UN Women Asia and the Pacific Annual Report 2018-2019
The 2018-2019 Annual Report highlights progress made around the Asia Pacific Region to make the vision of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals a reality for women and girls. UN Women stands behind women’s equal participation in all aspects of life, focusing on five priority areas: increasing women’s leadership and participation; ending violence against women; engaging women in all aspects of peace and security processes; enhancing women's economic empowerment. More
- Gender equality and women’s empowerment (335)
- Ending violence against women and girls (250)
- Economic empowerment (185)
- Human rights (121)
- COVID-19 (89)
- Peace and security (82)
- Migration (66)
- Humanitarian action (54)
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) (52)
- Governance and national planning (51)
- Crisis response and recovery (47)
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Saturday, February 27, 2021
The publication brings into focus the paucity of gender data and calls for greater investment and prioritization of data for tracking progress towards gender equality and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in ASEAN in line with the ASEAN Complementarities Initiative between the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Review and Analysis of Women's Economic Empowerment Policies and Programmes in India
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
In 2010, UN Women and UN Global Compact Network developed the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs). Forged through an international multi-stakeholder consultative process, the WEPs provide a “gender lens” through which business can analyse current initiatives, benchmarks and reporting practices. Informed by real-life business practices, the Principles help companies tailor existing policies and practices – or establish needed new ones – to realize women’s empowerment in the workplace, marketplace and communities.
Cox’s Bazar Update | October–December 2020
Monday, February 22, 2021
In this edition: (*) 16 Days Activism Campaign : Orange the world: Engage, Act, Prevent Violence! (*) Hand Over the Mic to: Minara : Community outreach volunteer, Rohingya refugee (*) Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect! – Closing Event for 16 Days of Activism to End Gender- Based Violence, Cox’s Bazar Campaign 2020. and more...
Monday, February 22, 2021
There is widespread recognition that preventing violence against women and girls requires working with men and boys as allies, partners and activists.
Pacific Partnership Country Summaries
Sunday, February 21, 2021
The Pacific region has some of the highest rates of violence against women recorded in the world – twice the global average with an estimated two in every three Pacific women impacted by gender-based violence.
Sunday, February 21, 2021
Women and children survivors of violence in Samoa will now have better response, referral and coordination of gender-based violence services with the release of their new protocol to guide the referral pathway between survivors and multi-sector service providers, the Inter-Agency Essential Services Guide for Responding to Cases of Gender-Based Violence (IESG).
Standing Up to the Challenge: Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Asia and the Pacific
Monday, February 8, 2021
Case studies in this report provide entry points and lessons learned on how to adapt programming and integrate women and girls in the COVID-19 response and recovery efforts.
Decision tree: Data collection on violence against women migrant workers
Friday, February 5, 2021
This decision tree helps organizations working on violence against women migrant workers decide when and how to best collect data on women migrant worker’s experiences of violence and their access and use of relevant services.
Good Practices Brochure: Adolescent Girls
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Adolescents and youth are a vital positive force in emergency preparedness and response. While they have wide-ranging capacities they also have unique needs, and too often adolescents are lost between programming for children and programming for older adults. In particular, adolescent girls are disproportionately affected by crises. Compared to boys, girls are less likely to be able to meet their basic needs.
Resource Pack for Orientation of Justice Sector Stakeholders
Monday, February 1, 2021
This Resource Pack for Orientation of Justice Sector Stakeholders has been developed by UN Women Pakistan to orient justice sector officials in Pakistan for understanding the process of legal aid/ assistance/ advice, client handling, and management of cases of Gender-Based Violence for better dispensation of justice. It details pro-women laws and legislative provisions and serves as a reference guide that can be adapted to respond to the needs of each particular audience.