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Vital Voices Global Partnership

Vital Voices Global Partnership is a US-based non-governmental organization (NGO) that identifies, trains, and empowers emerging women leaders and social entrepreneurs around the globe, enabling them to create a better world. They have an international staff and team of over 1,000 partners, pro bono experts and leaders, including senior government, corporate and NGO executives, who […]

WASH, Women and Welfare: Social Protection from a Gender Perspective

About In the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, states committed again to realize the rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, and related rights to social protection and gender equality. Action is urgently needed: 2.4 billion people worldwide lack access to sanitation, resulting in 700,000 children under five dying each year. Women and girls risk […]

Water access and gender

Table of Contents Why does gender matter? Gender vs. sex Gender formed by culture Gender, the environment, and gender mainstreaming Cultural gender norms and water Effect of climate change on women and water Precipitation pattern changes Sea level rise Desertification Glacier melt See also Why does gender matter? Gender vs. sex Gender and sex connote […]

Webinar: presentation of the key findings and recommendations of the SIGI Global Report 2019

Webinar: presentation of the key findings and recommendations of the SIGI Global Report 2019: Transforming Challenges into Opportunities What is new? During this webinar, Gaëlle Ferrant from the OECD Development Centre presented the key findings and recommendations of the SIGI 2019 Global Report: transforming challenges into opportunities. What is SIGI? The OECD Development Centre’s SIGI looks […]

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 […]

What kind of state? What kind of Equality?

Table of Contents 1 Abstract 2 Link to full text 3 Overview 4 Related Progress Initiatives 4.1 Economic and Labour Parity Index 4.2 Institutional Commitment Index 5 References 6 See also 7 External Links Abstract The document “What kind of State? What kind of equality?” analyses the ” progress of gender equality in the region […]

White House Council on Women and Girls

On March 11, 2009, two days after , President Obama signed an executive order creating a White House Council on Women and Girls, to help eliminate discrimination and gender inequality, and ensure that government legislation is gender-sensitive and responds to the needs of women and families. The event was accompanied by a ceremony honouring women […]

Widow

A widow is a woman whose husband has died. A man whose wife has died is a widower. A widow can be especially socially vulnerable in some countries due to the lack of protection of a male figure, and sometimes face significant economic problems as a result. In other societies, widows can carry on her […]

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