Women and gender issues

A 2025 report released today by the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, produced in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), warns that ongoing dependence on fossil fuels and insufficient adaptation to a warming world are already taking a devastating toll on human health.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks to the high-level event on the Secretary-General’s Common Pledge for Women’s Full, Equal and Meaningful Participation in Peace Processes, in New York today:

The UN Human Rights Office and the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) published a report on the far-reaching human rights impacts of last month’s telecommunications shutdowns in the country, citing delayed or no access to healthcare and emergency services, and disruption to humanitarian operations, among them.

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the high-level event organized by the Permanent Mission of Namibia to the United Nations titled “The Power of WPS:  Advancing Inclusive Decision-Making in Peace and Security”, held in New York today:

A new report from the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), titled “At Risk and Underfunded”, warns that sweeping aid cuts are jeopardizing the organizations essential to ending violence against women and girls.

The Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, concluded a visit to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he met with both the Saudi and Emirati Ambassadors to Yemen, as well as ambassadors of the five permanent members of the Security Council. Discussions focused on the detention by Ansar Allah of UN colleagues, those from diplomatic missions and NGO personnel.

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the opening segment of the Global Leaders Meeting on Women, in Beijing today:

In Gaza, the ceasefire announcement has generated new hope for relief at last, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports. Within minutes of taking effect, thousands of people resumed movement north. The United Nations and its aid partners are ready to immediately scale up the humanitarian response.

In Ukraine, several civilians have been killed and injured over the past three days, with most casualties recorded in the Kherson, Sumy, Donetsk and Kharkiv regions, according to local authorities. Meanwhile, power plants and oil depots were damaged during attacks in the Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Odesa and Donesk regions.

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the United Nations Trailblazers Award Ceremony, in New York today: