The UN Women Uganda Special Mid-Year Newsletter (January-June 2026) highlights key achievements, programme results, partnerships, and impact stories from the first half of the year. It showcases progress in women's leadership, economic empowerment, gender-based violence prevention and response, and strengthened partnerships with government, civil society, and development partners. The newsletter also amplifies advocacy efforts and reaffirms UN Women Uganda's commitment to advancing gender equality and women's empowerment across Uganda.

The Family Law Bench Book provides a comprehensive and practical reference for judges, judicial officers, and justice sector actors, covering the full gamut of Family Law and supporting effective justice delivery in family and family-related matters. This Bench Book is intended primarily as an informative and accessible reference tool for judges and judicial officers determining family matters. It does not replace primary legal sources, namely statutes, constitutional provisions and judicial precedents. Rather, it provides a guide to assist users to navigate those sources. The Bench Book was developed with the support of UN Women Kenya.

This policy paper builds on evidence generated by UN Women and New Faces New Voices to highlight key considerations for strengthening GRP by embedding gender responsiveness as a standard practice across the procurement cycle. It calls on government institutions, partners, and gender experts to address structural barriers, strengthen institutional capacity, and advance advocacy and awareness-raising to support effective GRP implementation.

This policy brief examines Rwanda's progress in institutionalizing gender-responsive budgeting (GRB). It presents strategic recommendations for strengthening gender integration in planning, execution, reporting, and accountability, with a view to enhancing the efficiency, equity, and effectiveness of public spending and advancing inclusive, transformative, and sustainable development.

This policy paper provides key priorities for advancing inclusive infrastructure, not only as a matter of fairness, but also improving economic outcomes, public health, and overall development. When infrastructure works for women and girls, it works better for everyone. The brief highlights Rwanda’s commitments to advancing gender-transformative infrastructure, aligned with global efforts and commitments, and presents key challenges and recommendations for advancing this agenda.

The Gender Equality Profile Tanzania Mainland provides an updated, evidence-based assessment of the status of gender equality and women’s empowerment across key sectors in Tanzania Mainland. Developed through collaboration between the Ministry of Community Development, Gender, Women and Special Groups, the African Development Bank and UN Women, the Profile examines the country’s legal, policy and institutional frameworks and analyses gender disparities in areas including education, the economy, agriculture and climate change, health, infrastructure, poverty, violence against women and girls, access to justice, leadership and political participation, peace and security, and access to information and media. It highlights progress made, persistent gender gaps and priority actions to support more gender-responsive policies, programmes, budgets and development planning.

The Gender Equality Profile Zanzibar, Tanzania provides an updated, evidence-based overview of the state of gender equality and women’s empowerment in Zanzibar. Developed in collaboration with the Ministry of Community Development, Gender, Elders and Children, the African Development Bank and UN Women, the Profile brings together official statistics and analysis across key sectors to identify progress, persistent gender gaps and priority areas for action.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE)–UN Women Strategic Partnership Framework (2024–2027) is a three and a half year initiative supported by the United Arab Emirates, focused on advancing women’s economic empowerment. Its overall impact area is ensuring that women through Gender-Responsive Procurement (GRP) and market access achieve income security, decent work, and economic autonomy, with the expected outcome of more women being economically empowered through stronger government, United Nations agencies and private sector commitment to gender-responsive procurement.

The Feminist Economists Taskforce, launched in 2024, is UN Women’s flagship mechanism to accelerate gender responsive macroeconomic reform and drive normative change for gender equality across West and Central Africa. By placing women at the center of economic transformation, the Taskforce brings gender responsive economic analysis directly into national and regional policymaking spaces. This brief highlights the Taskforce’s key achievements during its first two years of implementation.

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Women, Peace and Security.

Women’s Leadership and Political Participation

Women Count

Women’s Economic Empowerment

Ending Violence Against Women and Girls

The 70th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70), held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 9–19 March 2026, brought together governments, development partners, civil society organizations, and other stakeholders to assess global progress towards gender equality and women’s empowerment. The session focused on the priority theme: “Ensuring and Strengthening Access to Justice for All Women and Girls.” The discussions recognized that access to justice is not only a fundamental human right but also a prerequisite for achieving gender equality, sustainable development, and inclusive societies.

Women and girls in Nigeria continue to face violence, discrimination, and harmful social norms. Through the LEAP Project, UN Women works with traditional and religious leaders, institutions, and communities to promote positive social change, strengthen protection mechanisms, and advance the rights of women and girls. The stories in this compendium highlight the power of local leadership and collective action to create safer and more inclusive communities.

UN Women and the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians invite proposals for a symposium on religion, gender-based violence and women’s (in)security in Africa. The event, to be held in Ghana from 9 to 13 November 2026, will explore African feminist and womanist approaches to gender justice, women’s leadership and peacebuilding. Proposals in English, French or Portuguese must be submitted by 20 August 2026.

The inaugural edition of UN Women West and Central Africa’s Quarterly Newsletter explores how evidence, partnerships and collective action are helping advance gender equality across the region.

The second edition of the 2026 UN Women Nigeria Newsletter highlights a quarter marked by strategic partnerships, institutional reform and innovation. From strengthening gender-responsive governance and supporting women’s political participation ahead of the 2027 elections to advancing women’s economic empowerment and climate resilience, the edition showcases efforts to create lasting opportunities for women and girls across Nigeria.