View this email in your browser ([link removed])
[link removed]


** Gender Equality Updates
------------------------------------------------------------
Subscribe ([link removed])


** TOP PICKS
------------------------------------------------------------


** International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM
------------------------------------------------------------
This International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, 6 February, is a moment to listen to the voices of adolescent girls and young women, and make it possible for them to decide on what happens to their own lives and bodies.
UN Women statement » ([link removed])
[link removed]
Ending FGM is essential to give girls control over their own lives ([link removed])

[link removed]
Natalie Robi Tingo, community mobilizer for ending FGM ([link removed])

Add your voice to the millions of people worldwide calling to end FGM and standing up for women and girls' dignity and rights using #endFGM on social media. Retweet ([link removed]) or download ([link removed]) our #endFGM Day announcer, and access the full social media package in EN, FR, and ES on Trello ([link removed]) or Dropbox ([link removed]) .


** GENERATION EQUALITY FORUM
------------------------------------------------------------
[link removed] is building towards the Generation Equality Forum, the most important global convening for gender equality actions and investment in a quarter-century. The Forum will kick off in Mexico City 29-31 March and culminate in Paris this year. Learn more and get involved at forum.generationequality.org ([link removed]) .

Help shape the future of gender equality: Generation Equality Forum Public Conversation ([link removed])


** IN THE NEWS HEADLINES
------------------------------------------------------------
[link removed] Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
* Reuters: Want a stronger world after COVID-19? Choose more women leaders ([link removed])
* Deutsche Welle: Appearance on DW News Africa ([link removed])


** COME ON BOARD
------------------------------------------------------------


** UN Women Global Call to Creatives: Artivism for Gender Equality
------------------------------------------------------------
[link removed] better way to contribute than to get creative! In this global call to creatives, running until 11 March, UN Women invites you to visualize and capture what activism for gender equality means to you and share your vision of a gender-equal future. What the future looks like depends on you. So, what are you waiting for? Creative brief ([link removed]) | Amplify the call on Twitter ([link removed])

In case you missed it: Also check out our comic and cartoon competition Generation Equality: Picture It! ([link removed])
[link removed]
Video: Get on board for gender equality (English ([link removed]) | Español ([link removed]) | Français ([link removed]) )


** FROM THE FRONT LINE
------------------------------------------------------------
[link removed] the latest updates on COVID-19 and gender equality, visit UN Women's dedicated In Focus pages:
Global ([link removed]) | Africa ([link removed]) | Americas & the Caribbean ([link removed]) | Arab States ([link removed]) | Asia & the Pacific ([link removed]) | Europe & Central Asia ([link removed])
[link removed]
From flood victims to frontline responders: One women-owned cooperative steps up in rural China ([link removed])

[link removed]
Women in Mexico sow seeds of hope through the ‘Second Chance’ programme ([link removed])

In more news: Palestinian refugee women in Lebanon take prominent roles in resolving conflict ([link removed])


** ISSUE SPOTLIGHT
------------------------------------------------------------
[link removed]
Civil society ‘listeners’ team up with enumerators to track violence against women in Morocco ([link removed])

[link removed]
Across Europe and Central Asia, women take on the economic impacts of the pandemic ([link removed])

In more news:
* Efforts intensify to confront pandemic-related spikes in violence against women across Europe and Central Asia ([link removed])
* Female-heads of households see their struggles compounded by pandemic ([link removed])


** ACTIVIST SOUNDBITES
------------------------------------------------------------
[link removed]
I am Generation Equality: Hana Curak, feminist blogger and activist ([link removed])


** PUBLICATIONS & RESOURCES
------------------------------------------------------------
[link removed]
Handbook on gender-responsive police services for women and girls subject to violence ([link removed])

Related: Why taking a survivor-centred approach to police services is important in a global pandemic ([link removed])

[link removed]
UN Secretary-General's Report for the 65th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women ([link removed])

Related: Commission on the Status of Women, 15-26 March 2021 ([link removed])

SUBSCRIBE TO THIS NEWSLETTER ([link removed])
STAY TUNED: GENERATION EQUALITY FORUM ([link removed])
DONATE ([link removed])

============================================================
** ([link removed])
UN Women
220 East 42nd Street
18th Floor
New York, NY 10017
USA

Copyright © 2021 UN Women, All rights reserved.
You are receiving this email as part of a list for UN Women updates.
Want to change how you receive these emails? You can ** update your preferences ([link removed])
or ** unsubscribe from this list ([link removed])