Asia and the Pacific

Youth Blogs: Mayumi Sato

Japan, gender inequality is pervasive and embedded in our social structures. Discussions on women’s rights and gender-based discrimination are whisked away from mainstream conversation. Japan has to do more, now and in the future. Learn more

Call for submissions

The Beijing+25 Asia-Pacific Youth Blog will be hosted on the UN Women Asia-Pacific website and will accept submissions from young people aged 14 to 30 years from any country in the region. Learn more

Twelve teams competed in Afghanistan’s largest and first-ever hackathon on women, peace and security, aiming to create a national platform for rural and urban women to voice their priorities for peace. The hackathon, called #code4peace, was organized by UN Women from 17-20 June 2019 in the province of Bamyan, Afghanistan. Photo: UN Women/Ramin Alam

#Code4peace hackathon revolutionizes the way Afghan women voice their priorities for peace

Afghanistan’s largest and first-ever hackathon for rural and urban women to voice their priorities for peace. Learn more

Thai designer raises funds to help refuges women and girls.

Thai designer raises funds to help refugee women and girls

Leading Thai designer and entertainer Vatanika Patamasingh hosted a gala event to raise funds for the life-changing work of UN Women supporting women and girls living in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh. Learn more

“Men stand with Women for Prevention of Gender-based Violence”

“সহিংসতা প্রতিরোধে, পুরুষ আছে নারীর সাথে”: a short film competition to spread and spark actions for eliminating violence against women and girls... Learn more

Highlights

Progress of the world's women 2019–2020

UN Women’s flagship report, “Progress of the world’s women 2019–2020: Families in a changing world”, assesses the reality of families today in the context of sweeping economic, demographic, political, and social transformation. The report features global, regional, and national data. It also analyses key issues such as family laws, employment, unpaid care work, violence against women, and families and migration. At a critical juncture for women’s rights, this landmark report proposes a comprehensive family-friendly policy agenda to advance gender equality in diverse families... More

UNIQLO and UN Women announced a global partnership

Fast Retailing, parent of the Japanese global apparel retailer UNIQLO and UN Women Sign Global Partnership to Empower Female Workers in Apparel Industry. More
Female students develop business ideas to improve society

During the first year of its launch, the Women Peace Café will help 250 female students to develop 50 social business concepts. More
Empowering and protecting women migrant workers through improved employment contracts

“They didn’t let me contact my family members. If I requested to call my family members, they would complain to the recruitment agency and the officer would scold me and refuse my request of going back home.” This story, from a woman migrant worker from Bangladesh, is unfortunately all too common. More
Stopping sexual harassment by drunk ‘friends’

“Most teenagers today will have a pre-drink before they go out the nightclub, so this is a game I expect them to play before going out,” Mint said. In the first part of the game, each player ranks how they perceive a range of behaviours such as kissing, dancing beside a partner and putting an arm around their shoulder. Through this, they define what actions they are comfortable with. More
From where I stand...

Durga Sob is a Nepalese activist who founded the Feminist Dalit Organization. She is among the 500 activists meeting in Tunisia to take stock of the progress made in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration, nearly 25 years... 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. Learn more

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