Tag: UN Women

Documentary series shares stories of women’s survival, hope, and activism

Stuart Mitchell

“It’s a miracle I’m alive”, says Maria Maldonado, from Argentina. Like many women across the world, she has survived years of abuse from an intimate partner. One in three women experience physical or sexual violence at least once in their life, a figure that has remained largely unchanged over the last decade.  UN Women’s new documentary series “UNSILENCED: Stories of Survival, Hope and Activism”, aims to shed light on such violence against women and girls, while also presenting solutions and advocating for action.  Documentary series shares stories of women’s survival,…

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New podcast explores gender issues during the war in Ukraine

Stuart Mitchell

“Even if I feel like a drop in the ocean, being that drop can make a difference”, says Valentina Urtan, a human rights advocate in Ukraine.   Urtan, 28, recently discussed her beginnings as a youth activist in 2014 and how her work has changed since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 on “Holosy” (“Voices” in Ukrainian), a new podcast by UN Women and The Hague Humanity Hub.  The podcast is an initiative of UN Women Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia and The Hague Humanity Hub, within the…

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UN Women collaborates with GTA Black Women in Tech to promote greater diversity in tech industry

Stuart Mitchell

Not-for profit organisation Global Tech Advocates Black Women in Tech has released The Voices in the Shadow, Volume 3 – a book showcasing the journeys of more than 50 Black women in the UK, Ireland and the world who have made a significant impact on the technology industry. This book will be featured in the British Library and 1,000 free copies donated to local libraries and schools across the UK and Ireland. According to Flavilla Fongang, co-founder of GTA Black Women in Tech, less than 0.7% of Black women currently…

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UN programme instructs women on climate-resilient farming

Stuart Mitchell

Since 2019, UN Women has partnered with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations on “Contributing to the Empowerment of Women in Africa through Climate-Smart Agriculture”, a programme to provide technical farming skills, recommendations on best business practices, and climate-conscious agriculture methods to tens of thousands of women farmers in sub-Saharan Africa.  About 66 per cent of working women in the region are employed in agriculture-related fields, according to a recent report by the FAO. Women’s working conditions “are likely to be worse than men’s”, the report found,…

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HeForShe summit discusses gender bias in AI and how to encourage male feminist allies

Stuart Mitchell

The growth of artificial intelligence has shown the technology’s potential to create new ways of working, but also to exacerbate existing inequalities and stereotypes. At UN Women’s recent HeForShe Summit, leaders from the public and private sectors discussed the potential risks of AI, and the need to develop the technology safely. At the summit, leaders discussed factors that are shaping dominant narratives around masculinity today, and offered concrete positive alternatives for men to foster allyship and leadership in the pursuit for gender equality under the call to be respectfully disruptive.…

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