Geneva -- Today, on International Women's Day, we are celebrating the launch of a brand-new online training module, Gender Equality and Migration. Developed by the International Organization for...
Amman, 8 March 2021 As we mark the grim tenth anniversary of the crisis in Syria in the context of a deepening humanitarian situation, compounded by the impacts of an economic crisis and the COVID-19...
Achieving an equal future for women in Asia and the Pacific in the post-COVID-19 era A dialogue among women leaders in the Asia-Pacific region to mark International Women’s Day (IWD) 2021 highlighted...
2. Executive Summary Since the start of the Syria crisis in early 2011, Jordan has been one of the countries most affected by the crisis, with hundreds of thousands of Syrians seeking asylum within...
8 March 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has cast a dim light on the progress made in achieving gender equality by 2030 in Zimbabwe as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. A little over...
COVID-19 may be gender blind, but it is not gender neutral. Emerging evidence shows tremendous gender disparities in the health and socioeconomic consequences of the pandemic, with a...
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...