Publication Date March 1, 2021 The risk of violence against women and girls (VAWG) increases during crises.and the COVID-19 pandemic is no exception. Women and girls, particularly those in vulnerable groups, are believed to be experiencing higher exposure to violence since the onset of COVID-19, but little data have been available to demonstrate this due to social distancing measures and the methodological, ethical, and safety challenges presented by remote (non-face-to-face) surveys. Thus, UN Women partnered with Quilt.AI and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to conduct analysis of big data in eight Asian countries on the frequency of social media posts and online searches about violence against women and girls (VAWG) and VAWG-related help-seeking compared to pre-COVID-19 times. In addition, with the goal of creating actionable recommendations, they sought to understand whether response organisations are more proactively promoting content about
Thursday, 18 March 2021, 10:33 am | Barefoot for a Future A Paeroa duo are planning to walk over 100km in just five days, completing two of
New Zealand’s Great Walks - barefoot. Vini Williams and Jack Keeys are scheduled
to start the Abel Tasman great walk on the 16th of April completing what is usually . More
Thursday, 18 March 2021, 10:15 am | Economic Development Science and Innovation The Chairperson of the Economic Development, Science and Innovation Committee has
called for submissions on the Commerce Amendment Bill. The bill would amend the Commerce
Act 1986. It would explicitly prohibit those who have substantial market power from . More
Thursday, 4 June 2020, 4:41 pm | Economic Development Science and Innovation This bill proposes to provide for enhanced information disclosure requirements for
the gas market and to ensure that settings around enforcement and penalties are suitably
robust. The Gas (Information Disclosure and Penalties) Amendment Bill would do this . More
Friday, 6 July 2018, 5:19 pm | Economic Development Science and Innovation
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Following the system-wide power outage that occurred on the Darwin-Katherine grid on 18 November 2020, Power and Water conducted a comprehensive and independent investigation as required under the System Control Technical Code and provided their final report to the Utilities Commission. This major power disruption incident affected over 49,000 Territorians, for up to around four hours.
Today, the findings of this investigation have been released.
The investigation outlines key recommendations to prevent similar incidents occurring in the future. A number of actions have been completed and others are underway in order to implement the recommendations. All actions are expected to be completed by August 2021, and Power and Water will provide regular updates to the Minister until all actions are finalised.
Nachipo) The factors contributing to vaccine hesitancy in the two countries are multifaceted and thus require equally complex strategies to be addressed. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in additional pressure to already-strained health systems; thus, vaccination has been an eagerly anticipated tool in the response. South Africa and Zimbabwe received their first deliveries of the vaccine in February 2021. Approximately 65-80% of each country s population has to be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity. However, several communities in Africa have always resisted vaccines, and surveys have reported concerns and doubts specific to the COVID-19 vaccine. This article unpacks the threat of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in South Africa and Zimbabwe, while also offering recommendations for COVID-19 vaccine communication strategies in these contexts.