The pandemic highlighted the immense challenges that women face in their health, safety and livelihoods. Many women, especially those in vulnerable communities, have lost a generation’s worth of economic gains. With the increase in gender-based violence and the reversal of decades of advancement for women in the workplace, we have reached an inflection point for gender equality. More
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The toolkit introduces an integrated ecosystem framework, and establishes a comprehensive indicator framework covering both institutional governance and full lifecycle investment processes.
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The Casebook on the Real-World Impact of AI for Gender Empowerment explores how artificial intelligence (AI) can be leveraged to advance gender equality and build more inclusive socio-economic systems.
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This semi-annual edition of the UN Women Bangladesh Newsletter: Cox’s Bazar Update (July-December 2025) highlights key achievements and provides updates on the interventions of the UN Women Bangladesh Cox’s Bazar Sub-Office
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The Women, Peace and Security brief sheds light on UN Women’s efforts to build a more equal, just, inclusive, and cohesive society
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The Alert finds that Decree no. 18 establishes judicial pathways that are disproportionately complex and restrictive for women and girls seeking to leave a marriage ...
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This brief examines the gendered impacts of the fuel crisis that began in Myanmar in March 2026, driven by global shortages stemming from the conflict in the Middle East. Developed through the Myanmar Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group.
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A new report from UN Women and UNDP finds that women in Myanmar face systematic barriers to work, income and economic independence, even as they increasingly shoulder responsibility for their households amid conflict, mass displacement and economic collapse.
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This paper proposes the Chinese Care System Framework (CCSF), a conceptual and analytical framework for examining the modernizing transformation of China's care system. Grounded in the UN's 6R Principles (Recognize, Reduce, Redistribute, Reward, Represent, and Resource)
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The Asia-Pacific region is currently facing the onset of a strong 2026 El Niño event, overlapping with severe economic shocks stemming from the 2026 Middle East Escalation. Building on previous UN Women analyses of the gendered impacts of climate extremes, this alert aligns with the latest 2026 tiered risk
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The UN Women Asia-Pacific Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Awards recognise companies that are advancing gender equality across their workplace, marketplace and community, in alignment with the WEPs.
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The report findings point to a persistent disconnect between reductions in armed violence and lived safety, highlighting how security gains not accompanied by policies enshrining equality, inclusive access, predictable institutions and dignity in daily life remain limited in their ability to support sustained well-being and stability.
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This publication presents the assessment findings, key lessons learned, and solutions developed throughout the implementation of WEPs CAL Indonesia.
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This Guidance Note is intended for policymakers and groups involved in the care sector, including civil society organizations, women’s organizations, public and private care providers, entrepreneurship support organizations, and other actors supporting the design and implementation of care services. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family of the Republic of Korea generously funded the development of this Guidance Note.
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This Brief outlines the approach of UN Women Bangladesh to responding to one of the world’s largest refugee crises - the Rohingya refugee crisis in Cox’s Bazar. Over half the refugees are women and girls
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The framework provides practical steps to identify climate-vulnerable value chains with high relevance for women-led enterprises, evaluate renewable energy or low-carbon technologies
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This study on the economic reintegration of Afghan women returnees identifies structural barriers to their economic participation and evidence-based programme options to improve their access to livelihoods.
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This is the second Gender Alert to analyse the impact of recent hostilities on women and girls in eastern Afghanistan, which have escalated since February into sustained cross-border airstrikes, shelling, drone attacks and ground clashes, impacting at least ten provinces.
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This brief provides an overview of progress to date and presents recommendations to strengthen prevention of, and response to, sexual harassment and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) on university campuses.
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It is intended as a resource for national and international actors seeking to understand whether the measures introduced by the de facto authorities comply with Afghanistan’s obligations under CEDAW.
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Across society, women in Bangladesh face persistent barriers to leadership: high rates of poverty, limited access to finance, the disproportionate burden of unpaid care work and exclusionary institutional norms.