Category: Blog
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Launch of UN Human Rights Report 2019
Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, invited Non-Governmental Organisations to join her for the virtual launch from Geneva of the UN Human Rights Report 2019 at the beginning of June.
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COVID-19 AND FOOD SECURITY: THE CASE OF AFRICA
SI UN Representative to the FAO, Liliana Mosca, reports on the impact of COVID-19 on food security across Africa.
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“FEEDING THE FORGOTTEN”: ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 2 IN THE TIME OF COVID-19
Food is intrinsic for survival and is a fundamental human right. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 posits that by 2030, it is aimed that hunger and malnutrition will be eradicated. But with the COVID-19 pandemic, this goal may never materialise. While the world is focused on the arrival of a vaccine; governments anxiously wanting to…
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Beijing+25: Women and the Environment
As the first in our series of blogs relating to the twelve critical areas of concern outlined in the Beijing Platform for Action, Janet Hall Schempf, Environmental Impact Analyst, Habitat Biologist, and SIA Member, examines the impact of environmental changes on progress towards gender equality in the world today.
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Water, Sanitation, and Climate Action
SI Advocacy Advisor, Pat black reports from the UN High-Level Virtual Panel Meeting, ‘Accelerating Implementation of the 2030 Agenda through Water, Sanitation and Climate Action’.
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The SDGs: Where do Southeast Asian Women and Girls Stand?
SI’s UN Representative in Bangkok, Theresa Devasahayam, reflects on the findings of the 3rd South-East Asia Forum on Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals held last October at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Let’s Reinvent School, following COVID-19 crisis
School closings around the world in response to the COVID-19 pandemic pose an unprecedented threat to the education, protection and well-being of children. What about that exactly? Can we speak of a sacrificed 2020 generation? Should we accelerate the implementation of a 3.0 Education?
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Resolution 1325 and the Recognition of Women as PeaceMakers
It is almost twenty years since the UN Security Council unanimously adopted the Resolution 1325. This resolution acknowledged the disproportionate impact of armed conflict on women and girls.
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World Environment Day
5 June is World Environment Day. SI Advocacy Coordinator, Hannah Agius, examines this year’s key theme: ‘biodiversity’, through a gendered lens.
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Effective policy solutions for COVID-19
SI UN Representative, Maria Fornella, reflects on the findings of the ECOSOC briefing on effective policy solutions for COVID-19.