Gender and Covid-19 Training Manual

Date: Monday, October 18, 2021

This Gender and COVID-19 training module introduce the impact of COVID-19 on women/gender from a Development aspect including Health, Economic, Women Peace and Security (WPS) and Social Cohesion perspective. With a number of gender related health issues exists in Myanmar, COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates negative impact on women and girls in different sectors including health and economic sector. In health sector, there are impacts on not only those who are seeking health services.

She Bounces Back: Stories of COVID-19 resilience and recovery from China’s women

Date: Wednesday, October 13, 2021

UN Women and the Rockcheck Puji Foundation are committed to upholding women’s rights and their leadership potential in pandemic preparedness, response and recovery. In May 2020 UN Women China, funded by the Rockcheck Puji Foundation, launched Supporting women to recover from the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19, a project that focused on women entrepreneurs, workers and women-owned small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Gender Equality Update 33: Youth Innovation and Intervention In the times Of COVID-19

Date: Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Gender Equality Update 33 highlights some of the innovative solutions Nepal’s youth have designed and executed during the COVID-19 crisis, such as creating informative podcasts, distributing medical equipment, running awareness campaigns and taking part in government-funded start-ups. It also captures information on the Generation Equality Forum and campaign, that brought together the next generation of women’s rights activists with veteran gender equality advocates and visionaries.

Gender equality in numbers: Progress and Challenges in Achieving gender equality in Nepal

Date: Monday, October 4, 2021

The Gender Equality in Numbers report consolidates available data on key gender-related Sustainable Development Goal indicators and the minimum set of gender-related indicators for Nepal. It provides an overview of commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment and key statistics in population demographics, health, education, leadership, labour and economic empowerment, poverty reduction and ending all forms of gender based violence.

UN Women impact stories: Women, peace, and security

Date: Wednesday, September 29, 2021

The “UN Women impact stories series”, updated quarterly, illustrates the human impact of UN Women’s work across Asia and the Pacific, highlighting the partnerships that make this work possible. These stories share how we and our many partners are striding forward to realize a better world for women and girls—one of equality and empowerment because that is what we do and who we are, as a leader, mobilizer, convenor, and provider of programmes.

Basics of Mainstreaming Gender into Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Policies

Date: Thursday, September 16, 2021

This paper is a review of gender mainstreaming principles and examples of interventions by countries and organisations in Asia and the Pacific region. It also includes tools and approaches to mainstream gender into climate change and disaster risk reduction policies.

Cox's Bazar update | April-June 2021

Date: Monday, September 13, 2021

In this edition: [*] Journalists in Cox’s Bazar trained to write more sensitive stories about woman [*] Training on Women’s Leadership in Cox’s Bazar [*] Rimu’s Blog: Child marriage is a curse for girls in Bangladesh [*] Fire Response to Women and Girls in Rohingya Camps [*] Rohingya Women in COVID-19 Awareness [*] Empowering Women and Girls in Cox’s Bazar [*] Joint Response Plan – JRP 2021 Launched, and much more...

Programme Brief: Second Chance Education Programme, India

Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2021

UN Women’s Second Chance Education and Vocational Learning Programme enables women to re-enter formal education, learn vocational and entrepreneurial skills and connects them to employment and business opportunities. Since 2018, it has impacted more than 15,000 women in India from some of the poorest and most vulnerable areas.

Charter of Demands and Gender and Social Inclusion Priorities in Budget 2021/2022

Date: Friday, September 3, 2021

The Government of Nepal has demonstrated through progressive policy measures a strong commitment to advance Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) issues and has centre staged GESI principles in public policies and budget processes. Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) was endorsed as an important strategy to promote GESI principles in national plans and budgets. On 29 May 2021 the Government of Nepal presented NPR 1.647 trillion budget for the Fiscal Year 2078/2079 (2021/2022).

Gender profile for humanitarian action in Myanmar 2021

Date: Friday, August 27, 2021

The 2021 version of the Gender in Humanitarian Action (GiHA) profile includes an analysis of the gender-related impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the February military coup in Rakhine, Kachin, Northern Shan and Kayin States in Myanmar. In 2020 and 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic further complicated the lives of people in humanitarian settings across the country, resulting in significant economic and health impacts.