Women and Trade: The Role Of Trade In Promoting Equality
Source: World Trade Organisation The goal of this report is to improve the understanding of the impacts of trade and trade policy on gender equality, and to provide policy makers with evidence on the benefits of trade for women and with potential policy solutions. The report uses a conceptual framework that illustrates the diverse transmission […]
The Chilling: Global trends in online violence against women journalists
Source: UNESCO One of the unique aspects of this research is its focus on understudied developing countries recognising that online violence against women journalists is a global problem, but one with disproportionate offline impacts and complex intersectional challenges that inhibit effective responses. [gview file=”http://afakneswiah.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/377223eng.pdf”]
Asia and the Pacific regional overview of food security and nutrition
Source: WFP The world and the Asia and Pacific region continue to work towards ending all forms of malnutrition and achieving Zero Hunger, as stipulated in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030 and the World Health Assembly (WHA) Targets 2025. This report, a joint effort by the regional offices of four United Nations (UN) agencies, […]
Global Gender Gap Report 2021
Source: World Economic Forum Another generation of women will have to wait for gender parity, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2021. As the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be felt, closing the global gender gap has increased by a generation from 99.5 years to 135.6 years. [gview file=”http://afakneswiah.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/WEF_GGGR_2021.pdf”]
EiE-GenKit A core resource package on gender in education in emergencies
Source: UNGEI When education is responsive to gender dynamics and conflict-sensitive, it has the power to reverse gender inequalities and be transformative for communities and society. Programmes in crisis-affected situations present a window of opportunity to influence education systems to adopt strategies that reformulate negative gender and social norms and ensure the availability of good […]
Global Report On Trafficking In Persons 2020
Source: UNODC The report comes at a time when global suffering has vastly increased vulnerabilities to trafficking. Extreme poverty is expected to rise for the first time in decades, with the continuing COVID-19 crisis casting a long shadow over our societies and economies. With many millions more women, men and children in every part of […]
Detecting and protecting victims of trafficking in hotspots
Source: European Parlament This study focuses on the issue of trafficking in human beings in the first reception facilities for migrants and/or refugees coming into the EU by sea that are operated in Greece and Italy as part of the EU ‘hotspot approach’ launche in 2015. Currently nine hotspots are located on the EU’s external […]
A new generation: 25 years of efforts for gender equality in education
Source: UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report 2020 [gview file=”http://afakneswiah.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/200666eng.pdf”]
Comparing Gender And Media Equality Across The Globe: A Cross-National Study of the Qualities, Causes, and Consequences of Gender Equality in and through the News Media
Source: Swedish Research Council [gview file=”http://afakneswiah.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/FULLTEXT02.pdf”]
WOMEN, BUSINESS AND THE LAW 2020
Source: World Bank Group Data in Women, Business and the Law 2020 are current as of September 1, 2019. The indicators are used to build evidence of the relationship between legal gender equality and women’s entrepreneurship and employment. By examining the economic decisions women make as they go through different stages of their working lives, […]