Category: Blog
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Reclaiming Space for Civil Society at the United Nations
Maria Fornella-Oehninger, SI United Nations Representative in New York, gives us an insight to how spaces for civil society are shrinking at the United Nations. Maria outlines how we have to continue efforts to engage NGOs and partners, to make real impactful change.
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Solidarity of NGOs Facing the Pandemic: Ecological Reconstruction
SI United Nations (UN) Representative, Evelyne Para, brings us the final instalment in her series of blogs about how Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. This blog focuses on Ecological Reconstruction.
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How Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacted the Health of Women and Girls?
Liz Batten, of SI Salisbury, continues the conversation on women and health, as discussed in her episode of SI Voices Podcast with this blog post focusing on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Solidarity of NGOs Facing the Pandemic: Communication and Culture
SI United Nations (UN) Representative, Evelyne Para, brings us the third instalment in her series of blogs about how Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. This blog focuses on Communication, Information, and Culture. “To face the consequences of the global COVID-19 crisis, the mobilisation of local associations and NGO partners of the…
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The Sixty-forth Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Linda Witong reports on the 64th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs Vienna.
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Generation Equality Forum: Feminism in the Context of the Environmental Crisis and the Climate Emergency
Linda Witong reports on the adverse effects of the climate crisis on women and girls – a topic discussed at the Generation Equality Forum in Mexico.
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Generation Equality Forum: Imagining 2026
SI Advocacy Advisor, Pat Black, reports from the Generation Equality Forum focusing on what the future might look like if gender equality and youth advocates continue pushing forward for change.
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What happened at the Generation Equality Forum?
The Generation Equality Forum was held virtually from Mexico, 29-31 March. Francesca Fletcher Williams outlines how the Forum galvanised united action and mobilised the youth through agreed Action Coalitions and Compacts.
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Negotiating at CSW65: Struggling to Stop the Rollback of Women’s Rights
Francesca Fletcher Williams gives us an insight to how negotiations work at the United Nations, and what they mean for CSW65 and beyond.
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Opening of Generation Equality Forum, Mexico
The Generation Equality Forum (29-31 March) took place in Mexico where UN leaders, Presidents, Youth and Civil Society called for urgent action at the opening ceremony. SI Special Advisor to Advocacy, Linda Witong, reports.