The UN Women 2020 WEPs Awards Ceremony, India
Date: Tuesday, 29 December 2020
On December 01, 2020, UN Women announced India's national winners of UN Women 2020 Asia-Pacific Women Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Awards (India). Following a competitive selection process from a pool of 150 applications nationally, the awards were presented to Indian business leaders and companies for their contribution to gender equality in business. The awards campaign is organized through the EU-funded WeEmpowerAsia programme of UN Women.
Asia-Pacific WEPs Awards 2020: National Winners, India
Date: Tuesday, 29 December 2020
Meet the national winners of UN Women’s Asia-Pacific WEPs Awards from India!Hosted by the EU-funded WeEmpowerAsia programme, respective gender champions in Leadership Commitment, Youth Leadership, Gender-inclusive Workplace, Gender-responsive Marketplace, Community and Industry Engagement, and COVID-19 Action were acknowledged and rewarded for their outstanding commitments and remarkable achievements.To learn more about the Indian National WEPs Awards, please read the article here…
Asia-Pacific WEPs Awards 2020: National Winners, Indonesia
Date: Monday, 28 December 2020
Meet the national winners of UN Women’s Asia-Pacific WEPs Awards from Indonesia!Hosted by the EU-funded WeEmpowerAsia programme, respective gender champions in Leadership Commitment, Youth Leadership, Gender-inclusive Workplace, Gender-responsive Marketplace, Community and Industry Engagement, and COVID-19 Action were acknowledged and rewarded for their outstanding commitments and remarkable achievements.To learn more about the Indonesian National WEPs Awards, please read the article here…
Asia-Pacific WEPs Awards 2020: National Winners, India
Date: Thursday, 24 December 2020
Meet the national winners of UN Women’s Asia-Pacific WEPs Awards from India!Hosted by the EU-funded WeEmpowerAsia programme, respective gender champions in Leadership Commitment, Youth Leadership, Gender-inclusive Workplace, Gender-responsive Marketplace, Community and Industry Engagement, and COVID-19 Action were acknowledged and rewarded for their outstanding commitments and remarkable achievements.To learn more about the Indian National WEPs Awards, please read the article here…
The UN Women 2020 WEPs Awards Regional Ceremony, Bangkok
Date: Tuesday, 22 December 2020
Watch the 2020 Asia-Pacific WEPs Awards Regional Ceremony in Bangkok. More than 400 participants joining both virtually and in-person celebrated the best-in-class companies advancing gender equality on December 15, 2020. Presented by UN Women through the WeEmpowerAsia Programme, for which the European Union is a partner and donor.
Women Empowerment in Host Community of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
Date: Monday, 21 December 2020
Sabekunnahar (28), a housewife living in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh is one of the women leaders under the Maitree Project. She is popularly known as Maitree Apa who have received training on women rights. This project is implemented in the host community by Ain o Shalish Kendro (ASK) with the technical support of UN Women and the Government of Japan.
UN Women WEPs Awards Ceremony (Indonesia)
Date: Monday, 21 December 2020
On November 19, 2020, UN Women announced Indonesia's national winners of UN Women 2020 Asia-Pacific Women Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Awards. Following a competitive selection process from a pool of more than 60 applications nationally, the awards were presented to Indonesian business leaders and companies for their contribution to gender equality in business. The awards campaign is organized through the EU-funded WeEmpowerAsia programme of UN Women. Read the full press release:…
Asia-Pacific WEPs Awards 2020: National Winners, Viet Nam
Date: Thursday, 17 December 2020
Meet the national winners of UN Women’s Asia-Pacific WEPs Awards from Viet Nam!Hosted by the EU-funded WeEmpowerAsia programme, respective gender champions in Leadership Commitment, Youth Leadership, Gender-inclusive Workplace, Gender-responsive Marketplace, Community and Industry Engagement, and COVID-19 Action were acknowledged and rewarded for their outstanding commitments and remarkable achievements.To learn more about the Vietnamese National WEPs Awards, please read the article at…
Cyber Café - Online Violence against Women in Asia: A Multi-Country Study
Date: Wednesday, 16 December 2020
In this webinar, we discuss with the lead researcher and experts from the region- and beyond- insights and strategic actions for the way forward to end online violence against women. [Speakers include]: Zarizana Abdul Aziz, Due Diligence Project, USA, Lead Researcher for the StudyNighat Dad, Digital Rights Foundation, Pakistan Cindy Southworth, Facebook, USAJelen Paclarin, Women's Legal and Human Rights Bureau (WLB), PhilippinesDr. Jiso Yoon, Associate Research Fellow, Korean Women’s…
Date: Friday, 11 December 2020
“If you are facing abuse, violence, or being forced to work against your will, don't face it alone.”That’s the message UN agencies together with ASEAN are saying to women migrant workers throughout Thailand and the region with the launch of a new dance and music initiative to engage users with the Thai Ministry of Social Development and Human Security’s 1300 Social Assistance Center, now with #Khmer, #Burmese and #Lao language support. Share this video, help spread the word that…
#WomenRiseAboveCOVID (Open Discussion 1)
Date: Wednesday, 9 December 2020
Earlier this year, the EU-funded WeEmpowerAsia programme of UN Women co-organized a virtual conference titled “Economic Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women” in cooperation with Oxfam.Watch the recorded discussion session where women leaders from various sectors and fields share their insights, prospects for recovery and resilience building during and post-COVID-19.To learn more, please visit: http://weempowerasia.org/#WeEmpowerAsia…
#WomenRiseAboveCOVID (Open Discussion 2)
Date: Wednesday, 9 December 2020
Earlier this year, the EU-funded WeEmpowerAsia programme of UN Women co-organized a virtual conference titled “Economic Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women” in cooperation with Oxfam. to discuss the insights, prospects for recovery and resilience building during and post-COVID-19.Watch the recorded discussion session where women leaders from various sectors and fields share their insights, prospects for recovery and resilience building during and post-COVID-19.To learn more, please…
#WomenRiseAboveCOVID (Rosalyn Mesina)
Date: Tuesday, 8 December 2020
“As we all continue to assess the impact of COVID-19, we see that the burden falls heavier on women’s shoulders. Under the business operation side, it is estimated that 9 out of 10 businesses are MSMEs and the majority are women owned or led.” – Rosalyn Mesina, WeEmpowerAsia National Programme Manager, UN Women Philippines.Earlier this year, the EU-funded WeEmpowerAsia programme of UN Women co-organized a virtual conference titled “Economic Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women” in…
#WomenRiseAboveCOVID (Stephanie Carette)
Date: Tuesday, 8 December 2020
“The European Union promotes the protection. Fulfilment and employment of human rights by women and girls in all external actions. All our evidence shows that when women are given equal opportunities and access to resources and to decision-making, communities are more prosperous and more peaceful.” – Stephanie Carette, Attaché – Programme Manager, Delegation of the European Union to the PhilippinesEarlier this year, the EU-funded WeEmpowerAsia programme of UN Women co-organized a virtual…
#WomenRiseAboveCOVID (Vince Rapisura)
Date: Tuesday, 8 December 2020
“First, it is important that emergency relief is distributed to families and make sure that there’s enough food on the table. We are also wanting the government to have even more basic processes streamlined for low-income groups to get government identification documents. It is also high time, I think, to have a universal disaster insurance since the Philippines ranks high in the world risk index.” – Vince Rapisura, CEO & Chair, SEDPI Philippines.Earlier this year, the EU-funded…
#WomenRiseAboveCOVID (Rochelle Agualin)
Date: Tuesday, 8 December 2020
“Without specific and inclusive measures for older women and older persons in general, we are slowly putting their lives on the edge.” – Rochelle Agualin, Project Officer, Coalition of Services for Elderly (COSE)Earlier this year, the EU-funded WeEmpowerAsia programme of UN Women co-organized a virtual conference titled “Economic Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women” in cooperation with Oxfam to discuss the insights, prospects for recovery and resilience building during and post-COVID-…
#WomenRiseAboveCOVID (Pepper Limpoco)
Date: Friday, 4 December 2020
“Firstly we saw this as an opportunity to really emphasize our principle at MakeSense where we say everyone has a role to play now more than ever, and when we say everybody, we really mean everyone regardless of professional or academic background.” – Community Developer, MakeSense PhilippinesEarlier this year, the EU-funded WeEmpowerAsia programme of UN Women co-organized a virtual conference titled “Economic Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women” in cooperation with Oxfam to discuss…
#WomenRiseAboveCOVID (Pacita U Juan)
Date: Friday, 4 December 2020
“You have to take stock of what you have. What is your network? What are the skills you have as a person? And if you are a retailer, how much inventory do you have?” – Pacita U Juan, Co-founder, Echostore Sustainable LifestyleEarlier this year, the EU-funded WeEmpowerAsia programme of UN Women co-organized a virtual conference titled “Economic Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women” in cooperation with Oxfam to discuss the insights, prospects for recovery and resilience building during…
#WomenRiseAboveCOVID (Nanette Medved-Po)
Date: Thursday, 3 December 2020
“We are going through something unprecedented in modern times, a pandemic of global proportions that is bringing humanity to its knees physically, economically, socially, politically and making us all face the messages that come with our lack of foresight.” – Nanette Medved-Po, Founder, Director of GenerationHopeEarlier this year, the EU-funded WeEmpowerAsia programme of UN Women co-organized a virtual conference titled “Economic Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women” in cooperation with…
#WomenRiseAboveCOVID (Maroz Ramos)
Date: Thursday, 3 December 2020
“How can we make monitoring documentation of actual gender-based violence cases during this lockdown and crisis be more gender-inclusive and real so that we have the true numbers and real narratives of the women LBTs in the communities? And how do we connect the communities with organizations that would actually provide help not just the financial but also in terms of mental health issues?” – Maroz Ramos, Deputy Executive Director, GALANG Philippines Earlier this year, the EU-funded…