Prospects for Ending Child Marriage in Africa - Executive Brief
This executive brief is a synthesis of key findings and recommendations from a multi country analytical study by UN Women on child marriage in Africa covering ten countries selected due to their comparatively higher prevalence of child marriage in the continent and globally. More
UN Women Eastern and Southern Africa Regional newsletter of April 2016
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
UN Women Eastern and Southern Africa Regional newsletter of April 2016 The highlights of this issue: Transformational Leadership Training Equips Ethiopian Women to Transform Institutions:The Story of Mrs. Fikre Mulugeta of Ahmara Regional Council Uganda agrees on Gender Statistics to accelerate Sustainable Development Goals Implementation UN Women and Africa UNiTE Launch “Violence Thrives in our Silence” Documentary The Time is NOW: High Level Panel on...
Clinching the Gender-Responsive Implemenation of the 2030 Agenda
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
The highlights of this issue : The opening Session of the Commission - Priority theme-Key messages - Agreed Conclusions of CSW 60 on the priority theme - Family and gender equality - The role of the UN System & UN Women - Challenges and concerns - The review theme–The elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls - Commission’s new resolution on “Women, the girl child and HIV and AIDS”. Looking forward & planning ahead Acknowledgements
Preliminary Gender Profile of Ethiopia
Friday, December 11, 2015
"Ethiopia is one of the 16 countries implementing the Global Financing for Gender Equality programme whose main objective is to increase the volume and effective use of aid and domestic resources to implement national commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment (GE/WE). This program is funded by the European Commission and executed by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women). Gender Profiles are one of the key outcomes of this Global...
ICASA 2015 Bulletin issue 2 : Transformative Leadership for Gender Equality in HIV Response
Friday, December 4, 2015
From 29 November to 4 December 2015, close to 10,000 of the world’s leading scientists, policy makers, activists, people living with HIV, government leaders, as well as a number of Heads of State and civil society representatives are meeting in Harare, Zimbabwe to deliberate on ending AIDS by 2030 in Africa at the 18th session of the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA).
ICASA 2015 Bulletin issue 3 : Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment a Key Message at 18th ICASA
Friday, December 4, 2015
From 29 November to 4 December 2015, close to 10,000 of the world’s leading scientists, policy makers, activists, people living with HIV, government leaders, as well as a number of Heads of State and civil society representatives are meeting in Harare, Zimbabwe to deliberate on ending AIDS by 2030 in Africa at the 18th session of the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA).
ICASA 2015 Bulletin issue 1 : Fast-tracking the end of the AIDS epidemic for women
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
From 29 November to 4 December 2015, close to 10,000 of the world’s leading scientists, policy makers, activists, people living with HIV, government leaders, as well as a number of Heads of State and civil society representatives are meeting in Harare, Zimbabwe to deliberate on ending AIDS by 2030 in Africa at the 18th session of the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA).
UN Women Eastern and Southern Region newsletter of June
Monday, July 6, 2015
The highlights of this month • Africa must rise with and through women, says UN Women Executive Director • UN Women Launches Guide For Gender-Responsive HIV and AIDS Programming in the Extractive Industry • Commonwealth meeting recommends having more women in top positions • A Women’s Investment Fund - New Faces New Voices in Rwanda • UN Women and the Green Belt Movement (GBM) join the world in marking the World Environment Day • …
Mainstreaming gender in HIV and AIDS responses in the extractive industries sector
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
As part of this program UN Women have an ongoing initiative examining the gender dimensions of HIV and AIDS as they intersect with the extractive industries. This initiative has involved desk research and consultations with industry representatives, and has resulted in a two-part publication. The first part of the publication is a contextual background report, which examines the links between gender, HIV and AIDS and the extractive industries in more depth, including full citations and methodological information about the research process.