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24 Oct 2018
Young women scientists at CiLAC Forum 2018
The Latin American and Caribbean Open Science Forum 2018 (CiLAC 2018) was held in Panama City, 22‐24  October 2018. The forum brings together the best scientists and decision makers of the region and  is a platform to offer recommendations for sustainable solutions and mechanisms that support science policies in Latin America and the Caribbean; in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable...
CILAC // Latin America // Caribbean // science forum
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24 Oct 2018
GenderInSITE present Tools for Advancing Gender Equality and Women’s Issues in the New Urban Agenda at CiLAC Forum 2018
GenderInSITE invited two eminent professors and architects to present on the subject of Tools for Advancing Gender Equality and Women’s Issues in the New Urban Agenda, at CiLAC Forum, in Panama City, 22-24 October 2018: Professor Inés Sanchez de Madariaga, UNESCO Chair of Gender Equality Policies in Science, Technology and Innovation and Professor of Urban Planning at the Universidad Politécnica...
urban planning // new urban agenda // Gender mainstreaming // gender lens
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10 Oct 2018
Keep record of girls who drop out of schools due to early marriage
Minister of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Ummy Mwalimu issued the directives in Dar es Salaam yesterday during her keynote speech to officiate a National Dialogue on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), Teenage Pregnancy, and Child Marriage.
child marraige // FGM // Tanzania // teenage pregnancy // statistics
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04 Oct 2018
UNESCO congratulates Donna Strickland, first woman to win Nobel Prize in Physics in 55 years
On 2 October 2018, Canadian Physicist Donna Strickland became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics since Maria Goeppert-Mayer in 1963. Strickland shares the prize with colleages Arthur Ashkin and Gérard Mourou for their groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics. UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay said of this landmark occasion for women in science, “In particular,...
Donna Strickland // UNESCO // Women in Physics // Nobel Prize
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27 Sep 2018
Gender gaps in African agriculture are holding back progress
Gender gaps in agriculture in Africa are holding back progress towards ending hunger and must be urgently addressed, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s Director-General José Graziano da Silva said at a joint event with the African Union (AU) on the margins of the UN General Assembly.
Uganda // development // agriculture // world hunger // FAO // United Nations // gender gap
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25 Sep 2018
Human Development Index Finds Improvements in Well-Being but Wide Inequalities
14 September 2018: The UN Development Programme (UNDP) launched the 2018 Human Development Index (HDI) finding that, on average, people are living longer, are more educated and have greater income. At the same time, however, the HDI reports that “massive differences” remain across the world in people’s well-being. [...] The ‘Gender Development Index’ analyzes gaps in human development between men...
HDI // Gender Development Index // Gender Inequality Index // gender in development // SDGs // SDG 5
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23 Sep 2018
India paints a mixed picture on gender equality: UN report
A sustainable development goal gender index to track progress for girls and women and to measure gender equality across the issues covered in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was launched earlier this week in New York. The index aims to help women across sectors measure progress on the gender equality aspects of the SDGs and to use data, stories and evidence to hold...
India // SDGs // SDG 5 // SDG 17 // SDG 2 // UN report // Equal Measures 2030
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21 Sep 2018
FAO calls for urgent action to mainstream gender in agriculture policy in Sri Lanka
An extensive gender gap in the food and agriculture sector prevails in Sri Lanka despite women constituting a significant portion of the agricultural labour force, according to the Country Gender Assessment of the Agriculture and Rural Sector in Sri Lanka released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
sri lanka // Gender // agriculture // women in agriculture
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20 Sep 2018
Best Practices in Accelerating Access to Household Energy: A Collection of Evidence from wPOWER Partners
We are pleased to share with you the release of the report on “Best Practices in Accelerating Access to Household Energy: A Collection of Evidence from wPOWER Partners” by the...
power // energy // pollution
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17 Sep 2018
Integrating gender in the mitigation of climate change
The Focal Point of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change for Liberia at the EPA says the issue of climate change continues to be one of the major threats to development.
Liberia // climate change // UN Development Programme