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Contents:
* CSW 64 Advisory
* Take Five: A decade of making public spaces safe for women and girls
* Media advisory: International Women’s Day 2020 events
* International Women’s Day 2020
* Statement for International Women’s Day by Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
* Anastasiia Yeva Domani: How a transgender woman in Ukraine fought for her rights and discovered the activist within her
* Press release: Safety of women and girls in public spaces is in focus at UN Women-led global forum
* My Take, Your Take: Fighting for justice and gender equality in Liberia
* Marta Vieira da Silva and One Win Leads to Another girls celebrate women’s empowerment in Brazil Carnival
* I am Generation Equality: Hingride Marcelle Leite de Jesus, rugby player, community facilitator
* Twelve small actions with big impact for Generation Equality
* Visualizing the data: Women’s representation in society
* I am Generation Equality: Saif Dabbas, HeForShe and youth activist
* My Take, Your Take: Ushering in a new generation of women leaders in Central African Republic
* My take, your take: Women’s rights in Thailand, and men’s role in advancing them
* I am Generation Equality: Cindy Sirinya Bishop, celebrity and activist




** CSW 64 Advisory ([link removed])
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Feb 29, 2020 01:25 pm
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In light of the current outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the UN Secretary-General has suggested to the Chair of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) that Member States consider amending the format and conduct of the session. Options could include holding a scaled-down, shortened session with the participation of New York-based delegations only, or postponing the session to a later date.
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** Take Five: A decade of making public spaces safe for women and girls ([link removed])
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Feb 27, 2020 02:46 pm
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Lizette Soria works as policy specialist for UN Women’s flagship initiative Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces. The initiative was launched in 2010 with local and national governments, grassroots women and girls, women’s rights organizations and other civil society groups, UN agencies, and other partners in five cities: Quito (Ecuador), Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), Kigali (Rwanda), Cairo (Egypt), and Delhi (India). The initiative aims to develop and implement evidence-based and comprehensive approaches to prevent and respond to sexual harassment against women and girls in public spaces. Today, nearly 50 cities, including cities in the Global South and North, are part of the initiative.
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** Media advisory: International Women’s Day 2020 events ([link removed])
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Feb 27, 2020 11:12 am
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This year’s International Women’s Day (8 March) takes place in the context of the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, considered the most comprehensive roadmap on women’s rights. As the forthcoming UN Women report on women’s rights reveals, 25 years after the adoption of the Beijing Declaration, the emerging global consensus is that despite some progress in areas such as primary education and maternal heath, real change has been too slow for the majority of the world’s women and girls.
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Feb 27, 2020 11:02 am
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Women’s rights and gender equality are taking centre stage in 2020. Twenty-five years since the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action—a progressive roadmap for gender equality—it’s time to take stock of progress and bridge the gaps that remain through bold, decisive actions. This year’s theme for International Women’s Day (8 March) is, “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”.
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** Statement for International Women’s Day by Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka ([link removed])
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Feb 26, 2020 02:36 pm
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In her statement for International Women's Day (8 March), UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka calls 2020 the year for gender equality and calls on everyone to tackle the persistent barriers against gender equality.
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** Anastasiia Yeva Domani: How a transgender woman in Ukraine fought for her rights and discovered the activist within her ([link removed])
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Feb 26, 2020 01:46 pm
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Anastasiia Yeva Domani is a transgender woman from Ukraine who became an activist for transgender rights after fighting for her own right to transition with dignity.
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** Press release: Safety of women and girls in public spaces is in focus at UN Women-led global forum ([link removed])
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Feb 26, 2020 08:56 am
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Local and National Governments, women’s rights and community leaders gather in Rabat to discuss safe and empowering public spaces with and for women and girls
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** My Take, Your Take: Fighting for justice and gender equality in Liberia ([link removed])
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Feb 25, 2020 03:29 pm
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In this intergenerational series for the Generation Equality campaign, young people take the lead to shape the conversations. Gwendolyn Myers, a 29-year-old peace activist from Liberia, talks with a veteran activist, Abla Gadegbeku William, 59, who has fought for the rights of women and children for more than two decades.
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** Marta Vieira da Silva and One Win Leads to Another girls celebrate women’s empowerment in Brazil Carnival ([link removed])
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Feb 25, 2020 01:25 pm
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Global soccer star, UN Women Goodwill Ambassador and UN SDG Advocate, Marta Vieira da Silva was honoured in the Carnival parade in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.
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** I am Generation Equality: Hingride Marcelle Leite de Jesus, rugby player, community facilitator ([link removed])
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Feb 25, 2020 01:15 pm
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Hingride Marcelle Leite de Jesus is a 20-year-old graduate of One Win Leads to Another, a joint programme between UN Women and the International Olympic Committee, which provides weekly sport practice and life skills sessions for adolescent girls in Brazil. She recently met with the football player Marta Vieira da Silva, UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, and participated in a Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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** Twelve small actions with big impact for Generation Equality ([link removed])
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Feb 24, 2020 10:33 pm
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Change isn’t just about big headline moments, legal victories and international agreements: the way we talk, think, and act every day can create a ripple effect that benefits everyone. As we usher in the new decade and take stock of global progress on women’s rights, join us, as Generation Equality, in getting to gender equality through these simple everyday actions.
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** Visualizing the data: Women’s representation in society ([link removed])
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Feb 24, 2020 07:00 pm
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Women’s full and equal participation in all facets of society is a fundamental human right. Yet, around the world, from politics to entertainment to the workplace, women and girls are largely underrepresented. Take a closer look at this gender-imbalanced picture over time.
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** I am Generation Equality: Saif Dabbas, HeForShe and youth activist ([link removed])
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Feb 24, 2020 01:54 pm
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Saif Dabbas, 19, is a member of the HeForShe campaign in Jordan, a solidarity movement for the advancement of gender equality led by UN Women. Dabbas has been a feminist advocate since age 14 and believes youth should be at the forefront of the gender equality movement.
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** My Take, Your Take: Ushering in a new generation of women leaders in Central African Republic ([link removed])
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Feb 24, 2020 10:52 am
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In this new intergenerational series for Generation Equality campaign, young people take the lead to shape the conversations. Marguerite Ramadan, Social Affairs Advisor Prime Minister’s Office in in the Central African Republic and Chairperson of the longest standing women’s organization (the Organisation of Central African Women), talks about women’s leadership with Pamela Audrey Derom, who was recently elected to the National Youth Council.
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** My take, your take: Women’s rights in Thailand, and men’s role in advancing them ([link removed])
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Feb 24, 2020 09:55 am
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In this new intergenerational series for the Generation Equality campaign, young people take the lead to shape the conversations. Zaak Garrett, 25, a US student and gender activist currently based in Thailand, talks with Jaded Chouwilai, 57, the founder of Thailand’s Women and Men Progressive Movement Foundation.
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** I am Generation Equality: Cindy Sirinya Bishop, celebrity and activist ([link removed])
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Feb 24, 2020 09:03 am
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Cindy Sirinya Bishop is a Thai supermodel, actor, TV host and activist, who’s challenging social attitudes around sexual violence and the treatment of victims. She created an exhibition with UN Women, which sparked a public conversation and social media campaign, #donttellmehowtodress in Thailand about sexual harassment and assault.
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