UN Women welcomes today’s outcome at COP30 and, in particular, the adoption of the Belém Gender Action Plan (GAP) as a blueprint for action in the next nine years. This is a crucial step forward that keeps gender equality at the centre of the climate agenda – and is fundamental to delivering tangible results for all women and girls on the front lines of the climate crisis.

At COP 30 in Belém, UN Women and the Kaschak Institute presentes the Gender Equality and Climate Policy Scorecard, a new global tool that assesses how far countries are integrating gender equality into their climate policies. The initiative offers the first comprehensive international framework to evaluate the gender dimension of the third iteration of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), the plans that guide each country’s action to deliver on the Paris Agreement.

In the framework of COP30 on Climate Change, UN Women, together with various regional counterparts, has been weaving a common path where governments, civil society, academia, and international organizations join efforts to ensure that gender equality becomes a compass—not a footnote—of the global negotiations.

The purpose of the press conference is to brief the media about UN-Women’s new Gender Equality and Climate Policy Scorecard, and to provide an assessment of how far gender equality has advanced within the UNFCCC and global climate action more broadly.

As negotiators gather in Belém for COP30, the renewal of the UNFCCC Gender Action Plan stands as a defining moment for the global gender–climate agenda. Yet across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), one reality is already clear: long before the negotiating rooms open, women are shaping some of the region’s most innovative, effective, and culturally grounded climate solutions.

As global leaders gather in Belém, Brazil, for the thirtieth UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) Conference of the Parties (COP30), UN Women is calling for the adoption of a transformative, well-funded, and accountable Gender Action Plan (GAP), a framework that ensures climate policies and actions take gender equality into account.

When we talk about smart cities, we often think of technology, connectivity, and efficiency. However, how smart can our cities really be if they are not designed to care for the people who live in them? The concept of caring cities invites us to broaden our perspective: it is not enough to innovate in digital infrastructure — we must also ensure the physical, emotional, and social well-being of people in their everyday lives.

Hurricane Melissa, a catastrophic Category 5 storm, has caused widespread devastation across the Caribbean. With sustained winds of 295 km/h and a central pressure of 892 mb, it ranks among the most powerful Atlantic storms on record. The hurricane’s impact spans multiple countries—including Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and the Bahamas—resulting in large-scale displacement, infrastructural collapse, and humanitarian need.

From 25 November to 10 December 2025, mark the 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-based Violence under the theme: “UNiTE to End Digital Violence against All Women and Girls”.

Every October 15, we commemorate the International Day of Rural Women, a date established by the United Nations to recognize the essential role rural women play in food production, environmental conservation, and community care. This year, we celebrate the women who plant, care for, and transform their territories.

On this International Day of Rural Women, we call for bold action to advance the equality, rights, and empowerment of women and girls living in rural settings. Every day, they feed communities, protect the environment, and power sustainable development. Investing in them is both an act of justice and a safeguard for our shared future.

On this International Day of the Girl, we celebrate the courage and leadership of girls everywhere, especially those facing crisis and conflict. Girls like Sandra Patricia Aguilar Carabalí in northern Cauca, Colombia, are defying exclusion and leading efforts to protect land, peace, and their communities.

To highlight these realities and promote a transformative approach to COP30, a webinar titled “Connecting agendas: gender equality at the heart of climate action and resilience on the road to COP30” was held on September 18, 2025, organized by UN Women in collaboration with UNDRR and IOM.

Gender equality remains the unfinished business of our time – and the private sector is indispensable for closing the gap, according to a new report from UN Women launched today. The private sector drives employment, markets, capital, innovation, and supply chains, shaping the lives of billions of people around the world. Businesses can entrench inequalities when they fail to act or become decisive agents of change when they embed gender equality across workplaces, marketplaces and communities.

The CSW revitalization resolution in the 30th anniversary year of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action – a major multilateral step for all women and girls.

World leaders place women’s empowerment and gender equality at the heart of multilateralism as UNGA80 High-level Week opens

Ahead of the High-level Week of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA80), the world reaffirms that gender equality is the foundation of peace, justice, and human rights for all.

On International Equal Pay Day, UN Women stands in solidarity with women workers across the globe in the ongoing effort to close the gender pay gap and achieve equal pay for work of equal value.

New York,15 September 2025 – The newly released Gender Snapshot 2025 report by UN Women and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) shows that the world is at a crossroads. With investments, gender equality is within reach. Girls are now more likely to complete school than ever before, and maternal mortality declined by nearly 40 per cent between 2000 and 2023. Rates of intimate partner violence are 2.5 times lower in countries with comprehensive measures on violence (i.e. laws, policies, institutional mechanisms, research and data, prevention, services, and budgets) compared to those with weak protections.

Thirty years after governments pledged transformative change for women through the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a new global study finds women remain almost invisible in the world’s news.