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Women leading sanitation management in India
Safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) are fundamental to human health and resilient communities. Yet these essential services remain out of reach for billions of people worldwide.
The 2026 UNESCO GEM Report, published today, shows that progress in keeping children in school has slowed across …
Young people from around the world joined Member States and United Nations leaders for an interactive dialogue on …
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Guiding light: How solar power is providing a lifeline to blackout-prone Asian villages
Like many in the central Philippines village of Tabon, Analyn Fedelis makes a living fishing at night. That’s …
All #gender Press Releases
11 March 2026
the World Bank Group
Women’s economic opportunity laws only half-enforced globally: study
22 January 2026
World Economic Forum
New report calls for stronger transparency to unlock investment in women’s health
19 January 2026
9 January 2026
15 December 2025
3 December 2025
14 October 2025
6 October 2025
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Myanmar’s youth 'on hold' as education and employment crisis deepens
18 August 2025
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Preparing for the next flood: Protecting women’s health in Bangladesh
12 August 2025
15 July 2025
World Economic Forum
Fintech sector strengthens profitability, inclusion as growth stabilises
25 May 2025
12 May 2025
27 April 2025
15 April 2025
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Rethinking climate finance to work for women in Nepal’s coffee, pashmina value chains
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