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In 2021, the world’s political leaders, youth activists, corporate executives, development agencies, gathered in Paris for the Generation Equality Forum to lay the foundation for a new agenda to address gender equality. Following the Forum, as a co-leader of the Action Coalition on Feminist Movements and Leadership, Malawi made commitments to promote feminist movements building and women’s leadership at all levels. In moving towards the implementation and realization of Generation Equality commitments, Malawi launched the first Intergenerational Dialogue on Generation Equality and Women’s Leadership on 9 April 2022.
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One year ago, the Generation Equality Forum brought together leaders from governments, civil society, youth and the private sector to take bold global action on gender equality, marking the start of an ambitious 5-year journey convened by UN Women.
Since the Forum, convened by UN Women and co-hosted by the Governments of France and Mexico, countries and partners have already initiated implementation of commitments made through six Action Coalitions, and a series of global, innovative, multi-stakeholder partnerships for gender equality., In addition, signatories to the Women, Peace and Security, and Humanitarian Action Compact are beginning to make progress on Compact framework actions, designed to drive progress on implementation of existing global commitments to the women, peace and security, and gender in humanitarian action agendas.
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Monrovia, 28 June 2022 - Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and UN Women Deputy Executive Director, Asa Regner, has concluded her first official mission to Liberia where she held several strategic meetings with high-level government officials and women leaders. She also interacted with women who are beneficiaries of UN Women interventions in Liberia. Ms. Regner was accompanied by UN Women Regional Director for West and Central Africa, Ms. Oulimata Sarr.
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Stakeholders from the African Union (AU), Regional Economic Communities (RECs), Member States, CSOs, and the UN met virtually from 6 to 8 December 2021 to develop the first Regional Action Plan for Africa on Eliminating Violence Against Women and Girls (EVAWG).
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Assistant Secretary-General (ASG) of the United Nations and Deputy Executive Director (DED) of UN Women Asa Regner and Regional Director for West and Central Africa (WCARO) of UN Women Oulimata Sarr’s visit
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With the support of the Government of Japan, UN Women is working with Don Bosco in Kalobeyei Integrated Settlement through a livelihood project: Women’s Leadership, Empowerment, Access & Protection in Crisis Response (LEAP): Promoting the Empowerment of Women and Girls within the Humanitarian- Development Nexus in Kenya. The project has been supporting 206 women from refugee and host community, who work at Kalobeyei Handicraft Cooperative.
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Gabon officially launched the HeForShe global solidarity movement spearheaded by UN Women to further engage men and boys as agents of change in advancing women’s rights and strengthening positive masculinity throughout the country and across communities.
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On June 14 2022, UN Women Rwanda, in collaboration with its partners Action pour le Developpement du Peuple (ADEPE) and Nyaruguru district, officially inaugurated three Early Childhood Development Centres (ECDs) in three sectors of Munini, Kibeho and Mata in Nyaruguru district.
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UN Women in Zimbabwe on June 14 partnered UNICEF to launch an anti-child marriages and women empowerment campaign in commemoration of the Day of the African Child.
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In sub-Saharan Africa, women are at the centre of economic production as they constitute almost half of the agricultural labour force and, therefore, excluding them means cutting the labour force in half. Lower rates of agricultural productivity for female cultivators relative to male has been observed in East and Southern Africa.
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The Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations and Deputy Executive Director of UN Women, Asa Regner, is set to visit Liberia on her first official visit to the country from 26 to 29 June 2022.
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UN Women, in collaboration with Care Ethiopia and Amhara Bureau of Women, Children and Social Affairs, has launched the ‘Community Dialogues on Gender Equality and Women’s Participation in Leadership and Decision-Making in Amhara Regional State’ project to challenge and change the negative perception of the community towards women’s participation in leadership and decision-making positions.
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UN Women in collaboration with the Ethiopian Ministry of Women and Social Affairs, Ministry of Labour and Skills, Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Associations (ECCSA) and Action Aid Ethiopia, have established the National Women’s Economic Empowerment Forum(NWEEF). The Forum was launched on 29th April 2022 in Adama town of the Oromia region.
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UN Women Liberia and Orange Foundation Liberia are in a strategic alliance to adopt innovative approaches for the enhancement of gender equality, particularly around the Buy from Women Initiative and the Women’s Digital Center in Bong County.
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Rural women residing in Maryland County, in Liberia are gradually being allowed to form part of discussions around land issues, property inheritance, and participate in decision-making at the household and community levels.
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This work is supported by UN Women under the “Enhancing the Livelihood for Vulnerable Young Women” project to empower teen mothers, sex workers and vulnerable women. The project is funded by the Government of Switzerland and implemented in Kicukiro and Muhanga districts of Rwanda.
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Beatrice Cheptoo, is a mother of three from Umande ward in Laikipia. She is one of 20 members of the Ogilgel women’s group that has received training on climate smart agriculture to develop new techniques including constructing chicken brooders and vertical gardens.
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Forty-five-year-old Jebbeh Sambola is the Chairperson of the Bo Waterside Peace Hut in Grand Cape Mount County, in north-western Liberia. Bo Waterside is one of many Peace Huts supported by UN Women to enhance women’s participation in peacebuilding and to empower them economically.
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Legal and psychosocial aid provided in Kenya's Kakuma Camp and Kalobeyei Integrated Settlement is helping survivors of sexual and gender-based violence obtain justice.
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The Resident District Commissioner for Terego District, Ms. Ajilong B. Modestar has hailed UN Women in Uganda and the Norwegian Embassy in Kampala for partnering to empower women and girls in refugee settings.