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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.
  • 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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Access to justice for women and girls: UNDP and UN Women launch the Gender Justice Platform

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

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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. In 14 conflict-affected contexts across Africa and the Middle East, UNDP and UN Women facilitated access to justice services and led advocacy initiatives to support women’s leadership.

The launch of the Gender Justice Platform marks the extension of the scope of the partnership.

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. In 14 conflict-affected contexts across Africa and the Middle East, UNDP and UN Women facilitated access to justice services and led advocacy initiatives to support women’s leadership.

The launch of the Gender Justice Platform marks the extension of the scope of the partnership.

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International IDEA supports a regional campaign on women political participation: 'Her Participation, our future' #مشاركتها_مستقبلنا

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International IDEA supports a regional campaign on women political participation: 'Her Participation, our future' #مشاركتها_مستقبلنا

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International IDEA has made women's participation one of its main axes in improving the inclusiveness of electoral processes in the Arab region.

International IDEA has made women's participation one of its main axes in improving the inclusiveness of electoral processes in the Arab region.

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Diversified approaches to prevent violence against women during elections in the Arab region

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Diversified approaches to prevent violence against women during elections in the Arab region

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International IDEA works to reduce the gap between women's rights as affirmed in the legal texts in the different Arab countries and the low rates of women in decision-making positions.

International IDEA works to reduce the gap between women's rights as affirmed in the legal texts in the different Arab countries and the low rates of women in decision-making positions.

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Threats, vitriol aimed at women in positions of power

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Threats, vitriol aimed at women in positions of power

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was one of the more high-profile targets of political violence when prosecutors say a group of men who were angry about restrictions imposed because of the pandemic plotted to kidnap the Democrat and hold a “trial” accusing her of what they called treason.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was one of the more high-profile targets of political violence when prosecutors say a group of men who were angry about restrictions imposed because of the pandemic plotted to kidnap the Democrat and hold a “trial” accusing her of what they called treason.

Karen Adam MSP: 'Difficult to convince women to stand in council elections'

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March 11, 2022

Karen Adam MSP: 'Difficult to convince women to stand in council elections'

Convincing women to run in the upcoming local elections has been “really difficult”, SNP MSP Karen Adam has said, as she urged women and minorities to take up more leadership roles.

Convincing women to run in the upcoming local elections has been “really difficult”, SNP MSP Karen Adam has said, as she urged women and minorities to take up more leadership roles.

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Senedd must become more family-friendly, politicians say

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Senedd must become more family-friendly, politicians say

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Virtual Senedd meetings should continue long after Covid to make politics accessible to all, a politician with an eight-year-old son has said.

Heledd Fychan said hybrid working in the pandemic meant she could balance the needs of her job and her child.

Virtual Senedd meetings should continue long after Covid to make politics accessible to all, a politician with an eight-year-old son has said.

Heledd Fychan said hybrid working in the pandemic meant she could balance the needs of her job and her child.

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After #MeToo, the female factor shakes up France’s presidential race

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After #MeToo, the female factor shakes up France’s presidential race

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Two women frontrunners seek to unseat Macron as feminist issues move up the agenda.

Two women frontrunners seek to unseat Macron as feminist issues move up the agenda.

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Meaningful inclusion demands constant investment, but female local officials have barely got it

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Meaningful inclusion demands constant investment, but female local officials have barely got it

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The 22 years old Saraswati Nepali is the mom of two kids and lives approximately five hours' drive (and five hours walk) away from the headquarter of Karnali Province, Surkhet—a place that paid the heaviest of prices in the 10 year-long armed conflict from 1996-2006. Her first son is eight years old, and her second son is four and half years old, almost as old as her term of office as a ward member in Shiwalaya Rural Municipality (RM) of Karnali Province.

The 22 years old Saraswati Nepali is the mom of two kids and lives approximately five hours' drive (and five hours walk) away from the headquarter of Karnali Province, Surkhet—a place that paid the heaviest of prices in the 10 year-long armed conflict from 1996-2006. Her first son is eight years old, and her second son is four and half years old, almost as old as her term of office as a ward member in Shiwalaya Rural Municipality (RM) of Karnali Province.