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Representatives from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo , North Macedonia and Serbia met at the regional conference “Transformative Financing as an Accelerator for Gender Equality" held in Istanbul on November 2022 to discuss key achievements and policy makers’ perspectives on gender responsive budgeting (GRB) as well as strategies to further advance this practice.
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In a matter of moments, the Kahramanmaraş earthquakes on February 6, drastically changed the lives of millions in Southeastern Türkiye. Thousands of citizens lost their lives; millions are mourning their loved ones, their homes and hometowns. While six weeks have passed since the earthquakes hit, people are still in need of basic necessities such as shelter, blankets, food, heating and bathing facilities and there is also the question of access to livelihoods.
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More than ten years ago, Stojne Miteva began working as a psychologist in the first shelter center for victims of violence in Strumica, a city in south-eastern North Macedonia. Since 2019, at which point Strumica no longer had a shelter, Miteva has been the driving force behind the opening of a new center for victims in cooperation with the municipality and the business sector.
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Özge Ergin (43), is a professional photographer from İstanbul. She was in Antakya shooting a documentary when the earthquakes struck Southeastern Türkiye on February 6th. After she managed to escape from the rubble of a building that was heavily damaged by the quakes, she grabbed her camera and started to document the emergency. UN Women worked with Özge Ergin following the earthquake and has published some of her photos across its platforms.
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The 2023 edition of the Women in Politics Map, created by UN Women and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) since 2005, has been published. According to the Map, more women are participating in political decision-making worldwide, but gender equality still has not been achieved. According to the "Women in Politics: 2023" Map, in Türkiye, structural barriers to women's equal participation in political life can only be addressed through temporary special measures with specific targets. One of the most important temporary special measures is gender quotas, which can be in different forms.
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The National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic (NSC) jointly with UN Women Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia presented the results of a new publication "Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Gender in the Kyrgyz Republic”. The event brought together representatives of government agencies, civil society, academia and international organizations to discuss progress in achieving sustainable development and gender equality to make informed policy decisions for SDGs implementation and the empowerment of women and girls.
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28 young women and girls and 2 boys from five municipalities across Kosovo[1] travelled to the capital Pristina to participate in a discussion with the President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, about ways to build a gender-equal digital future and the use digitalization to promote gender equality and reduce gender gaps.
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“It is heartbreaking that the special needs of women and girls are not usually met or taken into account in disaster situations,” says Dilan Duman, a 34 year-old volunteer with working experience in emergency situations. She is one of the volunteers of the civil society organization Community Volunteers Foundation, which deployed its teams on the ground after the earthquakes that hit 11 provinces in Türkiye on February 6th. Duman explains how it feels to be a volunteer after a devastating earthquake and shares her observations on the ground.
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For the fourth year in a row, UN Women and the Ukrainian Institute hosted the Women in Arts. The Resistance Award to highlight the achievements of Ukrainian women working in culture and the arts and to celebrate their contribution to victory. The winners were announced on March 7, on the eve of International Women's Day 2023.
Kazakhstan shares innovative approaches to advancing gender equality through digitalisation at CSW67
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Kazakhstan presented its experience in applying digital innovations to advance gender equality and women's empowerment at a side event of the sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67), hosted at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
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Şerife Kavak, 29, is a psychologist from Diyarbakır. She survived the earthquakes that hit 11 provinces in southeastern Türkiye including her hometown.
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UN Women Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (ECA) and the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) will join forces to advance the digital transformation in the Western Balkans to promote cooperation in the region, as well as advance women’s economic empowerment, and the green agenda.
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More women than ever hold political decision-making posts worldwide, but gender parity is still far off, according to the 2023 edition of the IPU-UN Women Map of Women in Politics.
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On 6 February 2023, twin earthquakes struck Türkiye and Syria, killing thousands of people and injuring many others.
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In Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), UN Women has been working with media to prevent violence against women since 2016. Undoubtedly, much remains to be done to eradicate problematic and sensationalist reporting on gender-based violence.
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When the earthquakes struck southeastern Türkiye on February 6, the Community Volunteers Foundation immediately deployed its volunteers to the storage units in earthquake zones to classify, store and distribute urgent supplies to the survivors. Women volunteers have played a life-saving role in the response by ensuring that women and girls receive the aid and support they need.
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Following the 6 February earthquakes in southeast Türkiye, Fenerbahçe Sports Club’s Olympic Boxer and Coach Şennur Demir visited Kahramanmaraş, the epicenter of the earthquakes. During the 11 days she spent in the region, Demir not only supported the work of search and rescue teams, but also delivered emergency supplies needed by women and girls.
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State Audit Institutions (SAIs) of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance cooperation and promote sustainable development through parallel auditing of Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG 5) on gender equality and women’s empowerment.
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Each year, March 8th International Women’s Day is the time to celebrate women and girls around the world and their remarkable achievements in the persisting struggle for equality and justice. This is also the time to recognize that equality has yet to be achieved in nearly all aspects of life – political participation and representation, economic participation, and the ability to live a life free from violence and discrimination.
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Over one month has passed since the catastrophic earthquakes that struck Southeastern Türkiye, killing over 46,000 people and injuring many more. Since then, there have been over 10000 aftershocks, with some strong enough to continue destroying buildings and causing more life loss and injuries.
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