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Webinar: putting a gender lens on leadership in COVID-19 response and recovery
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Webinar: putting a gender lens on leadership in COVID-19 response and recovery
The webinar “Putting a Gender Lens on Leadership in COVID-19 Response and Recovery” is part of UN Women’s efforts to highlight the importance of women’s leadership and
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November 22, 2021
Build back equal: New handbook on gender-responsive legislation
Lawmakers around the world have a new resource to help them address gender inequality with the publication of the new IPU and UN Women Handbook on gender-responsive law making.
New handbook on gender-responsive legislation
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November 22, 2021
New handbook on gender-responsive legislation
This Handbook aims to serve as a resource for lawmakers from around the world for designing gender-responsive laws.
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This Handbook aims to serve as a resource for lawmakers from around the world for designing gender-responsive laws.
In Australia, young women are still being deterred from political careers: it’s time for change
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November 19, 2021
In Australia, young women are still being deterred from political careers: it’s time for change
By Ashleigh Streeter-Jones
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By Ashleigh Streeter-Jones
November 18, 2021
Botswana: women demand new deal in Constitution
Women from across the political spectrum are calling on President Mokgweetsi Eric Masisi to appoint an equal number of women and men to the Constitutional Review Commission.
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Elected to lead: webinar on violence against women in politics
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Elected to lead: webinar on violence against women in politics
ForumCiv, The Hunger Project and WILPF Sweden have joined forces to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, girls and 
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Overrepresentation of men in UN climate process persists
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November 15, 2021
Overrepresentation of men in UN climate process persists
New reports published ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow in November show that decision-making and technical panels under UN Climate Change (known as “constituted bodies”) are increasingly integrating a gender perspective into their work,
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New reports published ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow in November show that decision-making and technical panels under UN Climate Change (known as “constituted bodies”) are increasingly integrating a gender perspective into their work,
Effective, decisive, and inclusive: Women’s leadership in COVID-19 response and recovery
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November 15, 2021
Effective, decisive, and inclusive: Women’s leadership in COVID-19 response and recovery
This working paper is part of UN Women’s research efforts to highlight the importance of women’s leadership and participation in decision-making during the pandemic and beyond.
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This working paper is part of UN Women’s research efforts to highlight the importance of women’s leadership and participation in decision-making during the pandemic and beyond.
Increasing the cost of female representation? The gendered effects of harassment, abuse and intimidation towards Parliamentary candidates in the UK
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November 12, 2021
Increasing the cost of female representation? The gendered effects of harassment, abuse and intimidation towards Parliamentary candidates in the UK
Recently, the issue of harassment and intimidation of women in politics in long-established democracies has become a source of concern.
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Recently, the issue of harassment and intimidation of women in politics in long-established democracies has become a source of concern.