key stakeholders engaged in the development of gender finance in China, such as governmental bodies, financial institutions, NGOs, research institutes, etc., and identified existing gender-responsive financial tools, initiatives, and policies.

This power imbalance could be compounded by intersecting factors such as increasing climate change impacts, protected conflicts and armed violence, and emerging crises. The report provides comprehensive recommendations to enhance migration governance to be more inclusive and gender-responsive.

This publication provides recommendations for policymakers to address the findings highlighted through the project “Addressing stigma and discrimination experienced by women with disabilities (ASDWD)”...

The joint recommendations, developed for and by adolescent girls and young women, outline specific actions to tackle the gender-related obstacles encountered by girls and advance gender equity, thereby empowering them to be proactive agents of change in the global shift toward a sustainable and climate-resilient future.

This report highlights some regions and countries of the world that have recorded a slight decrease in the number of femicides, hence contributing to global knowledge of how to effectively prevent femicides. The report reveals that the number of countries reporting on femicides has decreased by 50 per cent in the past five years.

This policy brief provides recommendations for integrating gender equality considerations in climate financing mechanisms to foster gender responsive, climate-resilient, sustainable, and inclusive development in Bangladesh.

This report has been prepared to inform the Asia-Pacific regional intergovernmental review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in conjunction with the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on the Beijing+30 Review in November 2024.

The materials align with the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs). Launched in 2010 by UN Women and UN Global Compact, the seven principles within WEPs enable companies of all sizes and sectors to become more gender-responsive throughout their value chain.

This Gender-Impact Flash Update focuses on the gendered response to the flooding and draws on the experiences and insights from local organisations on the ground that are assessing and addressing the gender-specific needs emerging from this crisis.

This repository presents resources and publications developed by UN Women on TF GBV.

The ‘Gender Strategy of the National Police of Timor-Leste (2024-2028)’ was jointly developed by the National Police of Timor-Leste, with technical support from UN Women and generous support from the Government of the United Kingdom, the Government of Canada and the Government of the Republic of Korea under the UN Women ASEAN programme Empowering Women for Sustainable Peace: Preventing Violence and Promoting Social Cohesion.

The project, aims to develop scalable interventions that can contribute to implementation of key policies in Indonesia that are relevant to the prevention of violent extremism, disaster risk reduction and resilience-building, and the protection and empowerment of women and children. 

This Call to Action reflects our commitment to a sustainable and resilient future for Asia and the Pacific, highlighting that the theme of the 29th Session of the UNFCCC Conference of Parties, “In Solidarity for a Green World” cannot be realized without including diverse voices from the region’s most vulnerable to climate impacts.

This stream of edicts has also included a ban on girls and young women pursuing secondary and university-level education in Afghanistan.

Care for children, the elderly, people with disabilities, and vulnerable populations is a right and a shared responsibility. It is essential for families, societies, and economies to function and thrive.