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** WEEKLY NEWS UPDATE
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Contents:
* Op ed: The pandemic’s gender imperative
* In the words of Sylvia Karungi: "Social distancing has been there for people with disabilities."
* Unpaid care work : Your daily load and why it matters
* Take five: The COVID-19 challenges “are just too many to mention”
* Fathers in Turkey take on more childcare responsibilities during COVID-19
* Press Release: Gender equality experts recommend key actions for COVID-19 response and recovery for G7 leaders
* Meeting of African Ministers in charge of Gender and Women’s Affairs on “COVID-19 Response and Recovery” - a Gendered Framework
* UN Women delivers lifeline support to women’s and grassroots organizations for COVID-19 response
* UN Women statement for the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia, 2020




** Op ed: The pandemic’s gender imperative ([link removed])
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May 15, 2020 12:18 pm
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Given that the COVID-19 crisis affects men and women in different ways, measures to resolve it must take gender into account. For women and girls, vulnerabilities in the home, on the front lines of health care, and in the labor market must be addressed.
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** In the words of Sylvia Karungi: "Social distancing has been there for people with disabilities." ([link removed])
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May 14, 2020 03:55 pm
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Sylvia Karungi is a member of the National Association of Women with Disabilities in Uganda (NAWODU), an organization for women with disabilities that receives funding from UN Women under the EU spotlight programme. She is also a community Psychologist.
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** Unpaid care work : Your daily load and why it matters ([link removed])
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May 12, 2020 08:00 pm
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From domestic chores to caring for loved ones, unpaid care work is the back bone of thriving families, communities and economies. There’s one universal truth: When it comes to unpaid work, not everyone is in the same boat. What does your boat look like? Find out.
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** Take five: The COVID-19 challenges “are just too many to mention” ([link removed])
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May 12, 2020 05:36 pm
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Pamela Grace P. Español-Solano is one of nine female doctors volunteering at a COVID-19 facility in southern Philippines.
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** Fathers in Turkey take on more childcare responsibilities during COVID-19 ([link removed])
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May 12, 2020 03:42 pm
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As many people find themselves indoors due to the COVID-19 outbreak, fathers in Turkey are spending more time with their children and taking on more childcare and domestic responsibilities, thanks to the Father Support Programme, implemented by the civil society organization Mother Child Education Foundation (AÇEV).
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** Press Release: Gender equality experts recommend key actions for COVID-19 response and recovery for G7 leaders ([link removed])
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May 12, 2020 09:49 am
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As the pandemic is moving beyond a global health crisis and morphing into a labour market, social and economic crisis, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and European Commission Head of Service for Foreign Policy Instruments Hilde Hardeman, and International Labour Organization (ILO) Deputy Director-General for Policy Deborah Greenfield today convened Ministers, CEOs, and business associations, trade unions, civil society and academia representatives at the High-Level Roundtable, “The G7’s role in ensuring women's economic empowerment and security in the post-COVID future”.
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** Meeting of African Ministers in charge of Gender and Women’s Affairs on “COVID-19 Response and Recovery” - a Gendered Framework ([link removed])
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May 11, 2020 01:25 pm
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UN Women and the African Union, in partnership with the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), will host the inaugural meeting of African Ministers for Gender and Women’s Affairs, on 12 May 2020 under the theme “COVID-19 Response and Recovery” - a Gendered Framework.”
Focusing on how to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on African women and girls, the meeting will be co-chaired by UN Women’s Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and Chairperson of the...
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** UN Women delivers lifeline support to women’s and grassroots organizations for COVID-19 response ([link removed])
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May 11, 2020 11:39 am
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New York, 11 May 2020 – In addition to the dramatic health crisis, the COVID-19 global pandemic has presented grave new threats to the critical work and very existence of local civil society organizations working on the front lines of crises, making the need to mobilize support for their efforts more urgent than ever before.
Women’s organizations and activists are already on the front lines of COVID-19 response and should be an integral part of COVID-19 response and recovery...
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** UN Women statement for the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia, 2020 ([link removed])
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May 11, 2020 10:27 am
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Around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating existing inequalities, including those based on sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics, with often-devastating impacts for LGBTIQ+ people, who are already among the most marginalized and excluded. The theme of this International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia – break the silence – calls our attention to these inequalities across the world and asks us to speak out together against the discrimination, restrictions on basic freedoms, and hate that LGBTIQ+ people face in the current context and beyond.
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