(New York, USA): A new UN policy paper published as the Security Council meets on Ukraine, reveals how the war and its global impacts on food, energy and finance are affecting women and girls disproportionately both inside Ukraine and globally. From the school-aged girls who are at risk of being obliged to drop out to get...
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Dubai Cares Vision for Global Education Takes Centerstage at 77th UNGA
September 20th, 2022 (Dubai, UAE): Continuing its global advocacy efforts for a transformed education ecosystem, Dubai Cares, a civil society organization formally associated with the United Nations Department of Global Communications, unveiled the Rewiring Education for People and Planet report at the Transforming Education Summit (TES) in collaboration with the Education Commission. Held as part...
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Clarion call that fight for womens rights in Afghanistan is a global fight: UN Women Rep
Press briefing: It has been 344 days since the Taliban took power. For most Afghan women and girls, almost each one of these days since 15 August has brought a deterioration in their rights, their condition, and their social and political status. When I briefed you in September, I told you that decades of progress...
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IMFs new gender strategy announced
Washington, DC: Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), made the following statement on July 22nd, 2022: I am most pleased and proud to announce that the Executive Board today approved the IMFs first Gender Strategy aimed at integrating gender into the Funds core activities surveillance, capacity development, and lending in...
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Statement on Afghanistan, by Sima Bahous, UN Women Executive Director
May 9th, 2022, (New York, USA): 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...
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International Womens Day celebrates the contribution of women and girls as climate solution multipliers
March 8th, 2022, (New York, USA): Advancing gender equality in the context of the climate crisis and disaster risk reduction is one of the greatest global challenges of the 21st century. This years theme for International Womens Day (8 March), Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow, explores the ways in which women and girls are...
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Slowly yet steadily, women are climbing the workforce ladder
Behind every successful man is a woman used to be a very common expression. These days, however, women across the globe are breaking glass ceilings and shattering stereotypes about a womans place in society, in the workplace specifically. The latest Lets Get Real About Equality: When Women Thrive report published by Mercer, a leading global...
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HRSA Updates the Affordable Care Act Preventive Health Care Guidelines to Improve Care for Women and Children
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) announced that the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has updated comprehensive preventive care and screening guidelines for women and for infants, children, and adolescents. Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), certain group health plans and insurance issuers must provide coverage with no out-of-pocket cost for preventive health...
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Many countries are prioritizing health and climate change, but lack funds to take action
Countries have begun to prioritize health in their efforts to protect people from the impact of climate change, but only about a quarter of those recently surveyed by the World Health Organization have been able to fully implement their national health and climate change plans or strategies. Countries report that a lack of funding; the...
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FIFA launches #ReachOut campaign for better mental health
FIFA has launched #ReachOut, a campaign designed to raise awareness of the symptoms of mental health conditions, encourage people to seek help when they need it, and take actions every day for better mental health. With the support of past and current football players, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Association of Southeast Asian...