1 - 20 of 60 Results
Date:
Japan, UN Women, Agua Pura para el Mundo (Pure Water for the World), and the Fundación Alivio para el Sugrimiento (Relief of Suffering Foundation) have inaugurated the Journeys (Trayectos) programme in Honduras. The programme aims to guarantee the rights of women in mobility during their transit through Central America. Funded by the Government of Japan and implemented in Costa Rica, Honduras, and Panama, Journeys seeks to close critical gaps in women's leadership and ensure their equitable access to protection amidst unprecedented human displacement in the region.
Date:
A significant gathering in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, brought together Caribbean leaders and key stakeholders to ensure women play a central role in responding to regional common challenges. The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Caribbean National Action Plan Convening, co-hosted by Our Secure Future and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), took place from May 13th to 15th, 2024.
Date:
Yasmín Belén Quiroga is a feminist lawyer specializing in gender and data. She is a secretary at the Criminal and Misdemeanor Court 10 of the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is one of the authors of " Data with a gender perspective and open justice", research conducted as part of the Spotlight Initiative on the experience of Court 10, which makes available all the resolutions and sentences of the court through digital media. She is also co-founder of DataGénero, the first gender-sensitive data observatory in Latin America.
Date:
El 67º periodo de sesiones de la Comisión de la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer (CSW67) -la mayor reunión anual de las Naciones Unidas sobre la igualdad de género, el empoderamiento de todas las mujeres y las niñas y sus derechos humanos- ha concluido hoy con éxito su periodo de sesiones de dos semanas de duración (del 6 al 17 de marzo) con el reconocimiento del papel fundamental de la tecnología y la innovación en la consecución de la igualdad de género. Las conclusiones acordadas adoptadas por los Estados miembros proporcionan un plan para que todas las partes interesadas
Date:
CSW67 closing statement: Game-changing Agreed Conclusions for a more equal and connected world for women and girls
Date:
En la era digital, la explosión tecnológica ha ido de la mano de un cambio igual de revolucionario en nuestra forma de pensar y hablar sobre la tecnología. Las nuevas herramientas digitales dan lugar a palabras y expresiones novedosas, así como a marcos conceptuales distintos para entender cómo influyen estas herramientas en la sociedad y cómo interactúan con ella. Nos enfrentamos a formas de crueldad inéditas y exacerbadas, lo que ha hecho que se popularicen términos como desinformación o "doxing". También se han acuñado conceptos como los derechos digitales y la gobernanza de los datos, surgidos del empeño de que la tecnología actual esté en consonancia con nuestra visión de un futuro mejor.
Date:
Women and girls have just as much right to access the digital world and prosper in it as men and boys. Their creativity, knowledge and perspectives can shape a future where technology contributes to transforming social norms, amplifying women’s voices, pushing forward against online harassment, preventing the perpetuation of algorithmic biases, and distributing the benefits of digitalization as the great equalizer to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
Date:
Under the theme “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”, UN Women, the United Nations, and its partners and allies around the world will celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) on 8 March 2023, calling on governments, activists and the private sector to “power on” in their efforts to shape a safer, more inclusive, and more equitable digital world for all. A paradigm shift is needed to harness the potential of technology and innovation to accelerate progress on the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Date:
I am gravely concerned by the Taliban's announcement that all women must cover their faces in public, that women should only leave their homes in cases of necessity, and that violations of this directive will lead to the punishment of their male relatives. Freedom of movement is a fundamental human right. It is an absolute prerequisite for women’s ability to exercise the full range of their rights and to be active participants in society. Where women’s rights are constrained, everyone is diminished. The latest directive by the Taliban is a further escalation of restrictions on women and girls, including impeded return to work and inability to pursue their education.
Date:
Promoted by UN Women, Enlaces is the initiative of the MELYT (Women, Local Economy and Territory) programme that seeks companies in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras with the potential to integrate value chains and connect with local entrepreneurs in the Trifinio region, transforming their products, expanding their distribution networks or accelerating their presence in markets that will put them on the radar of opportunities.
Date:
They will be astronauts: Mariana Ospina and Ingrid Guacheta are two of the 31 girls in the She's an Astronaut program who traveled to NASA to learn about space. Today, on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we share their story so that they can continue to be an inspiration for all of us.
Date:
#TodasConectadas is a project of the Regional Alliance for the Digitalization of Women in Latin America and the Caribbean -a multisectoral regional cooperation initiative- which was created within the framework of the Regional Conference on Women, under the leadership of the Government of Chile, through the Minister of Women and Gender Equity of Chile and President of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, Mónica Zalaquett, and was presented as a collective commitment to gender equality at the global level at the Generation Equality Forum.
Date:
Thousands of women in Colombia seek the truth about what happened to their loved ones who disappeared during the internal conflict. And there are many others who, driven by making their leadership an opportunity to help their communities are increasingly consolidating peace in their territories.
Date:
As part of International Women's Day, much has been said about the disproportionate impact on women of the COVID-19 pandemic, the confinement measures and the economic consequences of the health crisis. It is a situation that has exacerbated other pre-pandemic inequalities, the burden of care at home, unemployment and, above all, situations of violence against women and the increase in femicides. On Tuesday, March 9, UN Women, the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the Economic...
Date:
Approximately 50 Colombian and Guatemalan women met virtually to exchange their experiences on the importance of peace building from the centrality of women's human rights.
Date:
Sandra López Verges is a Panamanian biochemist with a Ph.D. in Microbiology speciality Virology. She is a Senior Health Researcher and directs the Department of Research in Virology and Biotechnology at the Gorgas Memorial Institute of Health Studies (ICGES).
Date:
Medical Technologist, with a Master in Public Health and a PhD in Epidemiology. She works in a second level Hospital of the Social Security Fund in Aguadulce, Panama, where she is dedicated to guide resident physicians and staff in the research process. She has her own research on topics such as tuberculosis, nutrition and diabetes. }
Date:
Ana Inés Zambrana has a degree in Biochemistry from the Universidad de la República and a Master's degree in Biology from the Program for the Development of Basic Sciences (PEDECIBA).
Date:
Over 60% of children who are starting elementary school today will have jobs that do not exist today. The world needs more science and science needs women and girls. Meet these five Latin American women who inspire new generations of girls and women in science.
Date:
Since 2015, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science has been commemorated every February 11th, a UN initiative that seeks to highlight inequality in science and technology disciplines and empower women in the key role they can play in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Although more women are gaining access to science and technology, at the current rate the gender gap will close by the year 2100.