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Press release: COVID-19 will widen poverty gap between women and men, new UN Women and UNDP data shows
The pandemic will push 47 million more women and girls below the poverty line, reversing decades of progress to eradicate…
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Stronger partnerships and investment needed to support women’s recovery from COVID-19 in the Global South
UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka calls on governments to ensure gender-responsive national plans to build back better after COVID-19…
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UN Women and partners provide immediate relief to women and girls impacted by the Beirut blasts
Reeling from deep economic crisis, COVID-19, and now the blasts, Lebanon needs women at the centre of recovery plans. Date:…
2020 theme: COVID-19 and indigenous peoples’ resilience Date: Sunday, August 9, 2020 The global COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated longstanding structural…
Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2020 For the last 17 years, Um Nuria has supported her family by selling traditional Yemeni…
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed fault lines, fissures and fragilities in societies and economies around the world – and the Arab…
Member states and observers, civil society organisations, gender equality leaders, CEOs, and heads of academia are gathered virtually on 21…
The pandemic has demonstrated the fragility of our world. It has laid bare risks we have ignored for decades: inadequate…
Date: Friday, July 17, 2020 Originally published on Medium.com/@UN_Women COVID-19 has impacted nearly every aspect of society, from health…
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Media advisory: UN gathering to call for a stronger multilateral approach to deliver on the Beijing Platform for Action – the blueprint for advancing gender equality
Robust and urgent actions must bring transformative change to women and girls’ empowerment Date: Friday, July 17, 2020 Tuesday 21…