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- 75th session of the UN General Assembly
- International Youth Day
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- Generation Equality Action Pack, March 2020
- Generation Equality action pack, January 2020
- Generation Equality action pack, December 2019
- Generation Equality action pack, October 2019
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- CSW61
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Across the Pacific, crisis centres respond to COVID-19 amid natural disasters
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Gender-based violence crisis centres from six countries in the Pacific have faced not only the COVID-19 crisis, but also in some countries, the dual impact of a tropical cyclone. UN Women’s Ending Violence Against Women and Girls programme, through the Pacific Partnership, works in close collaboration with government, civil society organisations, communities and other partners to promote gender equality, prevent violence against women and girls, and increase access to quality response services for survivors, especially during emergencies.
Law for women’s protection passes with unanimous support in Tonga
Thursday, September 19, 2013
A new Family Protection Bill for the Pacific island becomes reality through critical lobbying and advocacy by partners and a grantee of the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women.