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I am Generation Equality: Lauralyn, marketing communications specialist and advocate for social causes Billions of people across the world stand on the right side of history every day. They speak up, take a stand, mobilize, and take big and small actions to advance women’s rights. This is Generation Equality. Date: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 Lauralyn in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 16 March 2021. Photo: Makissa Smeeton I am Generation Equality because… Three ...

Minister Colm Brophy launches flagship UN report highlighting the importance of women’s bodily autonomy 14th April 2021 - Colm Brophy TD Colm Brophy T.D., Minister of State for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora today launched the UNFPA 2021 State of World Population report. Speaking at the launch, Minister Brophy said: “The ‘My Body is My Own’ report finds that only 55 per cent of women worldwide have the power to make decisions about their own healthcare, contraception,...

Gender Equality in STEM for a better tomorrow UAE Minister of State for Advanced Sciences Sarah bint Yousif Al Amir speaks during an event to mark Hope Probes entering the orbit of Mars, in Dubai. Photo-Arabian Business, July 2020 BEIJING, Apr 6 2021 (IPS) - Women hold up half the sky. Some years ago, Sarah al-Amiri, a young Emirati engineer, had a fixed gaze beyond the sky and towards our galaxy. “Space was a sector that we never dared to dream growing up,” she noted. Fast forward and al...

We’re done talking: the blueprints launched today start work right now Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 [As delivered] Excellencies, distinguished guests, friends, Generation Equality fearless feminists of the world, do you want change? When do you want it? This Forum is deliberately breaking up the ‘old normal’. I want to start by thanking those of us who are joining us in this ‘new normal’. In this Forum, we were joined by at least 10,000 women who registe...

Search CARE Statement: Mexico Generation Equality Forum “To build sustainable, feminist and fair economies, we need to act now on Women’s Economic Justice and Rights”  None  1st Apr 2021 As one of the co-leaders of the Economic Justice and Rights Action Coalition, CARE International has been working alongside fellow leads for several months to identify critical actions needed to advance women’s economic justice and rights. The action plans or “blueprints” were published ...

English News and Press Release on World about Gender, Protection and Human Rights and Epidemic; published on 15 Mar 2021 by UN Women

In her speech at the Town Hall with Civil Society during the 65th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka called on Civil Society to demand bold outcomes, and challenge countries to be decisive about the inclusion of women in public life and everywhere.




United Nations Population Fund Commission on the Status of Women 2021 15 March 2021 - 26 March 2021 UN Web TV After a year of restrictions, it seems fitting that the theme of the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is one of expansion: “Women’s full and effective participation and decision-making in public life, as well as the elimination of violence, for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls”. The annual session of the CSW,...

Setting a global roadmap for achieving full equality at decision-making tables is among the objectives of the 65th session of the UN's Commission on the...

Videoconference, Freetown, Thursday 11 March 2021 –His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has engaged First Lady, Fatima Maada Bio, and other eminent Sierra Leonean women on “Women in Leadership”, in commemoration of International Women’s Day. Mrs Bio said that the women of Sierra Leone were incredibly pleased and grateful for the President’s involvement with their efforts at observing the day in a very special way. She further stated that the level of participation of women in ...