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- CSW63 (2019)
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International Women's Day 2021
“Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”. The theme celebrates the tremendous efforts by women and girls around the world in shaping a more equal future and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more
From Where I Stand: Nayma Haque
“You can very well be a mother and a front-line combatant” Squadron Leader Nayma Haque is one of the two first female pilots in the UN peacekeeping mission in DR Congo. Learn more
UN Women Regional Goodwill Ambassador Cindy Sirinya Bishop
Thai celebrity Cindy Sirinya Bishop campaigning for women’s rights as new UN Women Regional Goodwill Ambassador for Asia and the Pacific Learn more
In Focus: Gender equality matters in COVID-19 response
UN Women in Asia Pacific is bringing up-to-date information and analysis on how and why gender matters in COVID-19 response. Learn more
Highlights
In Focus: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
The COVID-19 pandemic is poised to widen the existing gender disparities, especially for women scientists at the early stages of their career, unless we act deliberately to keep women in the career pipelines in STEM. It’s more important than ever to recognize women’s contributions in science, smash stereotypes and defeat discrimination against women and girls in science. Join us on International Day of Women and Girls in Science to celebrate the “Women Scientists at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19”. More
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Youth blog
The Beijing +25 Youth Blog is an online space for young activists from across Asia and the Pacific to raise their ideas, concerns and expectations in relation to gender equality and women’s empowerment. This month, Soundarya writes about the need to involve men and boys to end stigma around menstruation in India. More
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Generation Equality Challenge
UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific is calling on individuals in the region to take part in the #IAmGenerationEquality challenge. Join us! More
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Checklist for COVID-19 response by Deputy Executive Director Åsa Regnér
As governments respond to the global COVID-19 crisis under huge pressures to act fast, UN Women Deputy Executive Director Åsa Regnér calls on leaders and decision-makers to answer 10 key questions about how their responses and policies will include and impact women and girls. More
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Women and COVID-19: Five things governments can do now
UN Women Deputy Executive Director Anita Bhatia takes a look at how impacts of COVID-19 are hitting women hardest, and how governments around the world can address these issues. More
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Women’s Unpaid and Underpaid Work in the Times of Covid-19
Ofxam, UN Women and Amnesty call for a new ‘Care Compact’ to recognize, reduce, redistribute and represent unpaid and under paid care work for a gender equal Asia. More
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#HeForSheAtHome Challenge
In response to the increased burden of care work and increased reports of domestic violence during COVID-19, UN Women has launched #HeForSheAtHome campaign. We are encouraging men to create respectful relationships at home and do their equal part when it comes to housework. More
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Generation Equality
To mark the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, UN Women is launching a new campaign, “Generation Equality—Realizing women’s rights and an equal future”. The campaign demands equal pay, equal sharing of unpaid care and domestic work, an end to sexual harassment and all forms of violence against women and girls, health-care services that respond to their needs, and their equal participation in political life and decision-making in all areas of life... More
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Gender equality: Women’s rights in review 25 years after Beijing
Marking the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action, as well as the first time that progress on the implementation of the Platform is reviewed in light of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, this report takes an integrated approach to reporting on progress, gaps, and challenges related to the advancement of gender equality and women’s rights. More
COVID-19: Women front and centre
UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo Ngcuka calls on governments to recognize both the enormity of the contribution women make and the precarity of so many in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. More
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Regional Director, Mohammad Naciri
Mohammad NACIRI has been recently appointed as the Regional Director of UN Women for Asia and the Pacific and Representative in Thailand. From 2015 to 2018, he was the Regional Director of UN Women in the Arab States. From 2012 to 2015, Mohammad Naciri was the Deputy Regional Director for UN Women in the Arab States. Mohammad has extensive experience in the region and in gender and development issues. Read more
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