A database containing sensitive, sometimes personal information from the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women was openly accessible on the internet, revealing more than 115,000 ...

Caption: June 2017: The African Union Commission and UN Women launch the African Women Leaders Network. Credit: UN Photo/Kim Haughton Women and girls bear the brunt of violent conflicts.

UNITED NATIONS — More than 600 million women and girls are now affected by war, a 50% increase from a decade ago, and they fear the world has forgotten them amid an escalating backlash against ...

The new report, launched today by UN Women and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), highlights that, at the current pace of progress, SDG 5 – achieving gender equality ...