Tag: COVID-19
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Our Voice at the UN – Geneva – Part 2
Part 2 of the Geneva edition of ‘Our Voice at the UN’ explores the theme of gender equality and discusses the impact of COVID-19 on the Rights of the Child.
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UN names the Digital Divide as the New Face of Inequality
High-level Thematic Debate names the digital divide as the new face of inequality.
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Launch of Soroptimist International’s HLPF 2021 Report
Soroptimist International is delighted to announce the launch of its 2021 High-level Political Forum report, “Confronting Inequalities: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals During the COVID-19 Pandemic”. This year, the report focuses on how to sustainably respond to and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic while addressing the inequalities which create fundamental barriers to realising sustainable development.…
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Employed Women, Empowered Women: The Mentari Sewing Studio in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Here is a project update from SI Damansara, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia where local women are being empowered with sewing and business skills.
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Solidarity of NGOs Facing the Pandemic: Ecological Reconstruction
SI United Nations (UN) Representative, Evelyne Para, brings us the final instalment in her series of blogs about how Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. This blog focuses on Ecological Reconstruction.
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How Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacted the Health of Women and Girls?
Liz Batten, of SI Salisbury, continues the conversation on women and health, as discussed in her episode of SI Voices Podcast with this blog post focusing on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Solidarity of NGOs Facing the Pandemic: Communication and Culture
SI United Nations (UN) Representative, Evelyne Para, brings us the third instalment in her series of blogs about how Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. This blog focuses on Communication, Information, and Culture. “To face the consequences of the global COVID-19 crisis, the mobilisation of local associations and NGO partners of the…
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Our Voice at the UN – Paris
This edition of Our Voice at the UN introduces the work of the SI UN Representatives at UNESCO in Paris.
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Solidarity of NGOs facing the pandemic: Education
SI UN Representative, Evelyne Para, brings us the next installment in her series of blogs about how NGOs are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. This instalment focuses on education and distance learning.
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Virtual Townhall CSW65 Meeting with UN Secretary-General, António Guterres
UN Secretary-General António Guterres candidly speaks of gender inequality as “a shadow pandemic” during the Virtual Townhall Meeting with Women’s Civil Society.