Entrepreneurial Journeys

Young women entrepreneurs from Moldova support the local market with healthy lifestyle-promoting businesses

Nadejda Hadjivu, founder of ‘Moft Dulce’, with the peanut butter and healthy chocolate she produces. Photo: UN Women/Aurel Obreja Women…

Entrepreneurial Journeys

Meet the Women Entrepreneurs: Elena Gorgan

Elena Gorgan is a beekeeper and entrepreneur selling natural products in Moldova. Photo: UN Women. Elena Gorgan, 54, is a…

Women in Business

Africa’s Most Successful Women: Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu

Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu (Source: Tadias.com) Every now and then, I profile outstanding African women who’re making giant strides in business,…

Health & Wellness

Awareness of Maternal Mental Health Can Save Lives

How Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month helps. 🇸🇮 Janko Ferlič / unsplash As many as 1 in 5 women experience…

Education & Skill Building

Coverage: Transforming lives through education and opportunities for women in India

Author: Soumya Samal UN Women Representative in India, Susan Ferguson, meets local women and girls in Urbengi village, in the…

Women in Business

In Colombia, UN Women Executive Director galvanizes action for women’s leadership and gender equality

The mission came as a new government took office, led by President Gustavo Petro and Vice-President Francia Márquez, the country’s…

Education & Skill Building

A second chance for women through online learning: Ten lessons learned from the Second Chance Education Programme | Publications

UN Women’s Second Chance Education (SCE) Programme provides women who have missed out on education with a second chance to…

Education & Skill Building

Press release: Closing gender gap in education

Paris/New York — Empowering adolescent girls and young women through education is the aim – and the name – of…

Women and the United Nations

UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson

UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson. Photo: UN Women/Celeste Sloman. British actor Emma Watson was appointed UN Women Goodwill Ambassador…

Advocacy & Policy

New UN report on families in a changing world puts ‘women’s rights at their core’

UN Women’s new report, “Progress of the World’s Women 2019-2020: Families in a Changing World”, shows that families, in all…

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