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** WEEKLY NEWS UPDATE
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Contents:
* Op-ed: Every G7 country should have a feminist foreign policy
* Strengthening resilience, investing in passion: Zonta International Foundation and UN Women empower women across Jordan
* Ask an activist: How is Hollywood faring on gender equality and representation of women on screen and why does it matter?
* Publication of the report of the G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council
* In Rwanda, weaving baskets and brighter futures




** Op-ed: Every G7 country should have a feminist foreign policy ([link removed])
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Aug 23, 2019 11:14 am
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UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, actor and UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson, President/CEO of Women Deliver Katja Iversen, and Co-founder of the White Ribbon Campaign Michael Kaufman urge countries to ditch archaic and discriminatory laws and promote empowerment
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** Strengthening resilience, investing in passion: Zonta International Foundation and UN Women empower women across Jordan ([link removed])
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Aug 21, 2019 02:04 pm
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From 28-31 July, on their first official visit to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, four members of a delegation headed by Susanne von Bassewitz, President of Zonta International Foundation, gained first-hand insight into UN Women’s work and witnessed the opportunities that are being provided to women through continuous support from the Zonta International Foundation.
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** Ask an activist: How is Hollywood faring on gender equality and representation of women on screen and why does it matter? ([link removed])
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Aug 21, 2019 11:05 am
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UN Women spoke to Academy-Award winning actor and activist Geena Davis, who the Executive Producer of This Changes Everything, a feature-length documentary just released, uncovering what is beneath the underrepresentation and misrepresentation of women in the entertainment industry.
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** Publication of the report of the G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council ([link removed])
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Aug 20, 2019 11:07 am
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The G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council releases today its Recommendations for advancing Gender Equality and the empowerment of girls and women and Call to Action.
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** In Rwanda, weaving baskets and brighter futures ([link removed])
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Aug 19, 2019 10:32 am
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To support livelihoods of women in Kigeme Refugee Camp, UN Women funded the Women Opportunity Centre, supported by the Government of Sweden. The Centre provides women a safe space, trainings and a showroom for their products to improve their livelihoods at the camp and beyond.
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