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ONU Mujeres convocó a distintos espacios de intercambio donde se abordó “La igualdad de género: Compromisos y Desafíos”, con foco en los resultados electorales en Uruguay. Uno de estos fue con las organizaciones de la sociedad civil y otro junto con distintos actores del cuerpo diplomático en Uruguay en el cual participó Pablo Ruiz Hiebra, coordinador residente de las Naciones Unidas en Uruguay y María Noel Vaeza, directora regional de ONU Mujeres para las Américas y el Caribe quienes subrayaron el rol de la cooperación internacional y la necesidad de una democracia paritaria.
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Since 2007, every September 15, the International Day of Democracy is commemorated around the world. Proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly, this day is an opportunity to remember that democracy is a process and a goal, which must be people-centered, and constitute the environment for the protection and effective realization of human rights.
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Recognizing the high impact of COVID-19 in the Americas and Caribbean region, UN Women is conducting rapid gender assessments (RGAs) to better understand how the COVID-19 crisis is affecting people’s lives in terms of the socio-economic impacts, distribution of care work, and access to basic goods and services.
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Child Marriage and Early Unions are complex phenomena related to gender inequalities, violence, poverty, school dropout, adolescent pregnancy, inadequate legal frameworks and policies that deprive girls and adolescent girls of both present and future opportunities.
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In the framework of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls, the United Nations, represented by Maria-Noel Vaeza, regional director of UN Women for the Americas and the Caribbean, called upon countries to ensure essential services for victims-survivors of violence, increase funding to women's organizations, put in place action plans to prevent violence and to disseminate information on services.
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This year in Latin America and the Caribbean, eight countries have the challenge of conducting their elections under COVID-19 contexts, among them: Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
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To address the low percentage of women mayoral candidates in Nariño, Colombia, in 2015, UN Women, with the support of Spanish Cooperation, set up a project to boost the political participation of women in the Department, and increase their representation in local and regional political parties and movements.
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Nadege Beauvil reflects on her work with local grass-roots women's organization on projects to spur women to vote in Haiti.