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9 March 2026

Michelle Williams, Grammy Award-winning singer and Broadway performer, addresses the UN General Assembly Hall during the observance of the 2026 International Women's Day.

LIVE: International Women's Day and CSW70 at the United Nations

Welcome to our live coverage of International Women's Day 2026 and the opening of the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women at UN Headquarters in New York. Throughout the day, we will bring you updates, reactions and key moments from global leaders, diplomats and advocates gathering at the UN, alongside stories and reports from the field across the UN system, as communities around the world mark International Women's Day and advance the theme "Rights. Justice. Action" for all women and girls. UN News app users can follow the coverage here.

Women

In Parwan Province, Afghanistan, on February 23, 2026, World Food Programme workers in orange vests distribute essential food items including wheat flour, pulses, oil, salt, and LNS to local communities.

Humanitarian crisis 'worsening' in Afghanistan as war erupts in the Middle East

Crises in the region on both Afghanistan's longest borders are undermining the country's stability, a senior UN official warned the Security Council on Monday as concerns over Middle East crisis grow amid clashes with Pakistan and a worsening humanitarian crisis.

Peace and Security

Children play outside their home at a shelter in the Philippines.

New challenges bring increased risks in combating child sexual abuse, exploitation

Despite some progress made globally, children around the world still face serious and evolving risks of being sold, sexually exploited and abused, the UN independent human rights expert on the sale, sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children, Mama Fatima Singhateh, warned on Monday.

Human Rights

The smoldering ruins of Nagasaki, about 700 metres from the hypocentre of the explosion, as seen on 10 August 1945.

'No one should be a hibakusha': Young Japanese activist's mission to share atomic bomb survivor stories

A Japanese peace activist is hoping to promote global nuclear disarmament by keeping alive the stories of the atomic bomb survivors through the creation of a mobile museum.

Human Rights

Women and children sit in hospital beds at Akobo County Hospital in Jonglei State, South Sudan, on February 21, 2026. The hospital, managed by the government, is lacking medicine and resources and treats many civilians for gunshot wounds and burns.

World News in Brief: Myanmar airstrikes worsen crisis, South Sudan fighting threatens Akobo, Afghan women shut out of justice

Conflict continues to fuel suffering and drive humanitarian needs in Myanmar, the UN relief coordination office, OCHA, said in a bulletin on Monday.

Peace and Security

Cars loaded with luggage and belongings wait in a queue at the Masnaa border point in Lebanon, as people flee conflict and Israeli bombing to cross into Syria.

Nearly 700,000 displaced in Lebanon as Middle East crisis escalates

On day 10 of the war engulfing the Middle East, UN agencies on Monday reported massive displacement across the region, along with surging food and fuel prices that risk increasing hunger and suffering for the most vulnerable.

Peace and Security