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** COVID-19 Gender Update
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[link removed] the latest updates on COVID-19 and gender equality, visit UN Women's dedicated In Focus pages:
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** TOP PICKS
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** In Focus: International Day of the Girl 2020
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This International Day of the Girl Child (11 October), we celebrated by amplifying the voices of girls who are reimagining a better world inspired and led by adolescent girls, as part of the global Generation Equality movement. Girls globally are demanding a life free from gender-based violence, access to health, skills, recognition and investment as leaders of social change. Read more » ([link removed])
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* Letter from UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka to her 15-year-old self ([link removed])
* Girls to know: The next generation is already ([link removed]) leading the way ([link removed])
* I am Generation Equality: Munnira Katongole, youth activist for social change and climate justice ([link removed])
** UN Secretary-General reports on ending violence against women
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COVID-related social isolation and restrictions on movement, coupled with economic insecurity and lost livelihoods, have significantly increased women and girls’ vulnerability to violence, especially in the home. During the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Member States were urged to intensify global efforts to eliminate violence against women. Read the latest reports ([link removed]) from the UN Secretary-General that examines the issue and underscores the need for urgent action: Violence against women and girls ([link removed]) | Female genital mutilation ([link removed]) | Trafficking in women and girls
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* Presenting the Secretary-General’s reports on ending violence against women: Remarks by UN Women Deputy Executive Director Asa Regner ([link removed])
** Thai celebrity-activist Cindy Sirinya Bishop is UN Women's new Regional Goodwill Ambassador
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[link removed] the newly appointed UN Women Regional Goodwill Ambassador for Asia and the Pacific, Thai celebrity and rights activist Cindy Sirinya Bishop is working to stop violence and other abuses against women. Read more » ([link removed])
** IN THE NEWS HEADLINES
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[link removed] we’re uniting in support of African girl leaders to beat AIDS and shift power ([link removed])
Joint op-ed by the heads of UN Women, UNAIDS, UNESCO, UNFPA and UNICEF
[link removed] Washington Post: “¿Dónde están los estímulos económicos para las mujeres en esta pandemia?” ([link removed])
Op-ed by UN Women Deputy Executive Director Anita Bhatia on the need to engender economic stimulus for women in the COVID-19 response
[link removed]: Åsa Regnér (ONU Mujeres): “Si las niñas no tienen formación, las sociedades enteras fracasan” ([link removed])
Video interview with UN Women Deputy Executive Director Åsa Regnér on the International Day of the Girl Child
** SPOTLIGHT: RURAL WOMEN
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This year's International Day of Rural Women (15 October) put spotlight on rural women’s resilience in the wake of COVID-19. Read more » ([link removed])
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* Statement by UN Women Executive Director on the International Day of Rural Women ([link removed])
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Rural women lead solutions and solidarity in the wake of COVID-19 ([link removed])
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Malina Stanojevic: The “Dragon Lady” breathes new life into rural Serbia ([link removed])
** FROM THE FRONT LINE
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Indigenous women in Colombia-Ecuador border are leading community efforts to end violence against women ([link removed])
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In the words of Shamira Mshangama: “We need to level the playfield to increase young women’s leadership and participation in politics” ([link removed])
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From where I stand: “Together we’ll leave the world a much better place than we found it” ([link removed])
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After the Beirut blasts, Lebanon urgently needs medical and mental health care ([link removed])
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** PUBLICATIONS & RESOURCES
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** Impact stories: A selection of stories from the field
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[link removed] selection of stories highlights how we and our partners quickly shifted efforts to put women and girls at the centre of the COVID-19 response. Read about our impact ([link removed]) around the world:
Arab States ([link removed]) | Europe and Central Asia ([link removed]) | Bangladesh ([link removed]) | Haiti ([link removed]) | Uganda ([link removed])
** IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
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** Nobel Prize 2020: Meet the women making history
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[link removed] its establishment in 1895, the #NobelPrize has been awarded to less than 60 women ([link removed]) . Though we're still a long way from gender equality, this year's awards marked a milestone: Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna jointly won the Chemistry prize, making it the only Chemistry Nobel ever to be jointly won by two women. Joining them were Andrea Ghez for physics (shared prize) and Louise Gluck for literature. Share words of encouragement on social media: download quote cards here ([link removed]) .
** UN Women in Turkey wins Silver Effie Award
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[link removed] Women in Turkey has been awarded the prestigious Silver Effie Award for their "Fireflies – Light the Dark" campaign, launched last year as part of the annual global campaign 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence. The campaign called on the public to mark the places where they felt unsafe with a firefly and enabled municipalities in Turkey to engage with its citizens to make these spaces safer. Read more » ([link removed])
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