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WEEKLY NEWS UPDATE

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Op-ed: Personal Protective Equipment standards must respond to women’s needs to ensure the safety of all front line workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
In Georgia, women farmers show solidarity amid COVID-19
UN Women and Rohingya women on the front line of COVID-19 response
From where I stand: “Due to COVID-19 people were not going to the police”
Cultivating change: Women farmers in Dominica find new paths to market amidst COVID-19 shutdowns

Op-ed: Personal Protective Equipment standards must respond to women’s needs to ensure the safety of all front line workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Jun 03, 2020 10:32 am

UNECE Executive Secretary Olga Algayerova and UN Women Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia Alia El-Yassir highlight the need for gender-responsive standards for Personal Protective Equipment that respond to the differentiated needs of women and men.

In Georgia, women farmers show solidarity amid COVID-19

Jun 03, 2020 10:25 am

In early May, women from the village of Maradisi, in southeast Georgia, gained wide renown. Naira Paksadze, together with other women, hoed their neighbour’s potato field in order to save the family’s potato harvest. At the time, every member of the family was being treated for COVID-19 in hospital, while weeds were growing wild throughout their potato field – their only source of income.

UN Women and Rohingya women on the front line of COVID-19 response

Jun 03, 2020 10:12 am

The world in lockdown has created a ‘profound shock to our societies and economies, and women are at the heart of care and response efforts underway[1]. Primarily as caregivers, women are not just sustaining families, but also serving as front-line responders, mainly in the health and service sector.

From where I stand: “Due to COVID-19 people were not going to the police”

Jun 02, 2020 12:47 pm

Simret Tesfaye is nurse at the Association for Women's Sanctuary and Development, a non-profit organization in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which manages six shelters for survivors of gender-based violence. Currently, she is working at the Transitional Shelter that opened in April 2020 with support from UN Women.

Cultivating change: Women farmers in Dominica find new paths to market amidst COVID-19 shutdowns

Jun 01, 2020 02:31 pm

To support the women farmers during this crisis, UN Women has re-oriented its project, which initially intended to establish a seed bank to guard against future disasters. The project will now temporarily pivot to connect farmers to new outlets and market opportunities.

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