Tag: GV100
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UN Secretary-General Meets with Women’s Civil Society
Owing to the cancellation of the Commission on the Status of Women earlier this year, the Secretary-General’s annual consultation with women’s civil society was postponed. However, on 31 August 2020, a virtual Townhall Meeting was held between UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, and a virtual audience of women’s civil society actors, with UN Women Executive Director,…
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The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on young adults
SI UN Representative, Berthe De Vos, examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people.
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Women and Armed Conflict
As part of SI’s series of blogs discussing the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, SI UN Representative, Liliana Mosca, examines the topic of women and armed conflict, looking at both the legal framework and the lived reality.
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Sustainable Cities and COVID-19: Plans for Action
SI UN Representative, Mary Muia joins the panel for the high-level political forum parallel dialogue on sustainable cities and COVID-19.
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SI Board Meeting & Annual General meeting 2020
The SI Board Meeting Summary and AGM Presentations now available to view.
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On the Road to Equality: News from the UN on FGM
THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS PIVOTAL RESOLUTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION The draft resolution A/HRC/L.20 on the elimination of female genital mutilation (FGM) was recently adopted by the Human Rights Council in its 44th Session. This comes as a pleasant news for FGM survivors, anti-FGM activists and all persons who want this…
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Older Women on the SI Road to Equality
Frances Zainoeddin, SI UN Representative in New York asks tough questions.
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Emerging Human Trafficking Trends in the face of COVID-19
ODIHR and UN Women release a report based on a global survey of survivors of trafficking and frontline stakeholders.
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THE UNITED NATIONS POLICY BRIEF ON OLDER PERSONS AND COVID-19
The SI President’s Appeal for 2019-2021 ‘The Road to Equality’, inter alia focuses on older women. Sadly, in the wake of the corona virus pandemic, the very reason the theme is included within the focus of the Appeal has become clear to all: with discrimination against older persons, and particularly older women, becoming evermore apparent.
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Introducing the Soroptimist Lab
The Soroptimist International LAB was officially launched during SI’s first ever digital Annual General Meeting, held on Wednesday 29 July