On 6 April next, at 8:30 am (Lisbon time), a high-level conference will be held on the “10th anniversary of signing the Istanbul Convention. The state of play”, organised by the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
This conference is aimed at reviewing the ten years of the Istanbul Convention, analysing the impacts of the pandemic and, in particular, reflecting on the measures and concrete actions needed to ensure that the standards of the Convention are met, in accordance with the EU s fundamental priority of putting an end to all kinds of violence against women and girls and the new EU Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025.
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The Taplow Group – Global Business Report – March 2021
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AFRICA
Africa’s economic outlook continues to brighten. Its real GDP growth, is projected to accelerate to 3.9 percent in 2020 and to 4.1 percent in 2021. Leading the way are six economies among the world’s 10 fastest growers: Rwanda, Ethiopia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Tanzania, and Benin. Growth’s fundamentals are also improving, with a gradual shift from private consumption toward investment and exports. And for the first time in a decade, investment accounted for more than half the continent’s growth, with private consumption accounting for less than one third.
A recent ranking of countries based on the quality of work environment for women placed Japan second to last. One expert says this should come as no surprise and that the country must embrace a more comprehensive understanding of "gender equality."