Gender

Dear Gender community, here is this week's selection of news:

Gender equality in European homes: Survey shows it's a long way off (Euronews, September 23, 2023)
> As a new poll has revealed housework and childcare in the UK remains unequally split between men and women - and the picture is often bleaker across Europe.
https://www.euronews.com/2023/09/23/gender-equality-in-european-homes-s…

IOC and UN Women sign new agreement to advance gender equality in and through sport (International Olympics Committee, September 19, 2023)
> The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has renewed its partnership with UN Women, underlining each organisation’s commitment to using sport to promote gender equality and to empower women and girls.
https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-and-un-women-sign-new-agreement-to-ad…

Why menopause education is essential for both women and healthcare professionals (World Economic Forum, September 25, 2023)
> Many medical professionals lack adequate education on menopause, leaving them ill-prepared to guide women through this transitional, important phase.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/09/menopausal-women-doctors-symptom…

French-speaking cantons sign gender equality charter (Swissinfo, September 15, 2023)
> Switzerland’s French-speaking cantons on Friday signed in Lausanne a charter aimed at strengthening inter-cantonal cooperation on gender equality.
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/french-speaking-cantons-sign-gend…

Not your typical boys’ club: Mozambique’s school meetings engage students against gender-based violence (World Bank, September 18, 2023)
> Gender-based violence is a pervasive problem for women and girls in Mozambique, the risk of which starts early in life. In 2016, nearly half of all 15-year-old girls reported having already been subjected to domestic, sexual or emotional violence by their partners. 
https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/opinion/2021/03/08/time-for-bold-acti….

REPORT: Generation Equality Accountability Report 2023 (UN Women, via ReliefWeb, September 18, 2023)
> Halfway through the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the world is failing to achieve gender equality, making it an increasingly distant goal.
https://reliefweb.int/report/world/generation-equality-accountability-r…

Dear Gender community, here you go:

An interesting online course:
New online course: How data can help to end violence against women
> This course is aimed at public servants and policy makers on how to use data to end violence against women is now available, launched by the WHO-UN Women Joint Programme on Violence Against Women Data and Measurement, in collaboration with Apolitical and the UN Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP).
https://www.who.int/news/item/28-08-2023-new-online-course--how-data-ca…

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‘We Advocated for Women’s Movements to be at the Table’ (Health Policy Watch, August 16, 2023)
> How does the past tie into current health policy? At a time when women’s health and reproductive rights are being debated globally, it is important to examine how historic policies impact the world today.
https://healthpolicy-watch.news/we-advocated-for-womens-movements-to-be…

In focus: Localizing humanitarian action with women at the forefront (UN Women, August 17, 2023)
> With their access to, bonds with and legitimacy among affected people – as well as their deep understanding of the areas in which they work – local actors, including women, are often first responders to humanitarian needs. UN Women has been working across its triple mandate to strengthen localization and facilitate the inclusion and participation of local women’s organizations in the planning and implementation of crisis response.
https://eca.unwomen.org/en/stories/in-focus/2023/08/in-focus-localizing…

Dear Gender group, here is this week’s news selection:

Keep pressuring Taliban amid ‘unparalleled assault’ on women’s rights (UN News, August 15, 2023)
> The head of the UN agency that champions gender equality on Tuesday urged the international community to continue pressing for change in Afghanistan, accusing the Taliban of imposing “the most comprehensive, systematic, and unparalleled assault on the rights of women and girls” across the country.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/08/1139757

‘We Advocated for Women’s Movements to be at the Table’ (Health Policy Watch, August 16, 2023)
> How does the past tie into current health policy? At a time when women’s health and reproductive rights are being debated globally, it is important to examine how historic policies impact the world today.
https://healthpolicy-watch.news/we-advocated-for-womens-movements-to-be…

Afghan girls' voices for education echo loudly through new global campaign (UN News, August 15, 2023)
> The UN fund that ensures children can continue learning during emergencies and protracted crises, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), launched a campaign on Tuesday to elevate the voices of young Afghan girls deprived of their basic right to education.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/08/1139737

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Addressing Gender Inequalities in Countries Affected by Fragility, Conflict, and Violence: An Evaluation of the World Bank Group’s Support (Relief Web, August 13, 2023)
> Conflict and fragility increase the exposure of women and girls to gender-based violence (GBV) and make it more difficult for them to access social services, including sexual and reproductive health services. The evaluation analyzes the factors that enable and constrain meaningful and lasting results in addressing gender inequalities in FCV contexts and offers four recommendations to inform future Bank Group support.
https://reliefweb.int/report/burkina-faso/addressing-gender-inequalitie…

International Youth Day: Battling the stigmatization of teen pregnancy in Thailand (UN News, August 11, 2023)
> Young mothers in Thailand are receiving support to overcome the challenges they face in a country where teenage pregnancy is still taboo.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/08/1139602

Haiti: ‘Unimaginable violence’ against women, children, reports UNICEF (UN News, August 7, 2023)
> Persistent violence in Haiti remains a significant concern for the safety and welfare of its most vulnerable citizens, especially women and children, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday, citing reports of an “alarming spike” in kidnapping and other crimes.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/08/1139487

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Nurturing future generations through breastfeeding (UN News, August 4, 2023)
> Christine, her son, and her mother are among 100,000 refugees, mostly women and children, living in a camp in northwestern Uganda, served by the World Food Programme and its partners, which are providing critical assistance to breastfeeding mothers.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/08/1139452

‘Women Deliver’: Protecting Safe Spaces as Attacks on Gender Equality Increase (Health Policy Watch, August 3, 2023)
> The Women Deliver conference is one of the world’s largest gatherings on gender equity and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). This year, amidst a global backlash against the rights of women and people of diverse genders, the meeting was held for the first time in Africa in Rwanda from 17-20 July. More than 6,300 women’s rights activists, feminists, and policymakers from 170 countries attended.
https://healthpolicy-watch.news/women-deliver-protecting-safe-spaces/

‘Let’s make breastfeeding at work, work’, urge UN agencies (UN News, August 1, 2023)
> United Nations agencies on Tuesday kicked off World Breastfeeding Week, emphasizing the need for greater breastfeeding support across all workplaces.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/08/1139337

Dear Gender Community, here is this week’s press review:

Empowering women through social protection: UN rights office (UN News, July 21, 2023)
> Access to social protection is a fundamental human right, yet a recent UN human rights report shows that numerous women and girls worldwide are still unable to access provisions such as social security payments and pensions.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/07/1138997

Gender inequality in sport: The challenges facing female athletes (Euronews, July 30, 2023)
> As the FIFA Women's World Cup kicked off last week, women's football finds itself at the centre of the world stage. Despite the progress made in women's sports, major challenges remain, particularly in terms of equal pay, visibility and training conditions.
https://www.euronews.com/2023/07/27/gender-inequality-in-sport-the-chal… ​​

UNHCR urges solidarity with Burkina Faso’s victims of extremist violence (UN News, July 28, 2023)
> Civilians fleeing attacks by extremist groups in Burkina Faso must be allowed to shelter in neighbouring countries and not sent back, amid a spike in violence and horrifying rights abuses, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/07/1139222

Dear Gender community, here is this week’s news selection:

New WHO and UN-wide System to Aid Victims of Sexual Exploitation Needed, says Independent Investigator (Health Policy Watch, July 7, 2023)
> The World Health Organiztion (WHO) has been far too slow in providing financial, psychological and legal assistance to victims of sexual assault and exploitation committed by its staff in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during the 2018-2020 Ebola response, a veteran international investigator said at a WHO press conference on Friday.
https://healthpolicy-watch.news/new-who-un-standard-to-aid-victims-of-s…

In Nigeria, UN deputy chief and Malala champion girls’ right to education (UN News, July 12, 2023)
> More than 120 million girls are out of school and the world must do more to ensure they can get an education, Nobel laureate and UN Messenger of Peace Malala Yousafzai said in Abuja, Nigeria on Wednesday, her 26th birthday. 
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/07/1138617

Scourge of racism haunts Black women and girls seeking healthcare (UN News, July 12, 2023)
> Women and girls of African descent face a “systemic and historical pattern” of racial abuse in the health sector in countries across the world, leaving them at increased risk of death during childbirth, the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency said on Wednesday.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/07/1138592

Dear Community, here is this week’s press review:

UN voices ‘shock and condemnation’ as gender-based violence soars across Sudan (UN News, July 5, 2023)
> The UN’s top humanitarian officials on Wednesday voiced shock and condemnation over increasing reports of gender-based violence in Sudan as the military power struggle there continues.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/07/1138392

Women and girls bear brunt of global water and sanitation crisis (UN News, July 6, 2023)
> Women and girls are primarily responsible for water collection in seven out of 10 households that lack supply, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a new report published on Thursday.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/07/1138407