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Established in Seoul with support from the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family of the Republic of Korea, the UN Women Centre of Excellence for Gender Equality (“the Centre”), a knowledge hub working to improve the implementation of normative and policy frameworks for women’s empowerment in Asia and the Pacific, celebrated its first anniversary on November 30th.
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Maryam* is an activist supporting Muslim women facing issues in relation to Sri Lanka’s Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act. On the occasion of the International Day for Women Human Rights Defenders
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Marinel Alexis Retoran is a Civil Defense Officer at the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) Development and Standards Division of the Office of Civil Defense in the Philippines. Ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, UN Women spoke to Marinel to hear about the Philippines’ efforts to build women’s resilience to climate-related disasters. Marinel also participated in UN Women’s Regional Training on Gender-Transformative Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in the Republic of Korea.
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Radika Gunaratne is a lawyer, activist and founder of Parivartan – an organization that works towards inclusivity and justice in Sri Lanka. On the occasion of the International Day for Women Human Rights Defenders.
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Anushani Alagarajah is a human rights defender who has worked closely with conflict-affected communities in the North and East of Sri Lanka. She is the Executive Director at the Adayaalam Centre for Policy Research, a non-profit research think-tank that works on public policy issues in Sri Lanka.
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Civil society organizations from across Asia and the Pacific joined an online dialogue to discuss how climate change puts women at greater risk of gender-based violence (GBV) and to explore potential ways to address the issue.
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Through 22 images and stories, this exhibition captures the essence of courage, compassion, and community. Each photograph and narrative showcased here is a testament to the unwavering commitment of advocates, volunteers, leaders, and survivors themselves, who are the bedrock of support systems across Thailand.
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UN Women and UNFPA in Myanmar re-affirm that the United Nations Country Team is committed to stay and deliver gender-based violence prevention and response services with local partners to end violence against women and girls. Let’s All UNITE, Invest and ACT to End Violence against Women and Girls Now!
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The sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place from 11 to 22 March 2024. Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from all regions of the world are invited to contribute to the session.
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[Press release] the UN Women Centre of Excellence for Gender Equality in Seoul hosted a policy forum to explore strategies for private sector, governments, and international organizations to address and narrow the gender pay gap.
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At this year’s UN Climate Change Conference, COP 28, UN Women will ensure that women and girls’ rights, abilities, and needs are taken into account in climate debates and incorporated into government policies.
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Opening remarks by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous at the official UN commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, UN headquarters, 22 November 2023.
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Walking through the Kabul Female Prison and Detention Center in Afghanistan, women are taking a few moments to speak about their lives – the challenges they face, what they need most now and what they hope for their future.
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“It’s hard to ignore gender-based violence after you start working on it – once you see how prevalent it is, how it affects people’s everyday lives,” says Julie Sané-Pezet, co-founder of ila Generation, a social enterprise which utilizes a human-centred approach to tackle gender-based violence.
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Women's rights organizations are essential in tackling gender-based violence and driving progress toward a more equitable and violence-free world for women and girls.
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To increase their visibility and gain a deeper understanding of women migrant workers’ experiences, UN Women Cambodia jointly developed a three-year-long participatory photography project as part of its “Safe and Fair Programme” engaging 28 female migrant workers in and from across Cambodia.
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If current trends continue, more than 340 million women and girls— 8 per cent of the world’s female population—will live in extreme poverty by 2030.
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Violence against women and girls is one of the most pervasive human rights violations in the world, affecting one in three women. Addressing and eradicating it requires more than just reacting to violence when it happens; it mandates proactive and innovative solutions.
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UN Member States from Asia and the Pacific have added their voices to the global call for renewed efforts to strengthen women's participation in international peace and security by translating theory into practice under the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda.
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Building on its commitment to equality and inclusion in its legal and constitutional provisions, Nepal can create decent employment for women and increase their labour market participation with increased public investment in the care sector.