Tag: UN Women
The Grim Reality of Gender Inequality in 2023: A Wake-up Call to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals
Despite concerted global efforts, achieving gender equality by 2030, as outlined in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is proving to be a daunting challenge....
Women are underrepresented in environmental decision-making: UN Women
Women and men, in all their diversities, interact with the environment differently. For instance, evidence shows that climate change has gender differentiated impacts, employment...
UN Agencies: UN Women Championing the Cause of Women and Girls Globally
In the run-up to the United Nations (UN) Day on October 24th and as part of The CSR Journal’s new series aimed at understanding and...
ASEAN reaffirms commitment to Address Women’s Unpaid Care and Domestic Work
If there is a silver lining to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it may be that the critical role of women and girls as frontline...
Achieving an equal future for women in Asia and the Pacific in the post-COVID-19 era
A dialogue among women leaders in the Asia-Pacific region to mark International Women’s Day (IWD) 2021 highlighted the need for Governments to continue their efforts to promote and...
Orange the World: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Starts Today
Despite worldwide mobilizations led by survivors and activists in recent years through movements such as #MeToo, #TimesUp, #Niunamenos, #NotOneMore, and others, sexual violence continues...
CSR: Gender Pay Gap and SDG 5
Globally, it is estimated that women earn 77% of what men earn. While data from 37 countries show the gender pay gap is slowly...
Gender Equality In The Private Sector
While it is governments that have the primary responsibility for implementation, there are a plethora of actors who play a role in implementation, including...
Social empowerment of sex workers
Sex workers routinely face discrimination and extremely high risks of violence, particularly at the hands of the police and clients. In 2004, at least...
UN Women and Procter & Gamble announce #WeSeeEqual commitment to gender equality
Co-hosted with UN Women, P&G’s first IMEA #WeSeeEqual Summit brought together business and government leaders, and influencers to share inspiration and surface insights around...
Welspun India partners with UN Women to advocate Gender Equality
Welspun India has partnered with UN Women, subsidiary organ of the United Nations mandated to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women. The...
