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Contents:
* Speech: Impatient for change: Global action for gender equality
* I am Generation Equality: Pip Gardner, LGBTQI+ leader and activist
* Calling for action to meet the unfulfilled promise of education for girls
* UN Women Deputy Executive Director Åsa Regnér visits Brussels and the new European Union leadership
* Expert’s take: By undercounting single mothers, we underserve families
* Report published on the importance of accountability for child rights violations
* UN Women Executive Board convenes its first regular session 2020




** Speech: Impatient for change: Global action for gender equality ([link removed])
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Feb 14, 2020 04:46 pm
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Opening remarks by Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, at the first regular session 2020 of the UN Women Executive Board, 14 February 2020.
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** I am Generation Equality: Pip Gardner, LGBTQI+ leader and activist ([link removed])
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Feb 12, 2020 02:18 pm
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Pip Gardner is a gender equality and human rights activist with a focus on sustainable development. They are currently the Communications Manager for Woodcraft Folk, a co-operative youth movement in the United Kingdom (UK), and the Chief Executive of The Kite Trust, a charity for LGBT+ young people. Pip is a member of UN Women’s Beijing+25 Youth Task Force and attended the 25th year Regional Review Meeting of the Beijing Platform for Action for the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Region.
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** Calling for action to meet the unfulfilled promise of education for girls ([link removed])
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Feb 12, 2020 01:15 pm
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Celebrities, youth activists and world leaders gathered yesterday at the UN Headquarters to put a spotlight on adolescent girls’ education, in an event co-hosted by the Permanent Mission of Ireland, together with UN Women, the One Campaign and the Global Partnership for Education.
Singer and co-founder of the ONE campaign, Bono, and Chair of the Elders, Mary Robinson, were amongst the participants at the event that launched the initiative, "The Drive for Five: A Call to Action to...
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** UN Women Deputy Executive Director Åsa Regnér visits Brussels and the new European Union leadership ([link removed])
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Feb 11, 2020 12:41 pm
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UN Women Deputy Executive Director Åsa Regnér visited Brussels, Belgium, from 4 to 5 February 2020.
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** Expert’s take: By undercounting single mothers, we underserve families ([link removed])
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Feb 11, 2020 12:05 pm
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Antra Bhatt is a Statistics Specialist with UN Women’s Research and Data Team. Prior to joining UN Women, she was a researcher at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India. She holds a PhD in International Development from the University of Rome –‘Tor Vergata’, Italy and a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy.
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** Report published on the importance of accountability for child rights violations ([link removed])
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Feb 10, 2020 11:15 am
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Investigating child rights violations in armed conflict was the topic discussed by experts at an event at the UN Headquarters in New York on 30 January, organized by UN Women and Justice Rapid Response, and co-sponsored by the Permanent Missions of Canada and Sierra Leone to the United Nations.
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** UN Women Executive Board convenes its first regular session 2020 ([link removed])
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Feb 10, 2020 10:58 am
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The UN Women Executive Board will convene for this year’s first regular session on Friday, 14 February at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
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