Tag: UN Women

Gender Lens Investing reshaping financial landscapes

Stuart Mitchell

A report focused on advancing gender equality through impact investing and sustainable finance was released. ‘Empowering women, building sustainable assets: Strengthening the depth of gender lens investing across asset classes’ was prepared by UN Women, in collaboration with Politecnico di Milano (TIRESIA project), Phenix Capital Group and Bocconi University – Axa Research Lab on Gender Equality. The report explores the Gender Lens Investing (GLI) market through quantitative and qualitative analysis. The GLI approach places gender equality at the centre of investment decisions with the aim of reducing gender inequality through…

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International Women’s Day 2024: ‘Invest in women: Accelerate progress’

Stuart Mitchell

In a world facing multiple crises that are putting immense pressure on communities, achieving gender equality is more vital than ever. Ensuring women’s and girls’ rights across all aspects of life is the only way to secure prosperous and just economies, and a healthy planet for future generations.   One of the key challenges in achieving gender equality by 2030 is an alarming lack of financing with a staggering USD 360 billion annual deficit in spending on gender-equality measures.   The time for change is now! Join us on 8 March 2024…

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New report shows how feminism can be a powerful tool to fight climate change

Stuart Mitchell

By 2050, climate change may push up to 158 million more women and girls into poverty and see 236 million more face food insecurity. The climate crisis fuels increases in conflict and migration, as well as exclusionary, anti-rights political rhetoric targeting women, refugees, and other vulnerable groups. Those dire trends—and ways to reverse them—are charted in a new report by UN Women titled “Feminist climate justice: A framework for action”.  New report shows how feminism can be a powerful tool to fight climate change   Image During a demonstration in…

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Less than 1 per cent of aid spending targets gender-based violence, according to new reports

Stuart Mitchell

In 2022, countries around the world spent USD 204 billion in overseas development assistance—of that sizable sum, only one-fifth of one per cent was spent on reducing gender-based violence. That’s according to “What Counts? The state of funding for the prevention of gender-based violence against women and girls”, a new report by the UN Women partners the Equality Institute and the Accelerator for GBV Prevention, working together under the Collective Commitment with the Generation Equality Action Coalition on GBV. Less than 1 per cent of aid spending targets gender-based violence,…

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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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