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March in support of International Women's Day in Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea

Devastatingly pervasive: 1 in 3 women globally experience violence

Gender Based Violence

Younger women among those most at risk: WHO

A group of girls.

Call for applications for Young Women Leaders Initiative

Nurse Alepher Matemba Banda responding to national helpline on GBV.

Malawi: Health hotline helping survivors of gender-based violence

COVID19 gender-based violence (GBV)

Nurse Alepher Matemba Banda responds on national GBV helpline.

Young girls from Mtakataka Secondary School in the District of Dedza, Malawi. Photo: UN Women/Karin Schermbrucker

A letter to girls from Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, on International Day of the Girl Child

UN Women Executive Director visits Senegal to put women farmers at the heart of the gender equality agenda

E. Wilkins Nah, County Attorney of Bong County in Central Liberia.

From where I stand: “We need men who will stand up for the rights of women and girls”

Rural women lead the way in addressing food insecurity in Liberia

Africa Women Empowerment

The President Macky Sall launches HeForShe campain in Senegal

Africa Women's Empowerment

Mango farmers in Kenya get access to new technology to counter post-harvest losses