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Women Leaders and the Global Transformation Summit

Concept note In the context of the adoption of the new United Nations Sustainable Development goals and the historic Paris Climate Agreement at COP21, both followed by the perspective of COP22 in Marrakech, the Kingdom of Morocco is convening a worldwide summit on Women Leaders and Global Transformation needed to bring humanity on a low […]

Women, Business and the Law 2016

Table of Contents 1 About Women, Business and the Law 2 Getting to Equal 3 Economies Covered in Women, Business and the Law 2016 4  Data Expansion 5  Online Gender Database 6  More Gender Data About Women, Business and the Law Though legal gender parity has improved around the world, major differences persist. Many laws and regulations continue to prevent […]

Webinar: understanding the High Level Panel’s first report on women’s economic empowerment

What On Tuesday 27 September (time TBC), ODI’s Development Progress project will host a webinar on the first report to the UN Secretary General by the High Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment. For those who haven’t had the chance to take a deep dive into the report, the webinar will provide a synthesis of […]

MenCare webinar on men, equality, and unpaid care

What In no country in the world are men doing as much childcare or domestic work as women are. Globally, women are spending more than twice as much time as men on unpaid care work. These unequal care responsibilities are a barrier to gender equality, to economic opportunities and development, and to the full realization […]

Online Discussion on proposed indicators for data collection on femicide, rape and intimate partner violence

What The online discussion is organised in the context of EIGE’s Study on terminology and indicators used in data collection on femicide, rape and intimate partner violence carried out by the contractor Milieu Ltd. The study aims to address the lack of comparable and reliable EU-wide data on violence against women. If you have expertise […]

Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)

Women’s under-representation in STEM Despite the significant gains made by women in higher education in the past decades, there is still a gender gap when it comes to the fields that men and women choose to study (OECD, 2015). While women now represent 58 % of university graduates in OECD countries, they are significantly under-represented […]

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Day of the African Child 2016

June 16 is the annual Day of the African Child (DAC). The theme of this year’s celebration is “ Conflict and Crisis in Africa: Protecting all Children’s Rights” .  In line with the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) Continental Study on the impact of armed conflict on children is […]

Public hearing at the European Parliament: The importance of fisheries for women in third countries

This event is organized by the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries, in collaboration with the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality. The hearing aims at emphasising the importance of fisheries for women in third countries and the special role they can play in different socio-economic situations. The first panel will explore the current situation and […]

Wikigender University: American University of Paris

In collaboration with   Table of Contents 1 Background 2 American University of Paris 2010 contributions 3 Student author profiles 4 Student author contributions: 5 American University of Paris 2011 contributions 6 Student author profiles 7 Student author contributions: 8 Author Comments on the Programme 9 See also 10 External links Background Wikigender University aims […]

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