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13 - 14 March - Geneva, UN Women champions gender equality at the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the UNECE region, serving as the UN’s key platform for policy debate, exchange of good practices, and peer learning on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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This year, the 2024 Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the UNECE region, the UN’s key platform for policy debate, exchange of good practices and peer learning on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is taking place on March 13 - 14
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On International Women’s Day, UN Women calls for the world to “Invest in Women, Accelerate Progress” as the best way to accelerate economic growth and build more prosperous, equitable societies.
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Sarajevo, 8 March 2024 – Ahead of International Women's Day, the central event of the UN Women global initiative Generation Equality was held yesterday in Sarajevo. Generation Equality is a platform for collaboration to promote gender equality. Bringing together key stakeholders from various sectors, including government institutions, the private sector, the international community, UN agencies, non-governmental organizations, and young activists, discussions were held on how to achieve gender equality in BiH society.
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From 5 to 7 March 2024, the National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic, in collaboration with the UN Women Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, convened a workshop on strategic planning for improving the production, analysis, and dissemination of gender statistics in Kyrgyzstan. The workshop brought together more than 30 representatives of state bodies and non-governmental organizations - members of an inter-agency working group on gender statistics.
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Despite being an established and successful painter, Yuliia Postulha’s life has not been the same since she was forced to relocate from Kharkiv due to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Yuliia and her husband were working as painters in Kharkiv but all this changed when Yuliia had relocate to Ivano-Frankivsk where she and her family are building a new life.
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The Ukraine Refugee Response Regional Gender Task Force (RGTF) and the Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group (GiHA WG) in Ukraine are jointly organizing a social media campaign to celebrate the International Women's Day on 8 March 2024.
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For more than twenty years, Olena Komarova has been knitting for customers and her four children in Ukraine. A refugee in Poland, Olena now found opportunity to grow her business despite the drastic changes.
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Evghenia Hutsuliak is a refugee from Odessa, Ukraine, who took refuge in Moldova following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in hopes of finding a safe place for herself and her two children. Upon arriving in Moldova, like many refugee women from Ukraine, Evghenia faced a series of obstacles and difficulty, including the need to adapt to a new reality and find financial stability.
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This International Women’s Day, 8 March 2024, join the United Nations in celebrating under the theme Invest in women: Accelerate progress.
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On February 20, 2024, more than 120 representatives from the ministries, civil society, academia and private sector in Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine came together to discuss the diverse challenges and opportunities crucial to advancing gender equality in the region. Hosted by the Government of the Republic of Moldova in partnership with the UN Women Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, the consultation aimed to foster an exchange of ideas among stakeholders.
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As of 24 February 2024, Ukrainian civilians have endured two years of war and upheaval following Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country. The conflict has touched the lives of everyone living in Ukraine, and has had particularly dire effects for women and girls.
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Two years of Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine has taken thousands of lives, caused untold destruction, displaced millions, traumatized a generation, torn families and communities, and devastated the economy. The total cost of reconstruction and recovery in Ukraine is estimated by the World Bank, European Commission, United Nations and the Government of Ukraine at USD 486 billion over the next decade. This war, like all wars, takes a bigger toll on women and girls, who disproportionally carry its burden.
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Two years ago, Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine led to mass displacement within and outside the country as millions of Ukrainians left in search of safety and support. Anastasiia Pyrohova is a psychologist and the coordinator of the Women’s New Horizons project, run by the local group Women’s Perspectives in the Western city of Sambir, where she has lived since fleeing her native Zaporizhzhia with her family. Here, Anastasiia supports women and girls by providing psychological counselling and creating resources to help internally displaced people access essential services.
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Prior to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Yuliia Zavalniuk operated a successful flower business in the village of Kolonshchyna, in Kyiv Oblast. During the early days of the war, Kolonshchyna was occupied by Russian forces and a rocket blast destroyed much of the farm. Having rebuilt her farm, Yuliia Zavalniuk is now leading efforts to transform the business by implementing the Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs), a set of guiding values established by UN Women and the UN Global Compact. One key initiative has been providing employment opportunities to older women; in 2022 and 2023, she hired two older women farm workers per year.
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Prior to Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Evghenia enjoyed a comfortable and secure life in the southern city of Mykolaiv. She shared her days with friends and her mother, while finding fulfilment in her work as an art teacher. After her city faced relentless bombings, it became too dangerous for Evgheniato stay in her home. Together with her mother, Evghenia fled west, joining 113,000 other Ukrainian refugees in Moldova, the majority of whom are women and girls.
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On February 12, the Senate of the Republic of Uzbekistan and UN Women Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia co-hosted a subregional multistakeholder consultation for Azerbaijan and Central Asia. Over 200 representatives from ministries, national mechanisms for the advancement of women, civil society, academia, and the private sector gathered to collectively examine and identify actionable regional priorities and put forth recommendations aligned with the CSW68 priority theme, “Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective.”
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The Map of Rights and Services for Persons with Disabilities and the Elderly in the Sarajevo Canton, officially presented in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on December 14, aims to foster easier access to information and documents for the realization of social rights. This interactive map includes all legislative acts and instructions for their easier realization and will soon be available to all citizens of Sarajevo Canton.
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More than 150 representatives from ministries, national mechanisms for the advancement of women, civil society, academia, and the private sector gathered in a secure space to map the challenges and opportunities in addressing gender and poverty in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo , North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Türkiye in line with the CSW68 priority theme, “Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective.”
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UN Women Türkiye and the leading brand in the fuel distribution sector OPET, have initiated the "Equality Matters" Project. The project aims to accelerate the effective implementation of the Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs). OPET will develop a Gender Equality Action Plan as part of the project and provide gender equality trainings to approximately 16,000 employees and stakeholders at fuel stations.
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