The world is home to more than 1.1 billion girls under the age of 18 who are poised to become the largest generation of female leaders, entrepreneurs and change-makers the world has ever seen. Yet, discrimination, harmful gender norms and practices, existing laws, insecurity and poverty still support child marriage thereby enabling girls to continue to be married off in both times of stability and crisis because they are still viewed as being less valuable than boys.
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As we have come to understand, maintaining social distance is imperative to contain the spread of the corona virus. Nonetheless, refugees in congested camps and densely populated areas, who have been displaced owing to conflicts and natural disasters, and left increasingly vulnerable to the dangers of the virus, are leading life precariously.
In 2020, the international community’s plan was to embark on its decade of action for the Sustainable Development Goals, honour major declarations such as Beijing and determine how to accelerate sustainable solutions to the world’s biggest challenges including gender related goals. But things did not go as planned. Instead, today’s world is facing a “global crisis unlike any other in the 75 year history the United Nations.” While consensus differs among States as they make fragmented attempts to deal with this challenge, the COVID 19 pandemic continues to exacerbate existing gender inequalities.
Linda Witong looks at how the Pandemic is shaping and influencing Organised Crime and illicit markets.
An informative review of the recently released United Nations World Water Development Report 2020 by SI Special Advisor to Advocacy, Linda Witong
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SI UN Representative to FAO, Liliana Mosca, summarises and commends the latest report on global equality from Oxfam.
SI Director of Advocacy, Bev Bucur proposes a journey of discovery - take the time to learn more about the SI Advocacy work, and the grassroots projects taking place far and wide.
SI Advocacy Coordinator, Hannah Agius, explains the role of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in shaping today's progression towards gender equality.
SI UN Representative, Berthe De Vos-Neven, provides an insiders look at the history and function of the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
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World Water Week, Stockholm, 25-30 August 2019
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