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Tag: Gender equality

Democracy Talk – the rights of women and girls in Ethiopia

A record number of people have now seen the first livestreamed Democracy Talk held at the Embassy in Addis Ababa on 11 June. Earlier in...

Najwa Alimi and the safety of journalists in Afghanistan

Since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, a largely independent media landscape has emerged in Afghanistan with a plethora of media outlets. In the...

Let us work together, with courage and patience, to make the world more gender-equal

Today sees the opening of the Stockholm Forum on Gender Equality – a global conference with 600 participants from over 100 countries. The Forum will...

UN Commission on the Status of Women – progress for women’s and girls’ rights despite a tougher world climate

After two weeks of talks and intensive negotiations, the Commission on the Status of Women was concluded on 23 March and the agreed conclusions adopted....

Stockholm Forum on Gender Equality to bring together top names from more than 100 countries

Award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Executive Director of UN Women Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner and human rights counsellor Colin Gonsalves are some of...

WikiGap increases gender equality on the internet

The whole world helped to fill Wikipedia with articles on prominent women on International Women’s Day. The WikiGap campaign has already been established in over...

Meet Björn Andersson, Regional Director of UNFPA in Bangkok

Here, Björn Andersson describes his many years of working for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), gender equality and women’s rights. He is head...

Meet Stina Eriksson, UNDP peacebuilder in Sri Lanka

Stina Eriksson currently works for UNDP Sri Lanka, monitoring and evaluating peacebuilding projects. She and her colleagues work to implement resolution 1325 in the Sri...

Enhanced gender equality perspective in risk analysis and protective measures for journalists and human rights defenders

On 11 December, the Swedish Embassy in Mexico hosted a seminar on how the gender perspective could be enhanced in the analysis and protective measures...

#MoreWomenMorePeace: Gégé Katana Bukuru

There is an important story about women, peace and security that needs to be told. We are putting the spotlight on women who have paved...
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