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15 strategies helping to close the gender gap around the world

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March 11, 2022

15 strategies helping to close the gender gap around the world

  • Gender equality has suffered since the pandemic began.
  • It will now take an estimated 135.6 years to close the worldwide gender gap between men and women.
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  • Gender equality has suffered since the pandemic began.
  • It will now take an estimated 135.6 years to close the worldwide gender gap between men and women.

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March 11, 2022
Access to justice for women and girls: UNDP and UN Women launch the Gender Justice Platform

On International Women’s Day, UNDP and UN Women launched the Gender Justice Platform to leverage their partnership on gender justice. Since 2020, UN Women and UNDP have joined together to enable access to justice for 42,000 individuals.

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March 10, 2022
International Women's Day: Chinese women continue to face political, socio-economic discriminations

As the world is set to celebrate International Women’s day, Chinese women continue to face political and socio-economic discriminations despite the communist regime’s tall claims of women empowerment. The Covid-19 pandemic has further aggravated the situation.

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March 10, 2022
How feminism became a hot topic in South Korea's presidential election

A furious crowd gathered in central Seoul last month to protest against the policies of a man who isn't even in power.

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Enhancing women's political participation in Africa

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March 10, 2022

Enhancing women's political participation in Africa

Enhancing Women's Political Participation in Africa is a Pan-African gender project on the different facets of Women and Politics in Africa.

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Enhancing Women's Political Participation in Africa is a Pan-African gender project on the different facets of Women and Politics in Africa.

Situation analysis on women's political participation in Africa

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March 10, 2022

Situation analysis on women's political participation in Africa

On the occasion of International Women’s Day 2022, the Women in Political Participation (WPP) project invites you to the webinar Situation Analysis on Women's Political Participation in Africa: #BreakTheBias t

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On the occasion of International Women’s Day 2022, the Women in Political Participation (WPP) project invites you to the webinar Situation Analysis on Women's Political Participation in Africa: #BreakTheBias t

March 10, 2022
UK: Action needed to avoid losing a generation of women and minorities in politics, MPs argue

Action is needed to avoid losing a generation of women and minorities in politics, MPs have argued today.

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March 10, 2022
Papua New Guinea: No reserved seats for women

The plan to have five regional seats reserved for women beginning in the general election this year has been shelved, a senior government official told a parliamentary committee yesterday.

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