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The United Nations is marking the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence from 25 November to 10 December 2022, under the global theme set by the UN Secretary-General’s UNiTE campaign: “UNiTE! Activism To End Violence Against Women and Girls!” ...
In the words of a Kachin woman: “I feel unsafe and I always have to be prepared to flee from shootings and bombings. Surviving is the priority, and I’m not able to make money.” ...
“This sudden flood has destroyed everything in my life,” said Fatimah with tears in her eyes. “I don’t have utensils and clothes. My bed and house are damaged.” She was already living on zakat (charity money) and suddenly left with nothing. She cannot afford to rebuild nor has she any income ...
“Over the last few months, complaints on violence against women have drastically increased, and most of the time, these women have no place to go,” said one dialogue participant, a women’s development officer from the Ministry of Women and Child Development and Social Empowerment ...
"Stories of loss reverberate throughout Afghanistan. But there is also hope even in the face of such loss. In every province I visited, women told me they will not give up. They will not accept this systematic exclusion from public life, these restrictions on their right to learn, to work, and to have a voice." says Alison Davidian ...
Girls – leading from the front for their future
Statement on Afghanistan by Sima Bahous, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director — Today marks the tenth anniversary of the International Day of the Girl Child, a day dedicated to celebrating adolescent girl leaders, in all their diversity. This year's theme, “Our time is now – our rights, our future”, reflects their tenacity to drive change as transformative feminist leaders - right now. ... More
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[29 NOV 2022, 09:00 AM GMT+7, English and Bahasa Indonesia] Violence against women in politics (VAWP) is an attempt to silence women as political actors and exclude them from political life. In commemoration of this year’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence, UN Women Indonesia and Westminster Foundation for Democracy in collaboration with the Women’s Parliamentary Caucus of the Republic of Indonesia.
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Gender-related killings of women and girls (femicide/feminicide)
Global estimates of gender-related killings of women and girls in the private sphere in 2021 Improving data to improve responses. The gender-related killing of women and girls is the most brutal and extreme manifestation of such violence. The findings of this report show that in 2021, around 45,000 women and girls worldwide were killed by intimate partners or other family members. This means that more than five women or girls are killed every hour by someone in their own family. While these numbers are alarmingly high, the true scale of femicide may be much higher ... Read more
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[English with subtitles] UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Anne Hathaway called on leaders of the business community worldwide to put women at the heart of economic growth at the Business 20 (B20), the official G20 dialogue forum with the global business community tasked with formulating policy recommendations to the G20 Presidency, organized in Bali, Indonesia from 13 to 14 November 2022. The 2022 B20 is organized by the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce at the behest of the Government of Indonesia, which holds the current G20 Presidency.