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Contents:
* From where I stand: “We must start by uniting the people because together we’re stronger”
* Climate-friendly biogas becomes ‘fashionable’ in rural Tanzania
* I am Generation Equality: Natalie Isaacs, climate action warrior
* I am Generation Equality: Amika George, period poverty and education champion
* Statement by UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka for International Day of the Girl, 2019
* In Focus: International Day of Rural Women
* International Day of the Girl Child




** From where I stand: “We must start by uniting the people because together we’re stronger” ([link removed])
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Oct 11, 2019 11:07 am
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Natalia Slavinskaia, 42, is a community mobilizer from Komysh-Zorya, a small village in the conflict-affected Zaporizhzhia region, south-east Ukraine.
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** Climate-friendly biogas becomes ‘fashionable’ in rural Tanzania ([link removed])
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Oct 11, 2019 10:38 am
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In Ngorongoro, a remote district in Arusha, rural communities are bearing the brunt of a changing climate that is ravaging many parts of East Africa. The Energize project is working to build new skills for out-of-school pastoralist adolescent girls and young women on biogas and solar energy products, as well as on how to run sustainable businesses.
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** I am Generation Equality: Natalie Isaacs, climate action warrior ([link removed])
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Oct 10, 2019 12:40 pm
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Billions of people across the world stand on the right side of history every day. They speak up, take a stand, mobilize, and take big and small actions to advance women’s rights. This is Generation Equality. Natalie Isaacs is the founder and CEO of 1 Million Women, a global movement of women and girls who take practical action to fight climate change by changing the way they live.
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** I am Generation Equality: Amika George, period poverty and education champion ([link removed])
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Oct 10, 2019 12:32 pm
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Billions of people across the world stand on the right side of history every day. They speak up, take a stand, mobilize, and take big and small actions to advance women’s rights. This is Generation Equality. Amika George is a 19 year old student at Cambridge University, who, at the age of 17, started the Free Periods campaign to end period poverty in the UK.
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** Statement by UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka for International Day of the Girl, 2019 ([link removed])
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Oct 09, 2019 05:03 pm
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In her statement for International Day of the Girl on 11 October, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka stands with young women and girls around the world who are asserting their rights and calling for the future they want
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** In Focus: International Day of Rural Women ([link removed])
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Oct 09, 2019 04:26 pm
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This year on International Day of Rural Women (15 October), we’re celebrating the vital role that rural women play in climate action with a spotlight on “Rural women and girls building resilience” theme.
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** International Day of the Girl Child ([link removed])
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Oct 07, 2019 04:59 pm
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Since 2012, the United Nations marks 11 October as the ‘International Day of the Girl Child’. The day promotes girls' human rights, highlights gender inequalities that remain between girls and boys and addresses the various forms of discrimination and abuse suffered by girls around the world.
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