UN Women Asia and the Pacific Annual Report 2017-2018
As this annual report repeatedly demonstrates, UN Women is well positioned in the region to help link people and issues, and catalyse lasting results towards the globally agreed goal of achieving gender equality by 2030. Our triple mandate means we are a trusted advocate of internationally agreed norms, an effective implementer of innovative and transformative programmes, and a leader in mobilizing broader UN action on gender equality. More
- Gender equality and women’s empowerment (16)
- Humanitarian action (12)
- Ending violence against women and girls (8)
- Disaster risk reduction (7)
- Human rights (5)
- Leadership and political participation (5)
- Peace and security (5)
- Crisis response and recovery (4)
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) (3)
- Economic empowerment (3)
- Beijing+20?! (3)
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Conflicting Identities: The Nexus between Masculinities, Femininities and Violent Extremism in Asia
Monday, March 30, 2020
Violent extremism has emerged as one of the leading challenges to the realization of sustainable peace globally. Across South and South-East Asia, violent extremism poses a direct threat to inclusive development by fuelling intolerance, forcibly displacing communities, exacerbating cycles of insecurity and armed conflict, exploiting existing inequalities, and obstructing the enjoyment of human rights and the rule of law. Underpinning this violence are gender stereotypes that are used to radicalize and recruit men and women, as well as girls and boys, to violent extremist groups.
Updates from UN Women Cox’s Bazar | October – December 2019
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
In this edition: [] Bangladesh Police officials trained on Gender-based violence response and prevention [] Second women and children help desk inaugurated in Camp 9 [] Yasmin Ara, a Rohingya refugee from Camp 18 [] 16 Days of Activism in Cox's Bazar [] and other updates...
UN Women Bangladesh Newsletter | 16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
Thursday, January 9, 2020
[Orange the World: Generation Equality Stands Against Rape | 16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE] This newsletter is the summary of events organized by UN Women Bangladesh and partner organizations during the 16Days between 25th November – 10th December 2019
I’m better than before but inside my heart lies so much pain
Monday, October 7, 2019
[Stories of Rohingya women seeking refuge in Cox’s Bazar] Since late August 2017, more than 715,000 Rohingya’s have fled Burma’s Rakhine State to escape the military’s large-scale campaign of ethnic cleansing. UN Women Bangladesh, through the development of this photo book, documents the resilience and transformation of Rohingya women in the crisis response in Cox’s Bazar, along with human interest stories that demonstrate strength, agency and leadership.
Updates from UN Women Cox’s Bazar | July – September 2019
Monday, October 7, 2019
In this edition, we look at UN Women’s activities related to a new Multi-purpose Women’s Centre, Rohingya women’s leadership, a human interest story on Bangladesh’s first ever woman assistant Camp-in-charge, regular updates from the sub-office and much more!
Monday, August 5, 2019
UN Women in Bangladesh works to promote gender equality in all spheres- political, economic and social - through four priority areas: promoting women's income security, decent work and economic autonomy; ending violence against women and girls; sustainable peace and resilience, and humanitarian action; and making gender equality a key part of national development planning and budget allocation.
Updates from UN Women Cox ’s bazar | April–June 2019
Thursday, July 4, 2019
In this edition; (*) Training of Trainers (TOT) on ‘Rohingya Refugee Women's Empowerment, Participation and Leadership’ conducted for humanitarian actors (*) Bangladesh Police and key stakeholders sensitized on how to address Gender Based Violence (GBV) cases (*) Rohingya and Bangladeshi women celebrate Ramadan together in solidarity (*) and much more...
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
[A gender analysis of terrorism and violent extremism in the online space in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines] Numerous research shows the online space is being used by terrorist and violent extremist groups to target men and women for recruitment. However, what is not yet understood is if and how men and women are actively seeking out this material online. This report seeks to build knowledge on this question in relation to South and South East Asia. It presents new data...
Thursday, February 21, 2019
This study in Bangladesh and Indonesia has identified the many ways in which women and men influence values, attitudes and behaviours within their communities, from raising awareness of violent extremism, challenging belief systems that cause harm to women and children, to advocating education for women and girls. Four key outcomes can be discerned from the research con-ducted across programme and non-programme sites in Bangla-desh and Indonesia...
Empowering Rohingya women - UN Women update (December 2018)
Monday, January 7, 2019
UN Women continues to galvanize Rohingya refugee women’s self-discovery, empowerment and leadership. The launch of the new, much larger Multi-purpose Women’s Center (MPWC) in Cox’s Bazar provides a safe, communal space away from the chaos of camp life with an assortment of training and learning opportunities for women. The latest Rohingya Crisis Response update also covers an exciting joint UN-Women-WFP livelihood partnership, a flurry of empowerment activities throughout the ‘16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence’ and efforts to strengthen Bangladesh police capacity to address gender-based violence (GBV) through forensic case management and victim-centered approaches....