UN Recommits to Afghan Women and Girls’ Education By U.N. Writers “It has been a year of increasing disrespect for their right to live free and equal lives, denying them opportunity to livelihoods, access to health care and education, and escape from situations of violence,” said Sima Bahous, Executive Director at UN Women. Ms. Bahous outlined how the Taliban’s “meticulously constructed policies of inequality”…
Nafis Sadik, Champion of Women’s Health and Rights, Passes By NPR writers/journalists UNITED NATIONS — Nafis Sadik, a Pakistani doctor who championed women’s health and rights and spearheaded the breakthrough action plan adopted by 179 countries at the 1994 U.N. population conference, died five days before her 93rd birthday, her son said late Monday. Omar Sadik said his mother died…
UN Women: Gender Equality is Critical for Afghanistan’s Future Expert’s take: Gender equality is critical for Afghanistan’s future, long-term development, and sustained peace By Alison Davidian On 15 August 2021, the Taliban entered Kabul and took the city, and we knew from that moment that life for women and girls in Afghanistan would change. Over the past month, we have…
1 Year Driving Action for Gender Equality. 1 Year of Generation Equality. By UN Women Written 30 June 2022. One year ago, the Generation Equality Forum brought together leaders from governments, civil society, youth and the private sector to take bold global action on gender equality, marking the start of an ambitious 5-year journey convened by UN Women. Since the Forum, convened…
By Women’s Agenda What would a true global agenda addressing Women Health and Gender Inequailties address? Given massive disparities in what women and girls experience internationally, it’s hard to quickly answer such a question. However, the World Health Organisation along with a number of key United Nations bodies are attempting to do so, in a series of new papers released this week, along…
A look back at moments that empowered women and girls around the world amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Gender Alliance wants equality to be at the heart of the UN’s sustainable development goals. These five women are leading that drive.
This Guidance Note seeks to clarify the social cohesion conceptual framework and provide knowledge and practical guidance in assessing and designing effective programmes and projects – identifying challenges, risks and dilemmas and implications for programming.
The next phase of UNDP’s COVID-19 crisis response is designed to help decision-makers look beyond recovery, towards 2030, making choices and managing complexity and uncertainty in four main areas: governance, social protection, green economy, and digital disruption.
Sectors in which women are twice as likely to work, such as health, social work, hospitality, and food, are the ones most impacted by new protocols on social distancing.
