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One woman or girl is killed every 10 minutes by their intimate partner or family member

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SDG 3 – Good health and well-being

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Breaking barriers, building futures – a second chance for women refugees and the communities that host them in Uganda

Uganda hosts 1,644,870 refugees today, and nearly 56 per cent of them have come from South Sudan, fleeing conflict and hunger. Globally, nearly half of all people forced to flee are women and girls, ...
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In focus: International Migrants Day 2023

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300,000 Haitian women and girls are displaced without basic safety and health services

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FAQs: What is unpaid care work and how does it power the economy?

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Women in Afghanistan: From almost everywhere to almost nowhere

UN Women partnered with Mona Chalabi to illustrate the scope and the severity of the restrictions on women and girls’ access to public space and public life in Afghanistan. In international treaties ...
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Speech: The women’s rights crisis: Listen to, invest in, include, and support Afghan women

Over the last year, UN Women has collaborated with UNAMA [United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan] and IOM [International Organization for Migration] to regularly consult Afghan women inside ...
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International Women’s Day 2026: Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls.

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Why so few women are in political leadership, and five actions to boost women’s political participation

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Inside the crisis you don’t see: How war impacts women’s mental health

But while the bombs and bullets make headlines, for millions of women and girls, the trauma of war, displacement, and repression is taking a devastating toll on their mental health. Almost everyone ...
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Nearly eight out of 10 young Afghan women are excluded from education, jobs, and training

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