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Gender in the Media: October 2020

The media review presents every month a selection of articles from different media sources on “gender and development” issues. The list of articles is regularly updated during the month. October 1-14 October COVID-19 underscores need to deliver on promise of landmark women’s rights conference – UN News Women are just as capable as men in computing skills […]

Gender and COVID-19 Resources and Publications in English

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, numerous publications have shed new light on the gendered dynamics of the crisis. Below is a list of publications and resources with links that, while not exhaustive, can serve as a means to share emerging research as the situation unfolds. Women at the core of the fight against COVID-19 crisis […]

Gender in the Media: September 2020

The media review presents every month a selection of articles from different media sources on “gender and development” issues. The list of articles is regularly updated during the month. September 1-14 September Generations of progress for women and girls could be lost to COVID pandemic, UN chief warns – UN News Coronavirus rolling back decades of ‘fragile […]

Gender in the Media: August 2020

The media review presents every month a selection of articles from different media sources on “gender and development” issues. The list of articles is regularly updated during the month. August 1-14 August Men must play a constructive role to achieve gender equality – Independent Australia The ‘female’ brain: why damaging myths about women and science keep coming […]

Gender in the Media: July 2020

The media review presents every month a selection of articles from different media sources on “gender and development” issues. The list of articles is regularly updated during the month. July 2020 1-14 July COVID-19 is the biggest setback to gender equality in a decade – World Economic Forum Women with high blood pressure during pregnancy may develop […]

COVID-19’s Impact on Gender Equality & the SDGs

Table of Contents: Introduction Implications for the SDGs with a focus on women and girls Implications for SDG 5 specifically Additional Resources from OECD on COVID-19 References Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic poses a severe threat to the achievement of gender-related SDGs and jeopardises some of the improvements observed since 2015 related to gender equality and […]

Gender in the Media: June 2020

The media review presents every month a selection of articles from different media sources on “gender and development” issues. The list of articles is regularly updated during the month. June 2020 1-14 June ‘Men don’t trust we’re strong enough’: Somali women push into fish industry – The Guardian Historic Wins for Women of Color as Nation Protests […]

The World’s Women 2010: Trends and Statistics

Table of Contents 1 Background 2 Executive summary 2.1 Population and families 2.2 Health 2.3 Education 2.4 Work 2.5 Power and decision-making 2.6 Violence against women 2.7 Environment 2.8 Poverty 3 See also 4 References Background The World’s Women 2010: Trends and Statistics is the fifth issue of The World’s Women and was produced by the […]

Progress of the World’s Women: 2008/2009

Excerpt from Progress of the World’s Women 2008/2009: Who Answers to Whom?(UNIFEM): This volume of Progress of the World’s Women asks the question “Who answers to women?” at a pivotal moment. The (MDGs) agreed to in 2000 contain a commitment to achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment, including indicators and concrete targets related to girls’ […]

Michelle Bachelet

Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria (b. 1951) is politician who was President of Chile from 11 March 2006 to 11 March 2010 —the first woman president in the ‘s history. Bachelet was appointed as the head of by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on September 14, 2010. She took up the post on September 19, 2010.   […]

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