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Contents:
* Infographic: End the stigma. Period.
* If you teach a girl to code, she will change the world
* Growing women’s entrepreneurship in Bangladesh
* From where I stand: “Now I have bigger dreams”
* Chapter by UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka for Lumos: Gender-Based Discrimination as a Driver for the Institutionalization of Children
* Women, peace and security experts call for women’s meaningful participation in peace processes
** Infographic: End the stigma. Period. ([link removed])
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Oct 05, 2019 08:00 pm
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Periods. Menstruation. Monthlies. Call it what you want. But there’s a whole lot to talk about.
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** If you teach a girl to code, she will change the world ([link removed])
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Oct 04, 2019 12:13 pm
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In Kakuma refugee camp in north-western Kenya, girls are empowered by their new-found passion for computer coding.
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Oct 03, 2019 04:34 pm
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The “Inclusive and Equitable Local Development Programme (IELD)”, a joint initiative of UNCDF, UNDP and UN Women, facilitates women’s access to the labour market and entrepreneurial ventures by fostering local public and private investments in women-led enterprises and small businesses that benefit women as well as their communities.
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** From where I stand: “Now I have bigger dreams” ([link removed])
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Oct 01, 2019 12:51 pm
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Sufia Khatun from Pirganj, Rongpur, found herself without any source of income after her husband passed away. Through a joint UN programme, she was able to learn tailoring and get access to finance to invest in her own business. Today she employs 20 women in her community.
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** Chapter by UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka for Lumos: Gender-Based Discrimination as a Driver for the Institutionalization of Children ([link removed])
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Oct 01, 2019 11:56 am
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First published in Lumos’ publication, A Goal Within Reach: Ending the Institutionalization of Children to Ensure No One is Left Behind , September 2019.
At Makola Market in Ghana , women traders and vendors are proving that childcare services designed for and managed by the workers themselves have the potential to change women's and families lives. Photo: UN Women/Ruth McDowall
Many children living in orphanages or other institutions worldwide are there...
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** Women, peace and security experts call for women’s meaningful participation in peace processes ([link removed])
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Sep 30, 2019 02:24 pm
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On 25 September, at an event of the Women, Peace and Security Focal Points Network during the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, ministers, heads of regional organizations, focal points on women, peace and security and civil society representatives called for urgent action to secure women’s equal and meaningful participation in peace processes.
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