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UN Conference Calls For Renewed, Bold Efforts To Make Gender Equality Commitments A Reality In Asia And The Pacific
Sunday, 24 November 2024, 12:20 pm | UN Women
Jointly organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and UN-Women, the three-day conference in Bangkok is being held ahead of next year’s 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for ... More >>
UN Women At The 15th Triennial Conference Of Pacific Women In The Marshall Islands
Monday, 22 July 2024, 10:40 am | UN Women
As the 15th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women commences in the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) this week, hundreds of delegates representing governments, civil society, development partners, and UN agencies across the Pacific gather to focus on critical ... More >>
Launch Of Pacific Partnership To End Violence Against Women And Girls Phase II
Saturday, 15 June 2024, 4:50 am | UN Women
The Pacific Partnership brings together governments, civil society organisations, communities, and other partners to promote gender equality, prevent violence against women and girls, and increase access to quality response services for survivors. More >>
Pacific Women Pave The Way For Gender- Responsive Resilience
Friday, 30 September 2022, 5:27 pm | UN Women
Pacific women have paved the way for delivering gender-responsive and inclusive disaster risk reduction and resilience at the Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (APMCDRR) in Brisbane, Australia. The regional conference ... More >>
United Nations Women Aotearoa NZ And Women In Sport Aotearoa Announce Advocacy Partnership Through To 2025
Tuesday, 27 September 2022, 6:13 pm | UN Women
United Nations Women Aotearoa NZ and Women in Sport Aotearoa, Ngā Wāhine Hākinakina o Aotearoa (WISPA) are joining together to encourage the sports ecosystem to be a leader in advancing gender equality and empowering women and girls in all their diversity ... More >>
Report: The COVID-19 Crisis Continues To Exacerbate Gender Inequalities
Thursday, 23 June 2022, 5:54 am | UN Women
New data from seven countries in the Asia-Pacific region shows that, since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, more women than men have left their paid jobs to provide essential services to their families, such as cleaning, caring for the sick and home-schooling ... More >>
Leave No One Behind - End Violence against Women and Girls
Friday, 24 November 2017, 9:30 am | UN Women
The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, a global campaign spanning from 25 November through 10 December, is taking place this year against the backdrop of an unprecedented global outcry. Millions have rallied behind the hashtag #MeToo ... More >>
Local Humanitarians Essential for Disaster Preparedness
Monday, 2 October 2017, 8:11 pm | UN Women
Monday 2 October 2017 (Suva, Fiji) – “Humanitarian preparedness and response must include the voices and action of all in society, to ensure that humanitarian assistance is just, inclusive, safe and dignified,” said Noelene Nabulivou, political ... More >>
Women’s economic empowerment key to achieving SDGs
Wednesday, 8 March 2017, 9:06 am | UN Women
“Women’s economic empowerment is essential for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals” is the message from UN Women Executive Director, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, to mark International Women’s Day (IWD), 8 March, around the world. More >>
Equaling the playing field in rugby
Friday, 4 November 2016, 3:28 pm | UN Women
When the Fijiana 15s ruby team takes to the field this Saturday against Papua New Guinea they’ll be trying for two goals: a test match win, and kicking gender inequality to the sideline. More >>
UN Women in New Zealand Supports Clark Nomination
Tuesday, 5 April 2016, 11:14 am | UN Women
The UN Women National Committee Aotearoa New Zealand (UNWomen NCANZ) is joining the call for the next Secretary-General of the United Nations to be woman. More >>
Women in Fiji need somewhere to turn, support
Friday, 26 February 2016, 5:20 pm | UN Women
Women in Fiji need somewhere to turn if they experience violence and support in rebuilding their livelihoods. More >>
“Orange the World” kicks off global efforts
Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 1:12 pm | UN Women
Spotlighting prevention, “Orange the World” kicks off global efforts to end violence against women and girls More >>
New toolkit to help ending violence against women
Wednesday, 24 June 2015, 10:00 pm | UN Women
UN Women has announced that its How to design projects to ending violence against women toolkit will officially launch next month, giving organisations across the region a locally produced resource to help them design effective programmes and access ... More >>
The Sustainable Development Goals must work for women
Wednesday, 24 June 2015, 8:17 pm | UN Women
The Australian National Committee for UN Women today released a discussion paper “Accelerating Gender Equality through the Post-2015 Development Agenda” which outlines the significance of the UN’s Post-2015 Development Agenda for gender equality ... More >>
New Disability Inclusive toolkit on EVAW
Thursday, 30 April 2015, 1:47 pm | UN Women
A new toolkit being launched in Suva on Thursday will help organisations in Fiji work better with women with disabilities when it comes to ending violence against women and girls. More >>
New report from UN Women
Tuesday, 28 April 2015, 2:06 pm | UN Women
New report from UN Women unveils far-reaching alternative policy agenda to transform economies and make gender equality a reality More >>
Joint programme on Ending Violence against Women and Girls
Friday, 13 March 2015, 9:35 pm | UN Women
Representatives from the Solomon Islands Government, UN agencies and civil society organisations gathered in Honiara on Wednesday March 11 to celebrate the official launch of the first phase of the UN-Solomon Islands Government Joint Programme on ... More >>
It’s Time for Men to Step Up for Gender Equality
Friday, 6 March 2015, 10:40 am | UN Women
It’s time for male leaders to join the campaign for gender equity and empowering women, says the UN Women National Committee of Aotearoa New Zealand (UN Women NC ANZ). More >>
UN Women Partners with Geena Davis: Gender in Film Research
Tuesday, 2 July 2013, 2:57 pm | UN Women
UN Women Partners with Geena Davis on First-Ever Global Gender in Film Research Study More >>
