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On International Women's Day, PBS NewsHour is taking a closer look at the state of women and girls worldwide. Join us at Noon ET on Tuesday, March 8, as PBS NewsHour's Digital Anchor Nicole Ellis speaks with Michelle Millford Morse, the U.N. Foundation’s Vice President for Girls and Women Strategy, on the agency's latest report profiling ...

Building on decades of experience working alongside governments, civil society and women and girls on the ground, UN Women’s Strategic Plan 2022-2025 is a bold plan of action to accelerate the advancement of gender equality. The Strategic Plan 2022–2025 will guide UN Women for the next four years—with an eye toward the 2030 deadline to ...

In partnership with HeForShe Champion HCLTech, this high-level panel will revisit the gendered impacts of innovation and technology, and bring together high-level government representatives, experts and business leaders in conversation on solutions. Speakers: Jill Kouri, Chief Marketing Officer, HCL Tech Kate Behncken, Corporate Vice President ...

NGOs are a major lever for drawing attention to the challenges of gender inequality in education, either through advocacy or activities that serve marginalized groups. The perennial challenge is the sustainability of their interventions, whose unit costs are well above what governments can afford and whose supervision capacity cannot be replicated.

In this Global Citizen guide to global issues, find out more about female empowerment and gender inequality. Girls and women are essential to building healthier, better-educated and sustainable communities, yet they’re too often afflicted with some of the harshest aspects of poverty. Watch more Global Citizen guides to global issues: https ...

The World Bank Group Gender Strategy 2024-30, developed through extensive consultations with stakeholders, focuses on concerted action, financing, and programs at scale to end gender-based violence and elevate human capital, expand economic opportunities, and engage women as leaders.

The pandemic has threatened the reversal of progress towards gender equality. But around the world, women’s movements are continuing to strive for a world where gender equality is a reality for everyone, everywhere . We can’t move forward when half the world is held back - here’s what needs to happen to get the World’s To-Do List for ...

The UN launched a bold new action agenda to boost rights and achieve gender equality at a high-level event on the sidelines of the ongoing Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) session at UN Headquarters in New York on Wednesday.

Progress is being made in closing the gender gap, but there is still work to be done. Here are some of the strategies being used around the world.

Working towards gender equality globally is vital to tackling hunger, poverty as well as creating a sustainable, prosperous and peaceful world. Find out more about gender inequalities in this video for young people, teachers and youth leaders. So, how can you help? You can help bring tangible and lasting change to people already experiencing ...

The Global Platform aims to drive transformative leadership, accountability, innovation, data and financing to advance gender equality and girls’ and women’s empowerment in and through education.

António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General will deliver a major policy speech on gender equality, titled “Women and Power.” The speech highlights areas where the power balance needs to shift, such as in political representation, inclusive economies, the digital divide, climate, and conflict. [Video source: The New School ...

Women and girls represent half of the world’s population and, therefore, also half of its potential. Gender equality, besides being a fundamental human right, is essential to achieve peaceful societies, with full human potential and sustainable development.

Promoting equal economic independence for women and men, closing the gender pay gap, advancing gender balance in decision making, ending gender based violence and promoting gender equality beyond the EU. More info: https://europa.eu/!KF43BT

As the world marks the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action on Women – a landmark blueprint for gender equality – progress remains frustratingly slow. If we are to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, we must place women at the centre of global health transformation.Well-functioning health systems are ...

It will take 134 years to reach gender parity, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2024. Here’s what you need to know.

At the current rate of investment, more than 340 million women and girls will still live in extreme poverty by 2030, according to UN Women. As the world celebrates International Women’s Day on 8 March by investing in women, we look at what needs to be done to improve the economic situation of women around the world.

2015 - Time for Global Action for People and Planet

The Global Gender Gap Report 2024 highlights the progress and challenges facing women in the workforce. Find out how far we've come – and what still needs work.

Alison Davidian, Deputy Representative for UN Women in Afghanistan, breaks down what women in Afghanistan need most right now, what UN Women is doing for women in the country, and how the international community can support Afghan women now.

Trump's first tasks as he takes office include signing executive orders to roll back protections for transgender people and end government DEI programs.

Protecting the Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI ) People

President Trump has painted a bullseye on diversity, equity and inclusion. But what exactly is DEI, and what has it achieved?

In addition to canceling vendor contracts, the University of Florida has dissolved all of its diversity, equity and inclusion positions over new state rules.

Dr.Shalini Rajneesh IAS,Principal Secretary to Government Planning, Program Monitoring and Statistics Department UN SDG Women topper of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) 1989 Batch. She is a Gold medalist in Psychology, MBA from Australia and PhD in Rural Development. She has penned 13 books, 8 in English and 5 in Kannada covering subjects ...

Briefing by Sima Sami Bahous, Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women) on women's economic inclusion and participation as a key to building peace, during the Security Council, 8989th meeting

This video explains health equity and the interconnected factors that contribute to health inequities and health disparities. This video can also be viewed at https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/whatis/videos/Video2-HealthEquityOverview_LowResolution.mp4

Are girls treated differently to boys in Australia? We take a look at a study by Plan International that talked to Aussie girls aged 10-17. "" http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-11/ban-gendered-school-uniforms,-address-gender-inequality/9037508

More than two years into the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, gender equality is fundamental to delivering on the promises of sustainability, peace and human progress. How far have we come in turning the 2030 Agenda into results for women and girls on the ground, and what is needed to bridge the remaining gaps ...

This animated video explains gender responsive budgeting and how it is used to mainstream gender in governance planning and budgeting. The video has been produced in the framework of the UN Women Regional Project “Promoting Gender Responsive Policies in South East Europe and the Republic of Moldova, Phase II” (2013 -2016), financed by the ...

Press conference by Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, is the Executive Director of UN Women, Shahra Razavi, Chief of the Research and Data Section of UN Women and, Lead author of the report "Gender Equality in 2030 agenda for Sustainable development

WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and women from around the world talk about the progress made and gaps to be addressed on gender equality issues since the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995.

Even after the #MeToo movement sparked calls for more women in positions of power, the leadership gender gap has yet to close, and the pandemic’s impact on women in the workforce has set back progress even further. For the CBS News Reports' half-hour documentary, "Women in the Workplace: The Unfinished Fight for Equality," several women share ...

Gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) is government planning, programming and budgeting that contributes to the advancement of gender equality and the fulfillment of women's rights.

Louise Mabulo (Philippines): Farmer, Chef, entrepreneur Louise talks about how her project began in the aftermath of super Typhoon Nock-ten which destroyed 80% of agricultural land in her hometown alone. With her Cacao project she is working to build a more holistic, sustainable food system, ensuring that farmers are empowered to build ...

The high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly will be a key opportunity to bring to the forefront the relevance of the Beijing Declaration and move the needle on implementation. Attended by global leaders on “Accelerating the Realization of Gender Equality and the Empowerment of all Women and Girls” the event will showcase ...

Prof Eileen Baldry, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at UNSW, and Co-DVC EDI Prof Leisa Sargent break down some of the key challenges behind the UN's Sustainable Development Goal 5. SDG5 aims to "Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls". This video was produced by the EDDS team of the Pro Vice ...

CNN's Maggie Lake speaks with Lean In President Rachel Thomas and their recent survey on gender inequality.

"It is time for a gender reckoning, beginning with men authentically confronting our internal selves and each other," says essayist and intersectional justice advocate Jimmie Briggs. In this call to action for gender equity, he unpacks how traditional notions of masculinity harm society and offers three ways men can help promote personal safety ...

In the second half of our education unit, we’re using conflict theory to explore a few social inequalities in the US education system. We’ll look at variation in school funding and quality, the role of cultural capital, and some of the ways in which the American school system disadvantages minority students. Crash Course is made with Adobe ...

#COP21 @UNDP Successful action on Climate Change depends on engaging women as stakeholders and planners to ensure that both women and men have opportunities in the new green economy. UNDP, the GEF (Global Environment Facility) and partners, including the Green Climate Fund, help to achieve better results on climate action by putting gender ...

Watch our full conversation with professor Kimberlé Crenshaw: co-founder of the African American Policy Forum, as she gives a keynote session on the unique struggles faced daily by women and girls of colour, the ongoing need for gender equality, racial justice, and well-being in our modern world. Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw: the academic who ...

A fascinating talk about what gender inequality is, where it happens and why. Please consider donating to UNICEF to give girls the opportunities they deserve. (https://www.unicef.ch/en/how-to-help/programs/education-for-girls) Martina is a 12-year-old Italian student. She is currently studying in her second year of middle school at ICS Zürich ...

The pandemic has not been kind to low-income workers in the industrialised or developing world, and recovery has not been inclusive. This week, we want to concentrate on the extraordinary and disproportionate effect on women at all income levels. Neelanjana Mukhia, head of global engagement at ActionAid International, explains what governments ...

Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA+) is a tool to looking at how different genders and diverse people experience policies, programs and initiatives. This is an introduction to the concept and use of GBA+ lenses.

Subscribe to BBC News www.youtube.com/bbcnews 'All That Stands In The Way' is a BBC documentary following the lives of four teenage girls in Jordan, Lesotho, Iceland & UK in an effort to understand the roots of gender inequality. There is no country in the world where men and women are equal. Contact reporter Ros Atkins on Twitter @BBCRosAtkins ...

In 2020, Women's Equality Day marks the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote. But the fight for equality didn't stop with the 19th Amendment. NBC News Now takes a look at the movement back then, and how far it still has to go. » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews NBC ...

Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Lecture Series: Social inequalities in health Ann Morning, Ph.D. New York University Dorothy Roberts, J.D. University of Pennsylvania Jo Phelan, Ph.D. Columbia University Friday May 8, 2015, 2:00pm - 3:00pm Natcher Conference Center Balcony B, NIH Campus, Bethesda

Excessive inequality has gone up in most countries in the last 30 years. It is detrimental to growth but not inevitable. With properly designed policies from health and education to income redistribution, governments can help reduce it.

It's more complex than women earning 79 cents for every dollar a man makes. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Read the full article by Sarah Kliff: http://www.vox.com/2016/8/1/12108126/gender-wage-gap-explained-real Check out the studies: http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/goldin/files/dynamics_of_the_gender_gap_for_young ...