Category: Articles
-
The Pandemic and Organised Crime
Linda Witong looks at how the Pandemic is shaping and influencing Organised Crime and illicit markets.
-
Findings from the UN World Water Development Report 2020
An informative review of the recently released United Nations World Water Development Report 2020 by SI Special Advisor to Advocacy, Linda Witong
-
The role of water in tackling a global health emergency
It has been acknowledged that pandemics, which are large disease outbreaks that affect several countries, pose major health, social, and economic risks.
-
How Does Care Work Affect the Global Inequality Crisis?
SI UN Representative to FAO, Liliana Mosca, summarises and commends the latest report on global equality from Oxfam.
-
A journey of discovery
SI Director of Advocacy, Bev Bucur proposes a journey of discovery – take the time to learn more about the SI Advocacy work, and the grassroots projects taking place far and wide.
-
What is the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action?
SI Advocacy Coordinator, Hannah Agius, explains the role of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in shaping today’s progression towards gender equality.
-
What is CEDAW? And how does it work?
SI UN Representative, Berthe De Vos-Neven, provides an insiders look at the history and function of the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
-
25 years since the Copenhagen Declaration and Program for Action – a vision and commitment still valid today
Twenty-five years ago, 186 countries gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark for the World Summit for Social Development (WSSD), joined by 2,300 representatives from 811 non-governmental organisations and created the Copenhagen Declaration and Program for Action.
-
Soroptimist International HLPF Report 2019
Soroptimist International announces a report created in advance of the HLPF 2019, which will be held from Tuesday, 9 July, to Thursday, 18 July 2019; including the three-day ministerial meeting of the forum from Tuesday, 16 July, to Thursday, 18 July 2019.