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Migrant women workers pan for minerals in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand. Photo: UN Women/Pornvit Visitoran

Migrant women at risk of violence and exploitation

15 December 2025

two migrant women look at each other

Debunking five common myths about migrant women

15 December 2025

Five essential facts to know about femicide

Five essential facts to know about femicide

25 November 2025

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Online safety 101: What every woman and girl should know

18 November 2025

Launch of the Equal Pay Platform of Champions, calling for equal pay for work of equal value at #CSW61, UN Headquarters in New York. March, 2017. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown.

Lessons for the private sector from equal pay wins in sport

18 September 2025

illustration of women waving an equal pay banner

Everything you need to know about pushing for pay equity

18 September 2025

Women from the “Mujeres Candelareñas” economic empowerment project in Candelaria de la Frontera, Chalchuapa, Santa Ana, El Salvador. In the photo: Iliana Veralí Lemus, Denni Elizabeth Linares, Delma Noris Morales, Dora Alicia Gonzáles, Nora Daysi Hernández, Rosario Elizabeth Ramos, Mirna Esperanza Cerna, Andrea Campos, Rosa Flandes accompanied by Jéssica Maria Procarioni, Territorial Coordinator for UN Women El Salvador, who is supporting the Trifinio Women's Network through the MELYT program. Photo: UN Wom

Gender equality in 2025: Gains, gaps, and the USD 342 trillion choice

15 September 2025

menstrual health awareness

Period Poverty – why millions of girls and women cannot afford their periods

A group of girls huddle together before a football match in Mexico as part of the first HeForShe Lightning Tournament

How to keep girls playing sport

illustration of women marching forward

Your gender equality checklist: Flex work, equal pay, fair tech

Palace Of Fine Arts in Mexico City (with raised fist and purple bandana of the women’s movement)

Intersectional feminism: What it means and why it matters right now

menstrual justice activists in turkey take materials to women and girls in a disaster zone

Five ways activists are fighting for menstrual justice in Türkiye