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09 Mar 2017
Living Planet: Climate change worse for women
According to the United Nations, climate change further exacerbates existing gender inequalities. DW talks to Sonya Ayed-Karlsson, a climate ...
climate change
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09 Mar 2017
Sancti Spiritus Implements Gender Strategy in Agriculture (+photos)
In Sancti Spiritus, central Cuba, a gender strategy is being implemented as part of the Ministry of Agriculture's policy to promote both equality and ...
agriculture // gender strategy // Cuba
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05 Feb 2017
Dairy Development and Women Empowerment workshop held
Dairy Development and Women Empowerment workshop held ... National Forum, Oxfam in Bangladesh and Human Development Research Centre ...
Bangladesh // dairy farming // Oxfam // Human Development Research Centre
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02 Feb 2017
AMET sets up Gender Equality and Development Unit
The director of the Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) General Frener Bello Arias, has set up a Gender Equality and Development Unit, in a ...
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17 Jan 2017
Placing Pacific women at the forefront of disaster planning and response
As the Pacific braces itself for another cyclone season, UN Women is leading efforts to ensure that women and girls are at the centre of disaster preparedness, response and recovery work.
UN Women // disaster risk reduction // climate change
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17 Jan 2017
What does it take to be a gender expert in development?
To better target programs and distribute aid most effectively, gender experts have become sought after in the development sector. But they weren't ...
gender in development // international development // Gender mainstreaming
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17 Jan 2017
At Cape Town Forum, UN Women and partners seek ways to close gender data gaps
Ms. Sen said that when the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted in September 2015, UN Women, formally known as the UN Entity ...
gender data
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17 Jan 2017
A Closer Look at the Gender Gap in Smart Home Efficiency
Most industries feature a gender gap of some kind, and smart-home ... We know that smart-home tech promises ways to increase energy efficiency in ...
Energy Collective // energy // technology for women // gendered innovations
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30 Nov 2016
Transforming energy system and gender role and relations are interconnected
Inaugural lecture dr. Joy Clancy The effects of the energy transition have been addressed in numerous ways. The political and economic effects are under a magnifying glass, as the impacts are considered to be huge for the coming decades. But what is the relation between energy transition and gender equality? Dr. Joy Clancy, who held her inaugural lecture on Thursday 24 November, addresses the...
energy
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27 Nov 2016
Phillippines' DOE prepares students towards gender-sensitive energy sector
The DOE will continue its gender and development advocacy to eradicate misconceptions and straighten out perceived labels of several occupations ...
energy // the Philippines