Tag: UN Women

LuxSE and UN Women join forces to advance gender finance

Stuart Mitchell

The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen their cooperation and promote joint initiatives to advance financing for gender equality and women’s empowerment. The cooperation was announced yesterday during a signing ceremony at the exchange in the presence of HRH Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Minister of Finance Yuriko Backes and Luxembourg Minister of the Economy and Development, Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs Franz Fayot. Reducing the gender…

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New research in support of UN Women’s HeForShe movement reveals challenge now faced by gender equality

Stuart Mitchell

TEAM LEWIS Foundation has released findings from a new global survey conducted with HeForShe, the UN Women’s entity for engaging men and boys in support of gender equality and empowerment of women. The global study revealed the new challenges gender equality now faces.  The study shows that gender equality has lost ground to other societal issues. When asked, the public ranked gender equality as only the 10th most pressing issue. It has been demoted by topics such as climate change and healthcare.  Climate change hurts women more. The misconception: 53% of women think climate change effects everyone…

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UN Women and Serviceplan partner to promote gender equality

Stuart Mitchell

UN Women Regional Office for the Arab States and Serviceplan Health & Life are partnering in an innovative campaign to increase awareness on gender equality and women’s empowerment, particularly in the world of work. The campaign proposes a new Arabic character: The “All-Genders Sign” which makes it possible to include everyone and illustrates the importance of including all individuals in how we communicate to design and lead a workplace for success. The use of the “All-Genders Sign” in a series of mock job advertisements highlights that both women and men…

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New UN Women Executive Board Bureau 2022 elected with historic full Permanent Representative composition

Stuart Mitchell

In elections taking place on 11 January, the UN Women Executive Board opened the year by electing its new Bureau for 2022.   Image The incoming and outgoing UN Women Executive Board Bureau representatives celebrate the virtual election of the Bureau 2022 on 11 January. The rotational Presidency of the Executive Board during 2022 is held by the Asia-Pacific Group and is represented by H.E. Ms. Rabab Fatima, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations. Together with President Fatima, the following Vice-Presidents representing the remaining regional groups…

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UN Women, International Capital Market Association and IFC launch new guide on the use of sustainable bonds to advance gender equality

Stuart Mitchell

UN Women, IFC and the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) have launched a new practical guide to using sustainable bond issuances to advance gender equality, entitled “Bonds to Bridge the Gender Gap: A Practitioner’s Guide to Using Sustainable Debt for Gender Equality”. Gender inequalities persist in every country and society around the world but COVID-19 has revealed how the crisis has disproportionally affected women. With less than a decade remaining to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, financing solutions that drive gender equality must be accelerated. Global debt capital…

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