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Five building blocks for gender equality

 We whole-heartedly agree with all of his proposals! 
 
During his speech at the opening session of CSW65, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres proposed five measures that world leaders can take to advance the cause of gender equality:
 
  1. Realize women’s equal rights fully, including by repealing discriminatory laws and enacting positive measures.
  2. Ensure equal representation – from company boards to...
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UN Secretary-General's Townhall Meeting with Civil Society

On March 16, 2021, at a virtual Townhall Meeting for civil society as part of CSW65, UN Secretary-General Guterres said that women must be “front and centre” of the pandemic recovery as a matter of economics, efficiency, effectiveness and social resilience. “Male-dominated teams will come up with male-dominated solutions... We cannot go back to the failed man-made policies that have...

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Impacts of COVID-19 on Women in the Asia-Pacific Region

By Cecilia Zhuang, UN Rep, AWC Philippines

On October 23, a webinar was hosted by the NGO Women's Rights & Gender Equality Caucus, Australia and Asia-Pacific Women's Watch (APWW). Four female leaders shared their observations of how COVID-19 has impacted women's livelihoods in the Asia Pacific region.

Yukiko Oda from Japan Women's Watch covered the East Asia region. Despite the...

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Interactive Visualizations on Gender Equality

To create the feeling of interaction during the virtual UN Women Town Hall Meeting with Civil Society (October 19, 2020), the organizers used Mentimeter, an interesting tool which was new to me. Participants were invited to respond to two questions using one word, and the responses were represented graphically. The words which were most often used were displayed larger. This...

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