In April 2020, two weeks after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, UN Women’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) started rolling out rapid assessment surveys to quickly capture its gendered consequences across the region. The surveys have been distributed among millions of people and are showing that women and men are experiencing the … Read More
Women’s organizations across Eastern Europe and Central Asia urged governments and development partners to recognize the unique and vital needs of women and girls in pandemic response and recovery efforts. Activists warned the international community that the world risks a roll back in women’s rights if necessary efforts are not urgently undertaken. Date: Wednesday, April 29, … Read More
Date: Apr 27, 2020 In this video, UN Women is working with communities, religious leaders, women sellers in markets, and youth groups to prevent the negative gendered impacts of #COVID19 in Cameroon. As countries around the world respond to COVID-19, many of the social and economic impacts of the global health crisis are hitting women … Read More
As part of the global celebration of World Press Freedom Day 2020, UNESCO is organizing a webinar to discuss editorial independence and media capture in times of COVID-19 and beyond. This webinar will feature a discussion of the forthcoming UNESCO study Reporting Facts: Free from Fear or Favour. The study’s author, Marius Dragomir, will be … Read More
Amid the coronavirus pandemic and the social distancing measures, UN Women is providing urgent support, information and essential services to more than 5,700 Syrian refugees in Za’atari and Azraq refugee camps. Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 In the Za’atari and Azraq refugee camps in Jordan, a curfew is in place from 6 p.m. to 10 a.m.. … Read More
The Difference Day conference 2020 goes online: Join us on 3rd May 2020 at 5pm for an interactive livestreamed event to celebrate World Press Freedom Day 2020. Every year on the 3rd of May, the world celebrates the fundamental principles of press freedom and pays tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the … Read More
At a time when we are mired in worry and uncertainty because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, free information is essential to helping us face, understand, think about and overcome this crisis. First, we must consider the vital importance of information in this situation: informing the public means giving everyone the means of combatting … Read More
Women journalists the world over continue to face fears of rape, retaliation, physical violence, death, virtual threats and many other risks in the pursuit of a story and in their choice of work. Women journalists no matter the circumstances have at some point in their careers faced direct threats as a result of their job, … Read More
BUENOS AIRES/SANTIAGO/MEXICO CITY/LA PAZ — Lockdowns around Latin America are helping slow the spread of COVID-19, but are having a darker and less-intended consequence: a spike in calls to helplines suggests a rise in domestic abuse, in a region where almost 20 million women and girls suffer sexual and physical violence each year. In cities … Read More
Many countries are accused of using the fight against the pandemic as an excuse to crack down on human rights. Coronavirus restrictions are meant to save lives, but for authoritarian leaders they can be an excuse to adopt repressive measures. And the coronavirus emergency is fast becoming a human-rights crisis – that’s the warning … Read More