Influencing the Finance for Development process during COVID-19
Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2020
To ensure that women and girls are not left behind in the fiscal response to the COVID-19 pandemic, influencing the Financing for the Development process is a key priority for UN Women. In short, UN Women is working towards bringing gender equality and the financing for development agendas together. With the roll-out of global, national, and regional socio-economic-packages to mitigate impacts of the pandemic, it is vital that a gender lens is applied to these to ensure women are at the…
WEPs Awards – Philippines Live Info Session 1
Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2020
WeEmpowerAsia Philippines hosts its first information session on the UN Women Asia-Pacific WEPs Awards.Apply by September 25! For more: www.asiapacificwepsawards.org Organised by WeEmpowerAsia, a UN Women programme funded by and in partnership with the European Union.#WeEmpowerAsia #WEPsAwards #WEPs10
UN Women 2020 WEPs Awards Promo
Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2020
If your organization is committed to gender equality, then it’s time that you’re acknowledged for it! Apply for the UN Women 2020 Asia-Pacific WEPs Awards today! www.asiapacificwepsawards.orgOrganised by WeEmpowerAsia, a UN Women programme funded by and in partnership with the European Union.#WeEmpowerAsia #WEPsAwards #WEPs10
Digital technology opens a window for rural women in Qinghai [1]
Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2020
UN Women programme beneficiaries learned to use digital technologies to promote their products.See more: https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/news-and-events/stories/2020/09/digi…
Digital technology opens a window for rural women in Qinghai [2]
Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2020
UN Women programme beneficiaries learned to use digital technologies to promote their products.See more: https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/news-and-events/stories/2020/09/digi…
Date: Thursday, 27 August 2020
This video leverages the popularity of Zander's Fun Facts, a Malaysian web-series starring comedian Harith Iskander and his son Zander, in order to highlight key findings of the UN Women, INTERPOL and UNODC report on women in law enforcement in the ASEAN region. Precocious Zander and his well-intentioned but rather bumbling Father educate viewers on the benefits of having more women in law enforcement. They are able to do so with a little help from two surprise guests who are Police…
Date: Thursday, 7 May 2020
UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, in collaboration with Mythos Labs, partnered with five actors and comedians from across Asia to produce a comedy video to promote solidarity, understanding, and cohesion in communities in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine measures.The video entitled “The Famdemic” – starring Farhana Muna from Bangladesh, Naveen Richard from India, Harith Iskander from Malaysia, Haresh Tilani from Singapore, and Aerin Yuktadatta from Thailand…
Statement on the response to COVID-19 in the Asia and Pacific Region
Date: Thursday, 9 April 2020
In his statement, Mohammad Naciri, UN Women Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, calls for the specific needs of women and girls to be mainstreamed in the response to COVID-19 and explains how UN Women is leading by example in the region through its partnerships with governments, civil society, private sector companies, and other UN agencies.#COVID19More info: https://…
UN Women Asia-Pacific solidarity message on COVID-19
Date: Thursday, 9 April 2020
The Coronavirus pandemic is impacting us all in different ways. However, for a large amount of the population in our region, particularly women and girls, COVID-19 represents additional trouble and risks. Naciri Mohammad, UN Women Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, shares a solidarity message with women in the region.
World Health Day: Interview with President of Thailand Nursing and Midwifery Council
Date: Monday, 6 April 2020
While around the world, about 70 per cent of health and social service workers are women, in Thailand over 94 per cent of a total of 220,000 nurses and midwives are women taking roles that place them on the frontlines of the #COVID19 response. On #WorldHealthDay, we honour their work!Watch our interview with Associate Professor Dr. Tassana Boonthong, President of Thailand Nursing and Midwifery Council. Hear what you can do to support them.#WorldHealthDay
#GirlsNotObjects Expert Sharing | Jane Holloway, Gender Equality Advocate
Date: Saturday, 4 April 2020
Jane Holloway is a Gender Equality Advocate working as a Social Impact Director of Dragonfly360, a platform that encourages people to promote gender equality in Asia. Watch Jane’s video message of the objectification and cyberbullying issues in the Entertainment Industry.Find out more #GirlsNotObjects project: http://unwo.men/nISb50z1H8V● Thai Youth Talk Video: https://youtu.be/Ja3RatpmAWU● Korean Youth…
Date: Friday, 3 April 2020
#GirlsNotObjects Youth Talk | The role of youth in ending objectification and cyberbullying
Date: Tuesday, 31 March 2020
● Korean Youth Talk Video: https://youtu.be/6fruVjB50XA● Girls Not Objects webpage: http://unwo.men/nISb50z1H8V● Social Media Action Package: https://trello.com/c/WBhXv4A2What is Girls, Not Objects?On International Women’s Month 2020, UN Women Asia and the Pacific creates an online campaign to discuss the objectification and cyberbullying issues in the…
#GirlsNotObjects YouthTalk | The problem and impact of objectification and cyberbullying
Date: Tuesday, 31 March 2020
● Thai Youth Talk Video: https://youtu.be/Ja3RatpmAWU● Girls Not Objects project website: http://unwo.men/nISb50z1H8V● Social Media Action Package: https://trello.com/c/WBhXv4A2What is Girls, Not Objects?On International Women’s Month 2020, UN Women Asia and the Pacific creates an online campaign to discuss the objectification and cyberbullying issues in the…
Lessons Learned from the Photo Exhibition | Girls, Not Objects
Date: Monday, 30 March 2020
What is Girls, Not Objects?On International Women’s Month 2020, UN Women Asia and the Pacific regional office creates an online campaign to discuss the objectification and cyberbullying issues in the entertainment industry. It is funded by KOICA Thailand office (Korea International Development Cooperation Agency) and designed in collaboration with Thai University Student Groups, IKIGAI and Mu Studio. See more:…
Mohammad Naciri on Al Jazeera News Hour
Date: Thursday, 19 March 2020
UN Women Asia Pacific Regional Director, Mohammad Naciri was on Al Jazeera’s global news yesterday (March 19, 2020) from 13:25-13:40 GMT. The live interview was globally broadcasted during the prime evening time in Asia and AM in the Northern American continent.Video: Courtesy of Aljazeera
Asia-Pacific Regional Commemoration of the International Women’s Day 2020
Date: Friday, 13 March 2020
Recorded Livestream from UNCC Bangkok.
I'm VATANIKA, I'm Generation Equality
Date: Tuesday, 10 March 2020
Thai designer & gender equality advocate Vatanika shared with us an empowering message for #InternationalWomensDay.#GenerationEquality #IAmGenerationEuality #VATANIKA
Date: Thursday, 5 March 2020
数十年来，在世界各地，我们所有人都在争取性别平等的全球斗争中共同努力。从妇女参政论者们到“一个也不能少” 运动（Ni Una Menos），从索杰纳·特鲁斯（Sojourner Truth）到马拉拉·尤萨夫扎伊（Malala Yousafzai），活动家们和妇女运动一次又一次站出，来为一个更加公平的世界而呐喊。无论我们的年龄、国家、背景或性别如何，争取平等权利的斗争共同定义了我们的生活，我们必须共同采取行动实现这一目标。在今年国际妇女节，联合国妇女署的多代运动，即“平等的一代”，汇集了过去和现在的倡导者，要求在当今一代人实现性别平等。 自1995年通过《北京行动纲领》以来已有25年，该运动动员各国政府和民间社会采取大胆行动，兑现对富有远见的性别平等议程的承诺。本片由吉达·法赫里（Ghida Fakhry）讲述
Date: Tuesday, 14 January 2020
#GenerationEquality | Some of the members of the #Beijing25 Global Youth Taskforce from #AsiaPacific attended the recent Ministerial Conference in Bangkok. Here's what they told us! Read more about them here: http://unwo.men/Wfbz30q4wQ5Supported by #Norway 🇳🇴