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Launch: Case Study Handbook on Gender, Peace and Security
The Office of Military Affairs in the Department of Peace Operations is pleased to announce the launch of the first United Nations Case Study Handbook on Gender, Peace and Security for United Nations Infantry Battalions in Peace Operations and Other Military Personnel.
Audio Languages: English, Original
8 May 2024
Meetings & Events
15th plenary meeting (resumed) - Commission on the Status of Women, Sixty-eighth session (CSW68) - Interactive dialogue
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
21 March 2024
Meetings & Events
The gender pay gap: addressing gender income inequality (CSW68 Side Event)
The Gender Pay Gap: Addressing gendered income inequality. Applying the principle of equal pay for work of equal value in times of crisis and rising poverty.
Audio Languages: English
21 March 2024
Meetings & Events
Launch of the SIGI 2024 SIGI Regional Report for Southeast Asia: Time to care (CSW68 Side Event)
Care systems in Southeast Asia rely heavily on women's unpaid work. But demographic, educational, and economic shifts are increasing the demand for paid care. What does this mean for women in the region - and what challenges lie ahead? This event will explore the care economy's transformative power to accelerate women's economic empowerment, while strengthening Southeast Asia's resilience to external shocks.
Audio Languages: English, Original
18 March 2024
Meetings & Events
9th plenary meeting - Commission on the Status of Women, Sixty-eighth session (CSW68) - Interactive dialogue with youth representatives on the priority theme
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
14 March 2024
Meetings & Events
Dennis Francis (President of the General Assembly) on the Closing the gender gap in education: How to address long-time barriers and emerging challenges in a world of complex crises? (CSW68 Side Event)
Remarks by Mr. Dennis Francis, President of the UN General Assembly, on the Closing the gender gap in education: How to address long-time barriers and emerging challenges in a world of complex crises? (CSW68 Side Event).
Audio Languages: English
12 March 2024
Side Events
Financing the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation (CSW68 Side Event)
This High-Level side event, taking place on the margins of the 68th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), aims to facilitate dialogue and create a rallying call for increasing financing/funding to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). It will also serve to identify necessary actions for increased funding for FGM elimination, foster collaboration, and reaffirm our commitment to ending FGM.
Audio Languages: English, Original
12 March 2024
Human Rights Council
Gender-responsive human rights due diligence - Forum on Business and Human Rights 2023
Day 3 (Room XX) - Gender-responsive human rights due diligence: from inclusion to effective protection - 12th United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights 27 - 29 November 2023
Audio Languages: English, French, Spanish, Original
29 November 2023
Meetings & Events
How Close Are We to Gender Equality? A Snapshot Across the SDGs - Global Policy Dialogue Series
Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2023," published by UN DESA and UN Women, provides a comprehensive analysis of the current state of gender equality across all 17 SDGs. It highlights prevailing trends, gaps, and recent setbacks on the journey to achieving gender equality by 2030. However, the report paints a worrisome picture.
Audio Languages: English, Original
21 November 2023
Meetings & Events
Engaging Men as Allies in Women, Peace and Security
Beyond Engaging Men: Masculinities, (Non)violence, and Peacebuilding
Audio Languages: English, Original
30 October 2023
Meetings & Events
Local Women at the Center: Perspectives on the implementation of the Humanitarian, Development and Peace Nexus in Conflict- and Crisis-Affected Communities
During the twenty-third anniversary of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP), the Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations in New York and the Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action (WPS-HA) Compact, the Women's Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) are holding a panel discussion to amplify the voices and expertise of local women humanitarian, peace and development actors from Kenya, Moldova and
Audio Languages: English, Original
4 October 2023
Meetings & Events
EQUANOMICS Global Learning Lab on Gender Equal Economies
UNDP is launching its first EQUANOMICS Learning Lab towards gender-equal economies. This Learning Lab aims to help the organization reach its ambition towards shifting economic structures that generate and maintain gender inequalities, following its Gender Equality Strategy 2022 – 2025.
Audio Languages: English, Original
2 October 2023