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In the Pacific coast of Colombia, guardians of the mangrove sow seeds of change

An overhead view of the San Luis estuary in Tumaco, Colombia shows members of of the organization ACOPI Nariño, a partner of the 'Raices' initiative, working to restore the Mangrove forest by planting seedlings and removing waste.

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19 April 2024

Six months into the war on Gaza, over 10,000 women have been killed, among them an estimated 6,000 mothers, leaving 19,000 children orphaned

More than one million Palestinian women and girls in Gaza are facing catastrophic hunger, with almost no access to food, safe drinking water, functioning toilets or running water, creating life-threatening risks.

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16 April 2024

A year of suffering for Sudanese women and girls

Mariam Djimé Adam, a refugee from Sudan with eight children, is seen in the yard of a secondary school in the neighbouring country of Chad..

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14 April 2024

‘Women are not necessarily killed because of bullets or bombs’ – Sudanese activists describe humanitarian crisis amid civil war

Hanin Ahmed (left) and Shaza Bala Elmahdi (right) are seen at the CSW68 Side Event “Amplifying the Voice and Agency of Women and Girls Faced by Conflict in Sudan” held on 14 March 2024 at UN Women Headquarters in New York.

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10 April 2024

Women grapple with unplanned pregnancies after sexual violence in Sudan war

On 2 May 2023 people wait for treatment at Fashir Reproductive health centre. The centre received WASH and health supplies from UNICEF.

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10 April 2024

Women share stories of hardship during year of war in Sudan

Aziza Ibrahim (right) is seen with with her daughters Amal (middle) and Eman (left).

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10 April 2024

“I want to build a network of powerful Roma women and girls” – Anzhelika Bielova on Roma women’s activism and leadership in Ukraine

Anzhelika Bielova is a Roma activist from Zaporizhzhia, southern Ukraine, and works in Western Ukraine.

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4 April 2024

Op-ed: Improving women’s access to decent jobs

Women working at Zu Peshawar BRT, a “bus rapid transit” system in Peshawar, Pakistan. The organization is an equal opportunity employer. Photo: ADB/Rahim Mizra.

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2 April 2024

“We need real action”—Palestinian women speak of hope and resilience amid the horrors of war in Gaza

Palestinian citizens return to their homes in eastern Khan Yunis during a temporary ceasefire on 24 November 2023.

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2 April 2024

Speech: Gender equality – just, prudent, and essential for everything we all aspire to

UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous delivers closing remarks to the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, UN headquarters, 27 March 2024. Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown.

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27 March 2024