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  1. Gender equality and women’s rights | OHCHR

    Oct 30, 2025 · 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 human rights, …

  2. Women's health

    Nov 5, 2025 · The health of women and girls is of particular concern because, in many societies, they are disadvantaged by discrimination rooted in sociocultural factors. For example, women and girls …

  3. Building a healthier world by women and for women is key to …

    Mar 6, 2025 · To achieve this, health systems must prioritize women’s and girls’ health needs and their full participation in the workforce. By creating opportunities for women to participate equally at every …

  4. Women’s incarceration rooted in gender inequality and violence

    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 …

  5. Lifetime toll: 840 million women faced partner or sexual violence

    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 …

  6. OHCHR and women’s human rights and gender equality

    Facilitate equal participation of women, men and people of diverse gender identities in civil, political, economic, social and cultural life; and Ensure gender equality within the UN Human Rights Office …

  7. Women's Rights - Human Rights Watch

    Nov 24, 2025 · Despite great strides made by the international women’s rights movement over many years, women and girls around the world are still married as children or trafficked into forced labor …

  8. The State of Women’s Rights - Human Rights Watch

    Mar 7, 2025 · From the United States to the Democratic Republic of Congo, women and girls’ rights have suffered serious setbacks. But despite the challenges, there also have been improvements and …

  9. Violence against women prevalence estimates, 2023

    Nov 19, 2025 · Overview Violence against women and girls is a human rights violation and public health problem that transcends economic, social and national boundaries. It has both immediate and long …

  10. International Women’s Day 2025 | OHCHR

    International Women’s Day 2025“Her Rights, Our Future, Right Now” is the theme chosen by UN Human Rights to celebrate International Women’s Day 2025. Progress on women’s rights and gender …