Tag: 16days21
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16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and the first day of the 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence. We start the annual event with a message from your SI President, Sharon Fisher, together with a wonderful collaboration and contribution from the five Soroptimist International Federations, each of whom have…
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ILO C190 and the NGO Coalition to End Violence and Harassment in the World of Work
Blog by Maria Fornella-Oehninger, SI United Nations Representative in New York and Co-chair of the NGO Committee on Social Development. As part of the Global Action Week, 21-29 June 2021, the International Labour Organization (ILO) is promoting the ratification of the Convention Concerning the Elimination of Violence and Harassment in the World of Work (C190).…
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CSW65 side event – Australia’s eSafety model for addressing gendered-based violence online
While the COVID-19 pandemic had revolutionised the way we communicated and in many ways offered us a variety of tools to socialise, work or attend school online. Social media, video-conferencing apps, voice calls and text chats had also increased the amount of online harassment, intimidation and abuse which was directed at women.
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COVID-19 and the rise of violence
SI UN Representative, Marie-Christine Gries, blogs about the rise in violence resulting from COVID-19.
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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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COVID-19 and the Rise in Domestic Violence
SI UN Representative in Paris, Marie-Christine Gries, blogs about the rise of Domestic Violence during the COVID-19 pandemic.