UN Women Stories

Sudan calls for end to UN probe on war crimes
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jul 29, 2025

The fact-finding mission, created by the UN Human Rights Council in October 2023, was tasked with investigating alleged war crimes committed by both t...

UN Women says 1 million women, girls starving in Gaza
XINHUA  |  Jul 29, 2025

Women-led organisations inside Gaza describe how women are boiling discarded food scraps to feed their children, and risking being killed when searchi...

Nearly half of women-led aid groups at risk of closure amid global funding cuts — UN
Rachael Mutabasi  |  May 15, 2025

According to the findings, 90 per cent of the 411 women-led and women’s rights organisations surveyed across 44 countries reported experiencing fundin...

Percentage of women killed in war doubled in 2023: UN report
UN News  |  Oct 23, 2024

Women in war zones are also increasingly suffering from restricted access to healthcare, the report said.

Women and girls continue suffering one year into the Sudan war
Amina Wako  |  Apr 15, 2024

Among those whose lives may be jeopardised are over 7,000 new mothers, if their nutritional and health needs go unmet.

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