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 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.

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.

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.

This Easy Read document is designed to explain the key elements of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in a clear, simple, and accessible way. An Easy Read document uses plain language, short sentences, and helpful images to ensure that the information is easy to understand.

Women in South-East Asia face diverse online harms. This UN Women research brief seeks to better understand the digital security landscape in South-East Asia as experienced by women activists, human rights defenders, public figures and Internet users at large.

This is the first Gender-Impact Flash Update on the flooding that has recently devastated parts of Myanmar. It was developed by the Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group in Myanmar to provide insights into the specific impacts of the flooding on women and girls and their urgent needs.

The North and Southeastern flood has been unprecedented in its nature, severity, and timing affecting 11 districts in August 2024. It claimed 59 lives and affected 5.8 million people. In the affected areas, 3.05 million women and 78,362 pregnant women are most vulnerable.

The report supports the Beyond GDP initiative, which aims to include metrics on well-being and environmental sustainability in measuring progress. Addressing the limitations of traditional economic measures like GDP from a gender lens, it advocates for a more inclusive approach that acknowledges the value of care work and women’s financial inclusion and decision-making in climate action.

With the support of the European Union, the regional programme Safe and Fair "Realizing women migrant workers’ rights and opportunities in the ASEAN region (SAF)" was implemented in the Southeast Asian region.