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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 …
the World Bank Group
Women’s economic opportunity laws only half-enforced globally: study
Laws designed to ensure equal economic opportunities for women are only half-enforced on average across the world, indicating …
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
What are the National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans?
From microscopic organisms to vast ecosystems, life on Earth depends upon variety. Yet that diversity is being lost …
All #women Press Releases
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
8 April 2025
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Opinion / Corporate Responsibility
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