This brief examines the Online Opposition to Gender Equality: Understanding opposition to gender equality and feminism in the virtual space. Produced by Quilt.AI and UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific with the technical support of Prevention Collaborative. It examines online opposition to gender equality in Bangladesh, India, and the Philippines, showing both common and country-specific oppositional narratives and tactics. 

This placed the participants, who were mainly women and girls, at the centre of their own storytelling. Over 1,000 stories were collected across five districts in four provinces of Nepal. This report presents the findings of the baseline research.

Ending discrimination and exclusion is core to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Leaving No One Behind. Now is the time to make a conscious choice for better representation. Read the updated checklist on how to make your panels and events diverse and inclusive.

This is the second report issued that synthesizes the priorities and recommendations of Afghan women from consultations undertaken by UN Women, UNAMA and IOM. The aim of the consultations is to bring in the voices of a diverse cross-section of Afghan women on policy and programming challenges facing Afghanistan, to ensure that their perspectives inform decision-making.

This report is a summary of the technical dialogue between women with HIV/AIDS and about 100 experts and parties, such as donors and community members, about the multiple forms of gender-based violence (GBV) and the denial of human rights that women with HIV/AIDS and other women in Papua New Guinea (PNG) face. These women include those physically challenged or disabled, sex workers, lesbians, and transwomen.

With the generous funding from KOICA under UN-KOICA Joint Project Together for Equality: preventing and responding to gender-based violence, UN Women and Rede Feto has been collaborating with the Ministry of Public Works since August 2022 and conducted two Women Safety Audit Walks at the Ministry of Public Works Office and the second is at Largo Lecidere Park. Here is the finding and recommendation to the Ministry of Public Works, which has been integrated by the Ministry into its annual work plan. 

In this edition, we share updates on our partnership with the Government of Indonesia, local and village administrations, and civil society organizations (CSOs) to protect and empower women migrant workers for safe and fair migration. We worked closely with ASEAN and development partners to promote women, peace, and security in Southeast Asia

The costing studies sought to raise awareness and shed light on the detrimental economic impact of Intimate Partner Violence on society and support advocacy efforts to invest in prevention and response efforts to meaningful address gender-based violence in RMI and Solomon Islands.

The semi-annual UN Women Bangladesh Newsletter: Volume 2, 2022 reflects on the key highlights and major updates of UN Women Bangladesh’s interventions to advance gender equality and women empowerment in the country.

In this edition: [*] UN Women celebrates volunteers [*] Public rally unites Gender Based Violence actors [*] Men and boys play a key role to end gender-based violence [*] Strengthening gender-responsive policing for Rohingya women and girls and more ...

UN Women in Sri Lanka supports the development of national policies and standards, as well as Sri Lanka’s commitments to monitor and report against these international standards, towards sustained global progress.

The last year has posed many hardships from the continued spread of COVID-19 and measures to stop it. Yet solidarity and support for realizing women’s rights never wavered in China. UN Women forged ahead through collective efforts and partnerships. We are proud to share some of our best results from 2022, knowing these are the foundation for much more to come in 2023.

Based on the principles of respect and equality, and lessons learned from evidence-based results on what works in preventing violence from occurring and recurring, the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Women, in collaboration with ten other UN, bilateral, and multilateral agencies, have developed “RESPECT Women: Preventing violence against women”. This publication provides a comprehensive framework to inform policy makers and implementers about designing, planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating interventions and programmes on preventing and responding to violence against women.

This implementation package comprises a suite of practical resources and tools to support the implementation of the RESPECT Women: Preventing Violence against Women Framework, which was developed by WHO, with UN Women, in 2019 and is endorsed by 12 other UN agencies and bilateral partners. The package also builds on the evidence-based entry points compiled in the predecessor, “A framework to underpin action to prevent violence against women”.

The UN Women Nepal Country Office undertook a national study to better understand the enabling and obstructive factors of women’s political participation as elected officials. This study examines the violence locally elected women representatives in Nepal face when holding public office at the local level. It focuses exclusively on women’s time in office and does not cover campaign or election periods. This is the first study on VAWP in Nepal. It is part of the UN Women’s global initiative to develop harmonised survey tools on VAWP.

The journey of women migrant workers begins in the village. Most of them come from the village, and it is an entry and exit point wherein information on overseas employment opportunities and requirements can be obtained. UN Women, in partnership with Kalyanamitra initiated "Strengthening the Capacity of village and Migrant Communities to Prevent and Respond to Violence against Women Migrant Workers and Trafficking" project in 2020-2022. The story of change from the villages is captured in this book to inspire everyone, including small village communities, that they can play their part in ending gender-based violence and trafficking.

The Gender-Based Violence Counsellor Training Package is composed of three modules with a total of 20 sessions, including components on a survivor-centered approach, ethical and legal foundations, and functional competencies of basic Domestic Violence/Gender-Based Violence Counselling.

In this edition: [*] Gulbahar Promotes women’s rights at age of 70 [*] Lucky on Feminist Leadership [*] Women-led team constructing shelters

The purpose of the Regional EVAWG Services Symposium Outcomes Document is to summarise key lessons learned from diverse countries in the region on accelerating commitments to support national gender-based violence response systems and feed outcomes into other key regional fora and processes.

[Global estimates of gender-related killings of women and girls in the private sphere in 2021 Improving data to improve responses] By ensuring that every victim is counted we can ensure that perpetrators are held to account and justice Is served. By improving our understanding of all types of gender-related killings of women and girls we can strengthen prevention and improve responses. With this in mind, we are proud that this first joint UNODC-UN Women research brief features expanded policy recommendations to support comprehensive and multisectoral approaches to prevent and address gender-related killings and other forms of gender-based violence against women and girls.