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UN Women
1.5 billion women and girls live in climate hotspots, as UN Women urges stronger action at COP31
As world leaders gather in Antalya for the 31st UN Climate Conference, new UN Women data warns that 1.5 billion women and girls already live in climate hotspots, while climate …
Disruption to the Strait of Hormuz is driving up food prices and putting further strain on the livelihoods …
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
New US$78 million initiative to restore land, improve livelihoods across Great Green Wall countries
A new US$78 million programme aims to restore 270,000 hectares of degraded land and improve the livelihoods of …
Flood survivors now face severe shortages of food and water, disrupted health and protection services, and heightened risks …
All #women Press Releases
29 July 2026
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11 May 2026
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Development gains in reverse: High debt servicing bears disproportionate impacts on women
26 April 2026
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Middle East military escalation could cost Asia-Pacific up to US$299 billion: UNDP
12 April 2026
UN-Habitat
Women leading sanitation management in India
8 April 2026
25 March 2026
17 March 2026
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Guiding light: How solar power is providing a lifeline to blackout-prone Asian villages
11 March 2026
the World Bank Group
Women’s economic opportunity laws only half-enforced globally: study
4 February 2026
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
What are the National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans?
22 January 2026
World Economic Forum
New report calls for stronger transparency to unlock investment in women’s health
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