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GENDER EQUALITY
Meetings & Events
Rule of Law Trailblazers Ceremony
The Trailblazer Award recognizes the outstanding contributions of women justice and corrections officers deployed as government-provided personnel to United Nations peace operations and challenges gender stereotypes and gender-related barriers by showcasing their achievements.
Audio Languages: English, Original
7 May 2024
Side Events
Localizing the SDGs: Women in Local Governance in India Lead the Way (CPD57 Side Event)
Side event highlighting the role and potential of Panchayat Raj Institutions (PRIs) in accelerating the achievement of gender equality and women's empowerment.
Audio Languages: English, Original
3 May 2024
News Stories
Fatma Al Nuaimi: Qatar World Cup Communications Lead on gender equality | United Nations
Fatma Al Nuaimi, Communications Executive Director, Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy of the State of Qatar, highlights gender-inclusive initiatives around the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Al Nuaimi engaged with elite athletes and other leaders in the sport industry in the United Nations celebration of the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace to discuss sustainability efforts around the World Cup and other mega sporting events.
Audio Languages: English, Original
22 April 2024
Media Stakeouts
Francesca Gatt (Malta/Security Council President) & Marcela Sanchez (Colombia Diversa) on the situation in Colombia - Security Council Media Stakeout
Comments to the media by Francesca Gatt, Deputy Permanent Representative of Malta to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of April, and Marcela Sanchez, Executive Director of Colombia Diversa, on the situation in Colombia.
Audio Languages: English, Spanish, Original
9 April 2024
Meetings & Events
1) 17th plenary meeting (resumed) - Commission on the Status of Women, Sixty-eighth session (CSW68) Action and closing of CSW68. 2) 1st plenary meeting - Commission on the Status of Women, Sixty-ninth session (CSW69)
The sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place from 11 to 22 March 2024 under the theme "Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective". Review theme: Social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.
Audio Languages: English, Original, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish
27 March 2024
Features
Breaking Barriers, Building Peace
"Breaking Barriers, Building Peace" is a landmark advocacy campaign on gender equality and women's participation in national security and defence sectors.
Audio Languages: English, Original
25 March 2024
Features
Canada: Changing the culture of masculine security institutions
In order to identify and remove barriers that may prevent women from contributing their full potential to the country's protection efforts, Canada established the Chief of Professional Conduct and Culture in April 2021. Led by a three-star General, the new structure seeks to nurture an inclusive culture across the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces.
Audio Languages: English, French, Original
25 March 2024
Features
Central African Republic: Colonel Yangongo inspires Central African women and men
Meet Colonel Ghislaine Léa Yangongo, Secretary General of the Superior Council of the Military Condition in the Central African Army. Despite the challenges she has faced to climb the ladder in a highly patriarchal institution, the first-ever woman officer to graduate from military school in her country has paved the way for younger women to follow non-traditional career paths and promote inclusivity.
Audio Languages: English, French, Original
25 March 2024
Features
Uruguay: Caretaking support helps promote women's participation in armed forces
With United Nations support, Uruguay works to reduce the barriers that household constraints and gender roles place on women and impact their ability to participate in security and defence institutions. Providing integrated childcare systems or granting scholarships to single-parent households to pay for childcare in case of peacekeeping deployment are some of the measures aimed at making the Uruguayan Armed Forces more inclusive and effective.
Audio Languages: English, Spanish, Original
25 March 2024
Features
Ghana: Women in the military break the glass ceiling
As far back as 1958, the year the first female officer joined the Ghana Armed Forces a year after the country's independence, the number of uniformed women has grown exponentially. Lately, Ghana has sought to promote women in leadership and military operations, creating opportunities for more women to thrive in all branches of the Army and as UN peacekeepers.
Audio Languages: English, Original
25 March 2024
Features
South Sudan: Women come together to protect their communities
The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) collaborates closely with local women leaders and their communities, prioritizing their involvement in decisions regarding their protection. In regions where security and defense forces are scarce, locally established Women's Protection Teams serve as early warning systems, enabling victims of sexual and gender-based violence to identify avenues for assistance and support.
Audio Languages: English, Original
25 March 2024
Meetings & Events
16th plenary meeting - Commission on the Status of Women, Sixty-eighth session (CSW68)
The sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place from 11 to 22 March 2024 under the theme "Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective". Review theme: Social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.
Audio Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish, Original
22 March 2024