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#ForAllWomenandGirls is a rallying call for action on the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Sandra Patricia Aguilar Carabalí leads youth and women’s resistance in northern Cauca, Colombia, a region marked by violence and environmental challenges.
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Under the Global Affairs Canada-funded Build Back Equal Project, UN Women MCO Caribbean Deputy Representative Isiuwa Iyahen supported the launch of an initiative to facilitate working mothers’ and women attendees care for their children at Dominica’s premier Creole Festival - Ti Vilaj Kwéyòl - in partnership with Melissa Poponne Skerrit, the Minister of Housing, Land and Urban Development.
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– The Haitian political landscape reached a new milestone last month with the launch of the National Symposium on Women’s Engagement in the Political Transition. This event, organized by the Ministry for the Status of Women and Women’s Rights, under the high patronage of the Prime Minister, in partnership with UN Women and UNFPA, seeks to strengthen the political participation and leadership of women in the electoral transition period, by emphasizing the harmonization of the efforts of all partners to work against gender-based violence, including electoral violence against women.
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The Alliance of Civil Society Organizations for Peace and Women’s Empowerment, known as “L´ALLIANCE” (AOSCPAFH, for its acronym in French), inaugurated its headquarters in Port-au-Prince on Wednesday, July 31st, with the participation of government actors including a delegate of the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Gender and the Citizen’s Defender’s Office, the private sector, civil society, UN agencies, and other international organizations with presence in Christ -Roi, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have assumed unique leadership roles in areas such as climate action, disaster risk reduction, and the protection of the world’s oceans. These small islands hold countless opportunities for resilience-building that can propel their progress and achievements towards sustainable development.
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The 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) delivered today robust commitments by UN Member States to strengthen financing and institutions to eradicate women’s and girls’ poverty. Globally, 10.3 per cent of women live in extreme poverty today, according to the report presented by the UN Secretary-General to the Commission, and progress towards ending poverty needs to be 26 times faster to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
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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
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The purpose of this event was to discuss new approaches, illustrate the practices and criticisms promoted, and identify innovative cooperation practices and their achievements, in addition to giving visibility to the importance of cooperation for achieving the SDGs, especially a substantial advance in the women's rights agenda.
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The 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals have become the new paradigm for cooperation. Still, progress has been much less than expected, and, seven years before 2030, it is necessary to rethink the way in which they are implemented. The international cooperation system has proven insufficient to respond to global challenges at the scale and pace needed.
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Paid care work is one of the few employment options for many rural, indigenous, Afro-descendant, migrant, and refugee women who face multiple forms of discrimination in our societies, not only because they are women but also because of the lack of opportunities and various forms of racism and discrimination. This type of employment tends to be precarious or informal and is characterized by a lack of labor rights and low wages, which reinforces situations of poverty and exclusion.
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Senior authorities, specialists and members of civil society participated in the Special Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which concluded today at ECLAC’s headquarters in Chile.
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Roslyn Williams-George is a climate change activist in Trinidad and Tobago and president of the Cashew Gardens Community Council. Roslyn speaks out on the climate crisis in Trinidad and Tobago and how women are taking the reins of waste management in her community.
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Statement by Sima Bahous, Executive Director of UN Women, on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2022
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The world is going through a double emergency. On the one hand, we need urgent and compelling actions to address the climate crisis and the risk of disasters. On the other hand, it is imperative to overcome the lags we still have in gender equality.
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Promoting women in science to reach our full potential
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During the 62nd Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, authorities agreed on preparatory activities for the XV Regional Conference to be held in Argentina in November 2022.
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Ministers reaffirm commitment to implementing the Regional Gender Agenda and the incorporation of equality, empowerment, and autonomy of women in policies related to climate change and disaster risk reduction.
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“Vivimos en un siglo en el que todas las personas debemos de tener los mismos derechos y oportunidades; me gustaría que las niñas crecieran sabiendo que pueden ser dueñas de empresas, presidentas, alcaldesas, lo que ellas quieran ser y le pediría a la comunidad en general, a sus mamás, papás, cuidadoras y cuidadores que les enseñen, cómo sí se puede”, Libertad Zavala, directora de movilidad y transporte de la ciudad de...
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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.
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According to data published by The COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker, Latin America and the Caribbean registers 261 gender-sensitive measures out of a total of 574 government actions, which are being implemented in 33 countries and territories out of the 43 analyzed for the region.