Blogs & Opinion
Protecting Women with More than Words
2 November 2020 | Margot Wallström and Dan Smith
While the global conversation about protecting women and girls has improved in the 20 years since the adoption of the United Nations Security Council Resolution on Women, Peace, and Security, the situ...
South Sudanese Women on the Move: Their Roles in Conflict and Peacebuilding
2 November 2020 | Marisa O. Esnor
Enduring violence, climate change and other environmental crises force people in South Sudan to flee their home towns. Women and girls face gender-specific challenges and opportunities as they seek to...
How to Build a More Equal World
26 October 2020 | Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Just as the World Health Organization identified COVID-19 as a pandemic, UN Women launched our analysis of the global status of women’s rights, showing limited and fragile progress in the 25 years s...
World Leaders Should Champion Gender Equality
13 October 2020 | Nisha Varia
Women’s rights, including the right to live free from violence or to make decisions about their own bodies, are in the crosshairs of reactionary forces in a way they haven’t been for decades....
Exploring Gender Inequality in Yemen
13 October 2020 | Lily Jones
Due to structural inequalities, women and girls cannot easily access essential services in Yemen, such as education. The effect of this limited access is poor education and, consequently, low literacy...
Why Are North & South India so Different on Gender?
13 October 2020 | Alice Evans
Everyone knows that Southern and Northern India are very different in culture, language and socio-economic development. But the most dramatic regional disparity may be in gender relations.
COVID-19 Recovery - A Missed Opportunity to Fight Climate Change and Gender Inequality?
13 October 2020 | Sven Harmerling
There is a real risk that women will not be able to take advantage of new green jobs as countries overlook gender in pandemic stimulus.COVID-19 recovery plans present a historic opportunity for a gree...
Gender, Climate and Security in Latin America and the Caribbean: From Diagnostics to Solutions
6 October 2020 | Adriana Erthal Abdenur
Women in the region suffer disproportionately from climate impacts, but they also play an essential role in addressing climate change. With the right policy responses, it is possible to reduce securit...
Gender Equality is Important to Building Resilience and Peace during Disasters and Conflict
28 September 2020 | Cindy Zhou
Conflict and natural disasters are often correlated: approximately 58 percent of deaths related to natural hazards take place in the world’s 30 most fragile states. ...
Women, Peace and Security as Evolving and Contested Terrain: A Review of New Directions
28 September 2020 | Aiko Holvikivi and Sarah Smith
In the WPS agenda’s twentieth anniversary year, New Directions brings academics, practitioners and activists into conversation in a book that demonstrates the evolutionary breadth and depth of WPS...