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Contents:
* Your questions answered: Women in Haiti
* UN Women statement on the International Day of Rural Women
* In Focus: International Day of Rural Women
* Women agricultural producers in North Macedonia get help to grow their businesses
* From where I stand: “Although women farmers work hard, many remain poor due to multiple barriers”
* Press release: Building inclusive resilience in the Pacific through the new Women’s Resilience to Disasters Programme
* Supporting rural and Indigenous women in Argentina as gender-based violence rises during the COVID-19 pandemic
* Op-ed: Afghanistan’s women are critical to its survival
* Expert’s take: Gender equality is critical for Afghanistan’s future, long-term development, and sustained peace
* Take five: “Afghan women will not go backwards”
** Your questions answered: Women in Haiti ([link removed])
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Oct 15, 2021 12:21 pm
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UN Women answers some frequently asked questions about the current situation in Haiti and how it impacts women and girls.
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** UN Women statement on the International Day of Rural Women ([link removed])
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Oct 13, 2021 04:25 pm
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This International Day of Rural Women offers us a renewed opportunity to commit to a different way of organizing our world, to build on the vision of the Feminist Plan and on the outcomes and multistakeholder commitments of the recent United Nations Food System Summit, so that rural women benefit equally from their productivity, with good food enjoyed by all.
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** In Focus: International Day of Rural Women ([link removed])
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Oct 12, 2021 03:03 pm
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The theme for the International Day of Rural Women (15 October), “Rural Women Cultivating Good Food for All”, highlights the essential role that rural women and girls play in the food systems of the world.
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** Women agricultural producers in North Macedonia get help to grow their businesses ([link removed])
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Oct 12, 2021 01:36 pm
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Under a new measure achieved through gender-responsive budgeting, 250 women farmers received financial support to expand their businesses.
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** From where I stand: “Although women farmers work hard, many remain poor due to multiple barriers” ([link removed])
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Oct 12, 2021 12:22 pm
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Mariamu Rasidi Tungu is one of the many women farmers in rural Tanzania. Together, UN Women and UNFPA are jointly supporting them to increase their production, and train them in new skills to boost their incomes, economic resilience and agency.
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** Press release: Building inclusive resilience in the Pacific through the new Women’s Resilience to Disasters Programme ([link removed])
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Oct 12, 2021 12:05 pm
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On International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, UN Women in partnership with the Government of Australia, launches the Women’s Resilience to Disasters Programme in the Pacific
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** Supporting rural and Indigenous women in Argentina as gender-based violence rises during the COVID-19 pandemic ([link removed])
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Oct 12, 2021 11:58 am
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In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, femicide is on the rise in Argentina, and Indigenous and rural women who experience violence face multiple barriers to accessing the services and support they need. But the country’s civil society and women’s organizations are determined to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls, even in the most challenging of circumstances.
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** Op-ed: Afghanistan’s women are critical to its survival ([link removed])
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Oct 12, 2021 09:46 am
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In an op-ed for the Global Governance Project, UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous writes: "The international community, including G20 leaders, have an opportunity to work together in unity to prevent the reversal of the hard-won rights of Afghan women and girls and to work constructively to enable a more inclusive trajectory that will actively foster peace and resilience in Afghanistan – and the region."
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** Expert’s take: Gender equality is critical for Afghanistan’s future, long-term development, and sustained peace ([link removed])
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Oct 11, 2021 09:05 pm
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Alison Davidian, Deputy Representative for UN Women in Afghanistan, breaks down what women in Afghanistan need most right now, what UN Women is doing for women in the country, and how the international community can support Afghan women now.
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** Take five: “Afghan women will not go backwards” ([link removed])
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Oct 11, 2021 08:00 pm
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Hasina Safi served as Afghanistan's acting minister for women from May of 2020 until August 2021, and as Minister of Information and Culture before that. Ms. Safi has over 20 years’ experience in women development programs working with Afghan civil society organizations international organizations and UN agencies.
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