Africa needs to come up with firm action on women empowerment and gender equality and ensure that there are full and equal rights for both males and females in law and in practice, officials said Thursday. “We cannot build strong and dynamic African economies, if women and girls, who form ...
the Gender Equality Index, the Social Institutions and Gender Index#Concluding Comments#Appendix. Scatter Diagrams of UNDP's GII Values and GDI Values for Individual Asian Countries vs. their GNI Levels Per Capita#An introduction to this appendix#GII values in relation to GNI per capita for ...
Huang Xiaowei, head of the Chinese delegation to the CSW68 and vice-chairperson of the National Working Committee on Children and Women under China's State Council, shares China's experience with gender equality on Tuesday at a si...
She expressed her hope that UN Women will step up collaboration with China. "We want China to continue to be a strong advocate, a strong convener, like we have done 30 years ago, and be the voice around issues of gender equality, the empowerment and rights of women in multilateral spaces...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (at the podium and on screens) addresses the opening of the 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women at the UN Headquarters in New York on March 14, 2022. Guterres said Monday that gender equality and women's rights must be at the heart...
Secretary-General Guterres said the coronavirus pandemic has hit women and girls the hardest and warned: “Unless we act now, COVID-19 could wipe out a generation of fragile progress towards gender equality.” Sigrid Kaag, the Netherlands’ overseas trade minister, said the disproportionate ...
Trinasolar has signed the United Nations Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs), reaffirming its commitment to advancing global gender equality and empowering women. The principles are designed to guide companies in empowering women in the workplace, marketplace and the community generally. They are ...
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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO) 13 United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). Established in July 2010, UN Women supports international political negotiations to formulate globally agreed standards for gender equality and helps UN ...
UN experts criticise Government on gender equality.The article reports that the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women has expressed doubts whether amendments made to Great Britain's Equality Act 2010 meet the requirements of the UN's Convention on the ...