Impact of COVID-19 on Older Persons - UN Response - Older Women
Извор: WUNRN – 06.08.2020
NEW YORK, Jul 28 2020 (IPS) - COVID19 is devastating on older persons. The numbers are staggering, more than 80 percent of the fatalities due to coronavirus in the US and East Asia occurred among adults aged 65 and over. In Europe and Australia, the figures are even higher, 94 and 97 per cent of the deaths were persons aged 60 and over………
COVID-19 at the Intersection of Gender & Disability
Извор: WUNRN – 05.08.2020
Tech Against Trafficking - Leveraging Technology to Combat Trafficking in Humans
Извор: WUNRN – 04.08.2020
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and Tech Against Trafficking, a coalition of global tech companies and experts leveraging technology to help eradicate human trafficking, have jointly launched ‘Leveraging innovation to fight trafficking in human beings: A comprehensive analysis of technology tools’.
The report finds that while technology can be an effective tool in the drive to prevent human trafficking, it has simultaneously enabled traffickers to achieve greater efficiencies.
Addressing Emerging Human Trafficking Trends & Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Извор: WUNRN – 30.07.2020
30 July 2020 - The COVID-19 pandemic created new risks and challenges to victims of trafficking and survivors of trafficking, as well as having exacerbated the vulnerabilities of at-risk groups to trafficking. To analyze emerging trafficking in human beings (THB) trends and dynamics and to develop a response based on empirical data to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, ODIHR and UN Women conducted a global survey of (1) survivors of trafficking and (2) frontline stakeholders. Based on the survey findings and empirical data collected, a set of policy recommendations were developed.
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WHO Manifesto for a Healthy & Green COVID-19 Recovery
Извор: WUNRN – 21.07.2020
FGM Resolution of UN Human Rights Council - July 2020
Извор: WUNRN – 21.07.2020
United Nations - General Assembly
A/HRC/44/L.20 - Distr.: Limited - 14 July 2020
Human Rights Council
Forty-fourth session 30 June–17 July 2020
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development
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How Data Can Stop Women from Going Hungry
Извор: WUNRN – 14.07.2020
A woman prepares a tray with lentils and cereals at a food distribution center in Tawilla, North Darfur, Sudan. Photo by: Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID / CC BY-NC-ND
By Helen Castell // 13 July 2020
LONDON — Good data is key to understanding — and ultimately dismantling — the complex relationships between hunger, inequality, and disempowerment that women and girls in many parts of the world experience, according to Jacqueline Paul, senior gender adviser at the World Food Programme.
Women represent roughly 60% of the 821 million people who are chronically undernourished, and there are fears that both figures could rise during the current pandemic.
Harnessing Feminist Principles & Approaches to Improve Mental Health Care for Gender-Based Violence Survivors in Humanitarian Contexts
Извор: WUNRN – 14.07.2020
Laura Martineau-Searle, GBV AoR Helpdesk Manager, introduces a new GBV AoR Helpdesk report authored by Jeanne Ward, which explores what it means to apply feminist principles to specialized mental health care for GBV survivors, and how we might reinforce these principles in GBV-related mental health and psychosocial support programming in humanitarian settings.
While the humanitarian community has widely endorsed the importance of mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) programming in emergencies, there is limited guidance on specialized mental health interventions for the many women and girls who experience gender-based violence (GBV).
State of Food Security & Nutrition in the World 2020 - Hunger & Malnutrition
Извор: WUNRN – 13.07.2020
Almost 690 million people around the world went hungry in 2019. As progress in fighting hunger stalls, the COVID-19 pandemic is intensifying the vulnerabilities and inadequacies of global food systems. While it is too early to assess the full impact of the lockdowns and other containment measures, at least another 83 million people, and possibly as many as 132 million, may go hungry in 2020. The setback throws into further doubt the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal for zero hunger.
CEDAW Committee Stands with Women & Girls in Global Anti-Racism Protests
Извор: WUNRN – 11.07.2020
GENEVA (10 July 2020) The UN women’s rights committee has called for a new era of human rights and gender justice, stressing that the lives of black women and girls also matter.
In a statement issued today, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) said it stood in solidarity with the millions of women and girls who joined the protests after the killing of George Floyd, insisting that their voices calling for an end of racism be heard.
The violence inflicted on George Floyd by four police officers in the United States in May has generated anti-racist protests and solidarity movements throughout the world. “At the most vulnerable moment, Mr. Floyd called for his mother, as have other victims before him, reminding us of the great loss, pain and economic dislocation that women experience in losing their children, spouses and partners, siblings and other family members in this unrelenting cycle of racist violence,” the Committee said.
Asia Pacific - Study Details COVID-19 Impact on Women in the Region
Извор: WUNRN – 10.07.2020
Women sit with their children on a footpath in Agra, India - Praveen Jain | ThePrint
A study by the United Nations Women's Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific found that women in the region are being disproportionately affected by the pandemic. Women are more likely to lose hours at work, experience higher levels of stress and have less health insurance than men on average, the study found.