Voices from the frontline: Zevonia Vieira
UN Women is bringing the voices of women on the front lines of the pandemic. As essential workers, care givers and journalists, here are some ...
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Using technology to assist vulnerable Syrian refugees during COVID-19 lockdown
In the Za’atari and Azraq refugee camps in Jordan, a curfew is in place from 6 pm to 10 am. Even during the day regulations ...
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I am Generation Equality: Samaira Mehta, champion for girls in technology
Billions of people across the world stand on the right side of history every day. They speak up, take a stand, mobilise, and take big ...
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Roses in the battlefield: rural women farmers join the fight against COVID-19 in China
In January 2020, the COVID-19 epidemic began spreading across China. Of the 42,600 medical workers dispatched to the hardest-hit Hubei Province, as of early March, two-thirds ...
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Voices from the frontline: Parinya Sirirattanapanya
UN Women is bringing the voices of women on the front lines of the pandemic. As essential workers, care givers and journalists, here are some ...
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In a Serbian town, survivors of domestic violence are sewing face masks for those in the front line of COVID-19 response
In an undisclosed location in Sombor, Serbia, 41-year-old Marija Tomic* is putting the finishing stitches on face masks. She has made hundreds of these fabric ...
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Women mobilise to prevent COVID-19 in crowded Rohingya refugee camps
To prevent an added humanitarian crisis in the already-vulnerable Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 24 Rohingya volunteers are working with UN Women to ...
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Voices from the frontline: Natawan Pintho
UN Women is bringing the voices of women on the front lines of the pandemic. As essential workers, care givers and journalists, here are some ...
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Voices from the frontline: Dr Entela Kolovani
UN Women is bringing the voices of women on the front lines of the pandemic. As essential workers, care givers and journalists, here are some ...
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I am Generation Equality: Ibtsam Sayeed Ahmed, champion for women, education and disability rights
Billions of people across the world stand on the right side of history every day. They speak up, take a stand, mobilise, and take big ...
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I am Generation Equality: Lana Ghneim, gender equality advocate
Billions of people across the world stand on the right side of history every day. They speak up, take a stand, mobilise, and take big ...
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Empowering women through innovation and technology
UN Women and the World Food Programme, in collaboration with IrisGuard, are using technological innovation to advance women’s economic empowerment through blockchain technology to assist ...
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I am Generation Equality: Nicholas Niwagaba, young leader, human rights advocate
Billions of people across the world stand on the right side of history every day. They speak up, take a stand, mobilise, and take big ...
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My Take, Your Take: Ushering in a new generation of women leaders in Central African Republic
In this new intergenerational series for Generation Equality campaign, young people take the lead to shape the conversations. Marguerite Ramadan, Social Affairs Advisor Prime Minister’s ...
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From where I stand: “It is important to show women athletes can be anywhere and can do anything”
Raphaela Barbosa, a handball player from the northern region of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, aspires to play for Brazil’s national team one day. She believes ...
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In Vietnam, women are leading disaster prevention and response
Vietnam ranks among the 12 countries with the highest levels of exposure to natural disasters this year. Until recently, women’s role in disaster risk reduction, ...
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