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English News and Press Release on World about Protection and Human Rights and Epidemic; published on 08 Mar 2021 by IRC

Date Time Achieving an equal future for women in Asia and Pacific in post-COVID-19 era A dialogue among women leaders in the Asia-Pacific region to mark International Women’s Day (IWD) 2021 highlighted the need for Governments to continue their efforts to promote and ensure equal participation and representation of women in decision-making in the region. Held under the IWD 2021 theme, ‘Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world,’ the event organized by the United N...

Date: Monday, March 8, 2021 Today on 8 March 2021, we celebrate International Women’s Day. One year ago, we invited thousands of people to join us in July 2020 for the Generation Equality Forum, the most significant convening for gender equality since the Fourth World Conference on Women held in 1995 in Beijing, China. Since last year, the COVID-19 pandemic has further deepened gender inequalities, impacting women disproportionately, as they have been on the frontlines of the resp...

Date: Monday, March 8, 2021 Throughout the month of March, a variety of private sector companies are partnering with UN Women to support International Women’s Day and further amplify the Generation Equality campaign. In response to annual calls from the private sector as to how they can do more for women and girls, these companies will be sharing their expertise, platforms and audiences to spread the message of gender equality and how we can all do our part. Click here to donate m...

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka: “Never forget to lift others up as you climb” UN Women - Elma Okic On International Women’s Day, the IOC speaks to Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, who became the first female Deputy President of South Africa and is now the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Executive Director of UN Women. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has spent her life fighting inequality. She grew up in Durban, South Africa, during apartheid. Dissatisfaction with the...

International Women’s Day Press release: UN Women data reveals women’s leadership is far from equal and under threat by the pandemic; sharpens imperative for the 2021 Generation Equality Forum Activists, celebrities and world leaders around the world commemorate International Women’s Day Date: Monday, March 8, 2021 (New York, 8 March) – UN Women is intensifying its preparations for the 2021 Generation Equality Forum amidst a back-drop that shows wome...

Share New Delhi: Union Minister of Education Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ addressed the Webinar on Women in Leadership: Achieving an equal future in a Covid-19 world, organized today on the occasion of International Women’s Day. The Webinar was conducted by the University Grants Commission (UGC) in association with Ministry of Education. Shri Sanjay Dhotre, MoS, Education, Secretary Higher Education Shri Amit Khare, Secretary School Education and Literacy Smt. Anita Karwal, Prof. D P S...

In her remarks at the United Nations commemoration of International Women's Day, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said: "we stand at a crossroads as we ponder the recovery from a pandemic that has had a disproportionate impact on women and girls. We also face the challenge of the underrepresentation of women in key institutions, some of which will be responsible for the recovery".

Mar 8, 2021 Not only is March Women’s History Month, today (March 8th) is International Women’s Day, a day to celebrate women’s achievements around the world. Things will look a little different this year as the events will be happening online rather than in person, but that just means there are more for you to take part in. These are some of the virtual events celebrating International Women’s Day that you can enjoy safely from the comfort of home. United Nations’ Observance of Inter...

COUNTERPOINT By Femi Akintunde-Johnson This piece was inspired by my mother…a woman whose mastery of the English Language was no more than adequate to communicate with her diverse customers at her petty-trading shop in Iponri, Lagos. My mother was tough, hardworking, thrifty and distrustful of haughty, loudmouthed smooth talkers. She would not condone my truancy or flippancy, and was not afraid to tell any of her children off if they were in the wrong – even in their individual matrimonial ...