Monitoring the Right to Food & Nutrition during COVID-19
Извор: WUNRN – 27.05.2020
The Indigenous World 2020 - Report
Извор: WUNRN – 26.05.2020
Rising temperatures, unpredictable weather and shifting climate patterns, coupled with a global insatiable land rush, are increasingly straining the lands Indigenous Peoples have traditionally been caring for and defending. Throughout 2019, Indigenous Peoples also continued to be persecuted, threatened, criminalised and killed in their efforts to defend their rights. The 66 regional and country reports and 17 reports on international processes and initiatives covered in this edition underscore these trends.
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Caregivers Have Special Vulnerability & Challenges during COVID-19 - USA
Извор: WUNRN – 25.05.2020
Health care has become a high-risk job in the wake of the coronavirus. (Stephanie De Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images)
By Tonya Mosley & Serena McMahon
Many caregivers — much like workers at Life Care Center in Kirkland, Washington, where more than 20 people have died from COVID-19 — are supporting some of the most at-risk people, such as the elderly, those with preexisting conditions and people with disabilities. Oftentimes, these workers are going into people’s homes.
“While everybody else is running from the coronavirus, they're running towards it in terms of supporting one of the most vulnerable populations,” says Ai-jen Poo, director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance.
Informal Women Workers - 3 Ways to Contain COVID-19's Impact on Informal Women Workers
Извор: WUNRN – 22.05.2020
Rachel Moussie & Silke Staab
18 May 2020 - Many developing countries have responded to COVID-19 with travel restrictions, lockdowns and curfews to protect the health of citizens and fragile health systems. But with measures to support livelihoods lagging behind, women and the poor are hit hard. During the Ebola crisis, travel restrictions severely impacted the livelihoods of women traders in West Africa, and while men’s economic activity soon returned to pre-crisis levels, the effects on women’s economic security lasted much longer.
Even before COVID-19, women informal workers in low- and middle- income countries reported that childcare responsibilities limited their participation, productivity and earnings. Now, school closures have intensified their workloads and reduced earnings.
COVID-19: G7 Nations Need to Get Gender Equality Right for a Better Future for Women at Work
Извор: WUNRN – 22.05.2020
ILOGENEVA (ILO News) – The International Labour Organization, UN Women and the European Union have called on G7 nations to put in place measures to promote gender equality amid the COVID-19 crisis
Fighting deep-rooted gender inequality must be part of countries’ responses to the pandemic crisis, says high-level meeting on the role of women in the post-COVID future.
14 May 2020 - At a virtual high-level meeting on COVID-19, bringing together government ministers, CEOs, business associations, trade unions, civil society, global women’s movements and academia from G7 countries, participants agreed that women’s economic empowerment should be part of the crisis response.
“Every worker is essential and must be protected from COVID-19, no matter what” – UN rights experts
Извор: Висок комесаријат за човекови права при ОН – 18.05.2020
GENEVA (18 May 2020) – As countries begin to ease recent restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic, a group of UN human rights experts* call on Governments and businesses to ensure all workers are protected from exposure to COVID-19.
“No worker is expendable. Every worker is essential, no matter what category is applied to them by States or businesses. Every worker has the right to be protected from exposure to hazards in the workplace, including the coronavirus.
We are concerned at the number of frontline workers who have not been given adequate protection during peak periods of contagion in various countries and economic sectors. And as Governments continue to reduce restrictions and workers begin to return to work, we urge all States and businesses to ensure preventative and precautionary measures are in place to protect every worker.
Debt standstill for distressed countries must go beyond 2020, urges UN expert
Извор: Висок комесаријат за човекови права при ОН – 14.05.2020
GENEVA (14 May 2020) – The new Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights, Yuefen Li, called today on international financial institutions, G20 and private creditors to extend the announced six-month debt standstill to low-income and debt-distressed middle-income countries until at least the middle of next year.
The COVID-19 pandemic has widely exposed the debt vulnerability of many developing countries. “Even before the pandemic, 40 percent of low-income countries were struggling to service their debt. Today, to contain the spread of the coronavirus and keep the economy afloat, developing countries would need more than US$2.5 trillion, according to IMF and UN estimates,” said Li.
HealthBuddy: A new chatbot to engage with communities in Europe and central Asia on COVID-19
Извор: СЗО Европа – 18.05.2020
HealthBuddy, a multilingual interactive chatbot, is the newest tool to be launched as a resource for countries in Europe and central Asia in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The chatbot, developed by WHO/Europe and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (ECARO), will help countries in the region to access accurate information, and counter misinformation surrounding the virus.
The chatbot is now available for national authorities and public health institutions for tailored use in countries, including in local languages. It uses artificial intelligence to answer questions about COVID-19, and provides local information such as COVID-19 hotlines available in European and central Asian countries.
Women Garment Workers Face Destitution as COVID-19 Closes Factories
Извор: WUNRN – 17.05.2020
A woman sits near sewing machines as workers occupy a recently closed garment factory in Myanmar to demand their salaries. Photograph: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
Call for fashion brands to protect workers in their supply chains globally as coronavirus causes orders to dry up
By Annie Kelly- 19 March 202
The fashion industry is facing calls to step in and protect the wages of the 40 million garment workers in their supply chains around the world who face destitution as factories close and orders dry up in the wake of the Covid-19 epidemic.
Striving for a European Union of Equality: The Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025
Извор: WUNRN – 16.02.2020
Concrete actions for equality 2020-2025
No EU Member State has so far achieved equality between women and men. The progress is slow while gender gaps persist in employment, pay, care and pensions. To bridge those gaps and allow Europe to reach its full potential in business, politics and society, the strategy outlines a set of key actions including: ending gender-based violence and stereotypes; ensuring equal participation and opportunities in the labour market, including equal pay; and achieving gender-balance in decision-making and politics.