Oct 30, 2025 · Our work Promoting women’s human rights and achieving gender equality are core commitments of the UN Human Rights Office. We promote women and girls’ equal enjoyment of all …

Nov 19, 2025 · Violence against women remains one of the world’s most persistent and under-addressed human rights crises, with very little progress in two decades, according to a landmark …

Aug 13, 2025 · A UN Human Rights report highlights widespread gender-based violence, poor health provisions, and discriminatory legal systems disproportionately affecting women and girls in criminal …

Jan 19, 2026 · GENEVA – States must ensure the meaningful participation of Afghan women leaders and gender justice activists in the imminent negotiations on the new Treaty on the Prevention and …

Recalling that discrimination against women violates the principles of equality of rights and respect for human dignity, is an obstacle to the participation of women, on equal terms with men, in the political, …

What is gender-based violence against women and girls? Gender-based violence against women and girls takes many forms, including physical, sexual, psychological, economic abuse, and harmful …

May 14, 2025 · GENEVA – A group of independent human rights experts* today strongly condemned the widespread and systematic violations committed against women and girls in Sudan, including …

LGBTIQ+ women may be targeted both as women as well as on the basis of their sexual orientation, gender identity, expression or sex characteristics. For example, lesbians face physical, verbal and …

As violence against women continues to impact the lives of women and girls everywhere, the establishment of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its …

Women and girls have historically suffered discrimination in the area of education, and continue to do so in many places of the world. Progress has been made in narrowing gender gaps in education over …