Category: Blog
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Water – Decade for Action
On World Water Day, 22 March 2018, the International Decade for Action: Water for Sustainable Development 2018-2028 was launched at the United Nations. The Decade aims to further improve cooperation, partnership, and capacity development in response to the ambitious 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Following a presentation of a short video “Water’s Promise: Making every…
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CSW62 Agreed Conclusions
Commission on the Status of Women Sixty-second session 12 – 23 March 2018 ‘Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls’ Agreed conclusions 23 March 2018.
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The Nation’s Future: Ending Child Marriage
The Nature’s Future: Ending Child Marriage hosted by the Permanent Mission of Ghana to the United Nations and Zonta International
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Indigenous Women Transforming Power
Presented by Madre, the theme was Addressing Political Concerns, this was a panel event, allowing 4 strong progressive rural women the chance to tell their story, and advocate on behalf of their communities.
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Human Trafficking in America and Strategies on Gender Parity
Human Trafficking In America: Risks for Women and Girls in Rural Areas and Faith-Based Prevention and System-Wide Strategy on Gender Parity: How to Walk the Talk by Paula Freschi Kamena, Marin County District Attorney and Soroptimist of Marin County.
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UK Mission and Civil Society hold joint event at CSW62
The UK Mission and Civil Society held their first joint event at CSW62 – A flagship occasion organised by the UK Gender Equality Office and UK CSW Alliance.
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Sisterhood – in ‘the line’ at CSW62
“Some of the most productive time I have spent at CSW starts “IN THE QUEUE” or Line as Americans say. This is a perfect time to start engaging, sharing the story of why we are here, and developing new networks and contacts that further add to my experience and knowledge base.
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Leaving No One Behind for Planet 50-50 by 2030
“UN Women partnered with an extensive group of civil society organisations on Thursday, to hold an innovative flagship event – Leaving No One Behind for Planet 50-50 by 2030: every rural woman and girl everywhere
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Forced Labour, Modern Slavery, and Human Trafficking
CSW62 event hosted by The Permanent Missions of Argentina, Bangladesh, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Nigeria, and United Kingdom to the UN, 14 March 2018
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CSW62 Consultation Day
The NGO CSW Forum Consultation Day was held on 11 March 2018. The purpose of NGO CSW Forum Consultation Day is to set the stage for the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meetings (12-23 March 2018)