This strategy sets out how UN Women will prevent and eliminate technology-facilitated violence against women and girls. It explains why online abuse is a growing threat, defines TF VAWG as part of the wider violence continuum, and outlines five pathways for action so that laws, services, data systems, and digital spaces better protect women and girls in an increasingly connected world.

Violence against women is a major public health problem rooted in gender inequality and is a gross violation of women’s human rights, affecting the lives and health of millions of women and girls. Aiming to accelerate progress towards achieving the SDG 5.2 target – eliminating violence against women and girls, the second edition of RESPECT women is published with updated evidence, including from humanitarian settings. This framework, endorsed by multiple UN, bilateral and multilateral agencies, aims to support policy-makers with the latest evidence-based interventions across seven strategies reflected in each letter of RESPECT:

This report presents new global estimates of gender-related killings. Around 50,000 women and girls were killed by intimate partners or family members in 2024—about 60 per cent of all female homicides—an average of 137 a day, or one every 10 minutes. It calls for urgent, coordinated prevention.

Safe Shelters in Iran are temporary passages that, although seemingly symbols of refuge and support, in practice reflect the inefficiency

This publication explores the growing surge of online abuse faced by women in the public sphere—and how digital attacks are increasingly leading to real-world harm. Drawing on global survey findings, it shows how social media, misinformation, and new AI technologies are intensifying risks for women human rights defenders, activists, and journalists. It offers clear insights and calls for stronger protections to ensure women can participate safely and freely in public life.

Online violence stemming from the manosphere spreads through coded language. Familiarize yourself with some key terms so that you can spot subversive and harmful content in your feed.

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) strategy will focus on healthy relationships and consent, and tackle relationship abuse through a new helpline.

Despite decades of progress, women remain underrepresented in the field of economics. This event explores the gender disparities in the discipline and what this means for economics and society.

Our speakers share research on women in economics, insights from their own experiences and advice for those wanting to make a career in economics. What challenges face women economists at different stages in their careers? What progress has been made? What changes are needed now?

Asia's rapid GDP growth masks severe costs, including displacement, environmental depletion, and high inequality. A shift beyond GDP is essential, and alternatives must be feminist, ecologically just, and decolonial. While Asia explores wellbeing metrics, most merely complement GDP, failing to challenge the growth paradigm or address systemic injustices fundamentally. True transformation requires an equity- and […]

Inclusive representation is key to effective environmental governance, addressing climate change, biodiversity loss, and land degradation with diverse perspectives and solutions.

November 2025 Report: Under the Clerical Regime, Nowhere Is Safe for Women in Iran Women Are Killed in Iran with Complete Impunity

Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy 2025-2030 This strategy has been informed and shaped by consultation with national and local community and voluntary sector stakeholders, prosecutors, criminal justice partners, academics, local authorities and other government departments.

Explosive poverty and the collapse of people’s livelihoods—resulting from an exhausted and devastated economy caused by anti-people policies, plundering, and