Partner spotlight: Canada

Date: Friday, July 10, 2020

Canada and UN Women share an important commitment to gender equality. Some of the common goals and objectives of both partners are women’s economic and political participation, prevention of violence against women and girls, and engaging women in all aspects of peace and security processes.

Partner spotlight: Australia

Date: Friday, July 10, 2020

The Government of Australia has been a longstanding champion of gender equality working at domestic and international levels for the rights of women and girls. As UN Women’s largest funding partner in the Pacific, Australia supports a range of initiatives to enhance women’s economic empowerment, strengthen women’s leadership, and address high rates of violence against women in the region.

In Nepal, a woman-managed quarantine centre tends to women’s unique needs and recovery

Date: Thursday, July 9, 2020

Across the globe, many migrants have been waiting to reunite with their families in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and travel restrictions to prevent its spread.

Spotlight on gender, COVID-19 and the SDGs: Will the pandemic derail hard-won progress on gender equality?

Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Health emergencies such as COVID-19, and the response to them, can exacerbate gender inequality and derail hard-won progress not only on SDG 3 but on all the SDGs. This paper draws insights from emerging data and shines a spotlight on the long-term impact of the crisis on the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The paper concludes by outlining policy priorities drawn from the evidence presented.

Multi-stakeholder hearing: Accelerating the realization of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls

Date: 21 July 2020

Location: Online

SDGs after COVID-19: Actions for a gender-responsive recovery

Date: 08 July 2020

Location: Online

Fund for Gender Equality annual report 2019–2020

Date: Monday, July 6, 2020

Supported by photos, data, infographics, and individual impact stories, the annual report highlights key achievements of the 18 active projects in 2019. It offers a snapshot of the impact the global pandemic caused by COVID-19 on grantees and the populations they serve, and the ways they are responding to it. Finally, it presents the results from its latest efforts to accelerate progress by fostering innovation and peer learning.

Despite compounding challenges, women in Iraq play vital roles in the country’s COVID-19 response

Date: Monday, July 6, 2020

Despite the unprecedented challenges, Iraqi women are playing vital roles in the country’s COVID-19 response, serving as leaders, health and social workers, and responders to domestic and gender-based violence.

Op-ed: The role of digitalization in the Decade of Action

Date: Monday, July 6, 2020

In an op-ed on the role of digitalization in the decade of action, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka addresses the role of digitalization in achieving the SDGs, and the importance of technology and innovation to achieving gender equality and inclusive development has never been clearer nor more urgent.

Call for Proposal to assess organizational performance, develop capacity building plans and community-based business projects

Date: Friday, July 3, 2020

UNW-ECA-KGZ-CFP-2020-001 is announced to invite CSOs to assess the performance of two cooperatives and two producer associations and develop recommendations and phase-out action plan based on the assessment results in order to guide the implementing UN agencies in making appropriate interventions for improvement of POs' performance and identification of the necessary actions for the phase-out stage of the Programme, and provide specialized trainings for business-projects by SHGs associated with POs.

Op-ed: Put women at the centre of Syria crisis response

Date: Thursday, July 2, 2020

By UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and UNFPA Executive Director Natalia Kanem, on the occasion of the Brussels IV Syria Conference

UN Women turns 10, placing women’s rights, priorities and voices centre-stage

Date: Thursday, July 2, 2020

In a statement on the anniversary of UN Women's creation, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka says , the human rights of women and girls have more prominence, universality and more urgency than ever before.

Webinar: Sexual harassment during the COVID-19 pandemic: Health, care and domestic work

Date: 07 July 2020

Location: Online

Decision tree: Data collection on violence against women and COVID-19

Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2020

This decision tree guides data collectors through the various considerations, viable options, and alternative data sources for obtaining information without jeopardizing participants’ safety or the data’s integrity. In doing so, it aims to identify data sources and methodologies that are useful for strengthening services and referral pathways for women experiencing violence during COVID-19.

Announcement of the Global Leaders of the Generation Equality Action Coalitions to accelerate gender equality

Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Leaders from Member States, civil society, women’s rights organizations, international organizations, UN agencies, philanthropic entities, youth-led organizations, and the private sector come together to deliver game-changing results for women and girls.