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
- Ending violence against women and girls (214)
- Gender equality and women’s empowerment (61)
- Human rights (38)
- Economic empowerment (35)
- Leadership and political participation (18)
- COVID-19 (14)
- Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces (14)
- Trafficking/sexual exploitation (11)
- Peace and security (10)
- Health (10)
- Sexual harassment (9)
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Gender Alert on COVID-19 in Afghanistan | Issue X: Women with disabilities during COVID-19 times
Friday, June 26, 2020
UN Women and the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), with contributions from Human Rights Watch (HRW), jointly issue this tenth alert to continue to highlight the gender specific impacts of COVID-19 in Afghanistan. This alert focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on women and girls with disabilities in Afghanistan.
Rapid Assessment: Impact of COVID-19 on Women’s Civil Society Organizations
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Women’s civil society organizations (CSOs) in Asia and the Pacific play a critical role in understanding, promoting and meeting the needs of women and girls on a variety of socioeconomic issues, including violence against women (VAW), migration, trafficking, heath and displacement.
Gendered dimensions of COVID-19 in the Philippines
Monday, June 15, 2020
The Philippines is among the worst affected countries in the South East Asian region in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic – it has experienced the highest number of new confirmed cases per day, second highest number of deaths, and third highest rate of infection.
Gender Alerts on COVID-19 in Afghanistan series
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
The Gender Alerts series highlights the disproportionate gender specific impacts of COVID-19 in Afghanistan, from the lack of services for survivors of violence to the challenges of building peace during a health crisis and a fast-paced rise in the burden of unpaid care work.
UN Women Timor Leste Quarterly Newsletter | January - March 2020
Monday, June 1, 2020
Timor-Leste’s recent history is full of stories of women who have made a significant contribution to building the nation. Women played various roles during the struggle for independence and participated in politics and state-building soon after independence.
Thursday, May 21, 2020
This alert provides guidance for service providers operating during the COVID-19 pandemic to continue to safely provide critical services to survivors of violence against women and girls. It highlights the need for service providers to implement strict measures to prevent and mitigate COVID-19 spreading to be able to continue to operate safely and maintain services that are essential for survivors of violence.
Guidance Note for Women Protection Centers operating during the COVID-19 pandemic
Sunday, May 17, 2020
Women Protection Centers must take special precautions to protect their residents, employees, and visitors from COVID-19 to mitigate the risks to contract and spread the virus. The purpose of this guidance note is to guide Women Protection Centers (WPC) (shelters) to provide services during the COVID-19 crisis.
Sunday, May 17, 2020
The purpose of this guidance note is to provide practical to guide Family Guidance Centers (FGCs), Family Protection Centers (FPCs) and Women and Girl Safe Spaces (WGSS) on how to adapt service provision during the COVID-19 crisis.
UN Women Asia and the Pacific Newsletter 2020 Vol1
Friday, May 15, 2020
UN Women is the UN organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide.
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
This report is a review of the progress made on the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in the last five years (2014 - 2019), focusing on gender-based violence from the perspective of civil society organisations. The report also highlights efforts and achievements on the prevention of gender-based violence by the government and civil society organisations in Viet Nam, identifies challenges and proposes solutions to these challenges.