Category: Members Area
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COVID-19 – the impact on older women
In view of the current crisis and the potential devastating effects for the future, media coverage is contributing to the stigmatisation and discrimination of the older persons
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Gender-based violence & COVID-19
In 2020, the international community’s plan was to embark on its decade of action for the Sustainable Development Goals, honour major declarations such as Beijing and determine how to accelerate sustainable solutions to the world’s biggest challenges including gender related goals. But things did not go as planned. Instead, today’s world is facing a “global…
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Migration & COVID-19
As we have come to understand, maintaining social distance is imperative to contain the spread of the corona virus. Nonetheless, refugees in congested camps and densely populated areas, who have been displaced owing to conflicts and natural disasters, and left increasingly vulnerable to the dangers of the virus, are leading life precariously.
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Child Marriage the current situation
The world is home to more than 1.1 billion girls under the age of 18 who are poised to become the largest generation of female leaders, entrepreneurs and change-makers the world has ever seen. Yet, discrimination, harmful gender norms and practices, existing laws, insecurity and poverty still support child marriage thereby enabling girls to continue…
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The Pandemic and Organised Crime
Linda Witong looks at how the Pandemic is shaping and influencing Organised Crime and illicit markets.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.