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** WEEKLY NEWS UPDATE
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Contents:
* International Day of Rural Women theme: “Rural women and girls building climate resilience”
* Press release: EU-UN Spotlight Initiative: at the forefront of ending violence against women and girls
* Women leaders galvanize for UN Women’s Generation Equality campaign
* UN Women launches Women Count Data Hub
* Remarks by Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, at the event Gender Equality: from the Biarritz Partnership to the Beijing+25 Generation Equality Forum on the margins of the 74th UN General Assembly
* Investing in gender equality for transformative climate actions
* From G7 to Generation Equality, partners galvanize for gender equality actions
* Press release: Multilateral agencies launch a joint plan to boost global health goals
* UN Women leads efforts to improve gender equality across the UN system
* Press Release: Why solidarity and allyship matter: UN Women HeForShe Global Gender Equality Champions release annual IMPACT Report




** International Day of Rural Women theme: “Rural women and girls building climate resilience” ([link removed])
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Sep 27, 2019 03:20 pm
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This year’s theme for the International Day of Rural Women (15 October), “Rural women and girls building climate resilience” serves as a reminder that the world’s sustainable future is not possible without rural women and girls.
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** Press release: EU-UN Spotlight Initiative: at the forefront of ending violence against women and girls ([link removed])
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Sep 27, 2019 01:08 pm
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On the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the European Union and the United Nations hosted a high level event on the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative – inviting all countries, leaders, civil society representatives and local ambassadors to join the movement and take action to end violence against women and girls.
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** Women leaders galvanize for UN Women’s Generation Equality campaign ([link removed])
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Sep 27, 2019 10:25 am
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At a high-level event during the 74th UN General Assembly, UN Women and the Council of Women World Leaders came together to lend their voices and power to the Generation Equality campaign.
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** UN Women launches Women Count Data Hub ([link removed])
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Sep 26, 2019 03:36 pm
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On 24 September, on the margins of the UN General-Assembly, UN Women hosted an interactive data lab to showcase the new Women Count Data Hub, the first of its kind to provide public access to gender data that can be used to monitor progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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** Remarks by Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, at the event Gender Equality: from the Biarritz Partnership to the Beijing+25 Generation Equality Forum on the margins of the 74th UN General Assembly ([link removed])
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Sep 24, 2019 04:54 pm
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In her remarks at the event Gender Equality:from the Biarritz Partnership to the Beijing+25 Generation Equality Forum, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said "We have to make sure that we do not betray the struggles of the women who brought us this far and the future of those who are dependent on us today and tomorrow".
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** Investing in gender equality for transformative climate actions ([link removed])
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Sep 24, 2019 04:12 pm
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Global leaders gathered in New York for the UN General Assembly announced on 23 September concrete commitments to address climate change, at the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit. Among the commitments, there was a gender-specific initiative through which governments commit to clear action points to promote gender equality in the context of climate action.
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** From G7 to Generation Equality, partners galvanize for gender equality actions ([link removed])
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Sep 24, 2019 03:48 pm
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At the 74th UN General Assembly, leaders and gender equality advocates from around the world came together to look ahead to the Generation Equality Forum in 2020 and to take stock of the gender equality outcomes of the G7 Biarritz Summit .
In August 2019 at the G7 Summit the Gender Equality Advisory Council (GEAC) made concrete recommendations on how to achieve gender equality. Now, the Council is working to galvanize the Biarritz Partnership for Gender Equality by creating a...
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** Press release: Multilateral agencies launch a joint plan to boost global health goals ([link removed])
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Sep 24, 2019 03:06 pm
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Today at the United Nations General Assembly, 12 multilateral agencies launched a joint plan to better support countries over the next 10 years to accelerate progress towards the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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** UN Women leads efforts to improve gender equality across the UN system ([link removed])
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Sep 24, 2019 12:34 pm
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It has been two years since the System-wide Strategy on Gender Parity was launched by UN Secretary-General António Guterres in order to reach parity at the most senior levels by 2021, and across the board by 2028. To coincide with the anniversary of the Strategy, UN Women hosted the Global Gender Focal Point (GFPs) Meeting.
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** Press Release: Why solidarity and allyship matter: UN Women HeForShe Global Gender Equality Champions release annual IMPACT Report ([link removed])
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Sep 24, 2019 09:53 am
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Marking the fifth anniversary of the iconic HeForShe movement, over 30 male global leaders from its flagship HeForShe Champions initiative release their annual IMPACT Report today.
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