A digital cry for help: Big data study in Asia-Pacific provides key signposts to violence against women amid COVID-19 PATUAKHALI, Bangladesh/BANGKOK, Thailand -- A new analysis from the Asia-Pacific...
Ensuring an equal and sustainable future As the world tries to live with COVID-19, emerge from the current crisis and ‘build back better’, UN Women will launch ‘Plan for Equal’. The Plan will...
Online searches and social media posts mirror ‘shadow pandemic’ of violence against women in Asia Bangkok, Thailand – Big data analysis shows that Internet searches related to violence against women...
On February 6, 2021, the Government of Nepal completed the first target of its COVID-19 vaccination drive. More than 429,000 (including Female Health Community Volunteers) persons received the first...
“During the COVID-19 lockdown, we struggled to find money for food. We managed to take loans from our neighbours,” says Tharshani Kumar*. “[When schools re-opened], I had to send my son to school...
[Joint Press Release] [For immediate release] Jakarta, INDONESIA — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Canada and UN Women jointly launched today a 5-year programme to expand and...
16 Days Activism CampaignOrange the world: Engage, Act, Prevent Violence! On 25 November 2020, to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the launch of 16 Days of...
As the number of global cases of COVID-19 rise by the day, the lives of women are directly and increasingly impacted. At the outset of the pandemic, UN Women engaged in a series of intiatives with a...
KEY FINDINGS Findings in this chapter demonstrate gender inequalities across the Syrian refugee population, limiting access, rights and opportunities for women and girls, particularly as related to...
DILI, 18 February 2021: Under the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative, a National Forum for Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (EVAWG Forum) was launched today by National Women’s Network Rede Feto in...