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A distinguished group of policymakers, experts, and advocates gathered at the War Memorial of Korea for the high-level panel discussion, “Women at the Nexus of Climate, Conflict, and Peacebuilding.” Co-organized by the UN Women Centre of Excellence for Gender Equality (the Centre) and the Embassy of Switzerland.
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Over 100 military officials, government leaders, and diplomats gathered in Seoul for the Second Korea Peacekeeping Forum for Women’s Empowerment, showing strong support to the women, peace, and security (WPS) agenda.
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2024 UN Women Seoul Dialogue in the Republic of Korea (ROK) under the theme, "How to Create Inclusive Workplaces that Attract and Retain Talent." Building on last year’s focus on key industriesdsd.
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Lieutenant Colonel (S) Sungyeon Yi is a liaison officer commissioned in 2006 as an Intelligence Officer in the Republic of Korea Army. She has served in various roles ranging from tactical to strategic levels, including as an Analyst, Company Commander of field units, and Desk Officer at the Korea Defense Intelligence Agency.
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Mainstreaming gender in these projects has been consistently difficult, leaving me questioning, "How much progress have we made? How far have we come? Has there been any meaningful contribution?" Sadly, the answers often feel uncertain.
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Given the influential role and extensive network of chambers of commerce in the private sector, this collaboration will create a platform to achieve the mutual goals of UN Women and the private sector for sustainable development.
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I humbly recognize the valiant UN peacekeeping officers who have devoted their lives and made the greatest sacrifice for the guiding values of the United Nations. Their courage has greatly contributed to keeping the peace in nearly every corner of the world.
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Government representatives from 10 countries across Asia and the Pacific convened in Seoul for a three-day training workshop that aimed at supporting them in accelerating gender-responsive climate action and nationally determined contributions (NDC) implementation.
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The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) formalized their commitment to implement the Sports for Generation Equality initiative in the presence of UN Women representatives in the Republic of Korea.
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[Press Release] On 8 March 2024, the UN Women Centre of Excellence for Gender Equality in the Republic of Korea (the Centre) convened its second International Women's Day celebration at Hotel Westin Josun in Seoul.
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Youth leaders and experts on gender from Asia-Pacific countries have shared their strategies and lessons learned in a UN Women-organized training on how they can best help suppress attacks against women that are perpetrated through technologies.
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Eun Mee Kim, PhD, the President of Ewha Womans University, has been appointed as a National Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women in the Republic of Korea (hereafter Korea).
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"I have come to explore more effective approaches in other countries for integrating a gender perspective into the core of our climate policy in my home country,” said Nguyen Hoang Anh, Vice Director of the Department of Information
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Getting all groups in society involved from the start is crucial to success of efforts to stem violence against women, officials from Asia-Pacific countries said at a training organized by UN Women.
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UN Women Centre of Excellence for Gender Equality, UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and the Women’s Resilience to Disasters programme hosted a regional training workshop on advancing gender-transformative disaster risk reduction (DRR) in Seoul from 6 to 8 September.
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Twenty-one government officials from the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have received UN Women training on how to use gender statistics to monitor progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Experts and government representatives on gender and development cooperation learned how to increase gender-focused official development assistance (ODA) in Asia and the Pacific as they reaffirmed the need for gender mainstreamed ODA at a UN Women-organised workshop.
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“By calling men into care and connection, we create the pathways for them to be allies in the cause of equality for women and for ending cycles of violence,” emphasized Gary Barker, CEO and President of the Equimundo Center for Masculinities and Social Justice
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This was a common message of women leaders who spoke at ‘1st Seoul Gender Equality Dialogue: Breaking Gender Barriers for a Better Future of Key Industries,’ organized by the UN Women Centre of Excellence for Gender Equality (the Centre) in the Republic of Korea on November 2. With some 300 people attending.
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[16, 28 and 32 per cent] This under-representation of talented women hinders gender equality, innovation, and prosperity. Increasing women in under-represented industries is therefore not just a “women’s issue,” but an economic imperative.