All posts tagged "gender equality"

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  Women’s Network news round-up: increase in public perception that gender equality ‘has gone too far’, women in trade policy, and more

  Here’s our round-up of some of the stories to have coincided with International Women’s Day on 8 March, or to have come out since, including the finding of a global

  • Posted April 8, 2026
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  Improve gender lens in UK census data, report urges

  A new report has called on the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) to make gender inequalities such as unpaid care more visible in the next census. The report –

  • Posted October 2, 2025
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  ‘Believe in the value of your perspective’: Five minutes with Sadia Haider, deputy secretary at Pakistan’s ministry of human resource development

  In this sister series to our ‘Five minutes with’ interviews, we share insights from women civil and public servants as part of our Global Government Women’s Network coverage. In this interview,

  • Posted August 6, 2025
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  European Economic and Social Committee reaffirms commitment to gender equality  

  UN Women and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) have signed a declaration reaffirming their commitment to promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls around the

  • Posted August 1, 2025
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  Women’s Network news roundup: gender parity 123 years away, and more   

  In this latest collection, we report on news that the world is 123 years from reaching gender parity by the World Economic Forum’s estimate, on why backlash against gender equality

  • Posted July 14, 2025
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  Additional $420bn a year needed to achieve gender equality, UN says

  There is a US$420bn annual shortfall in the funding needed to achieve gender equality under the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, according to UN Women. To address the gap, UN Women

  • Posted July 10, 2025
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  Women’s Network news roundup: near gender parity in Canada’s new Cabinet – and the mountain Japan has to climb

  GGF brings you the latest roundup of women-focused and gender equity news from around the world, including near gender parity in Canada’s new Cabinet, gender-responsive policy training in Liberia, a

  • Posted June 18, 2025
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  From period pain to heart disease, the gender health gap is real – here’s how to close it

  For decades, women’s health has been chronically underfunded and under-researched. The consequences of this neglect are widespread and deeply damaging. Millions of women live with avoidable pain, delayed diagnoses, inadequate

  • Posted June 12, 2025
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  APS gender pay gap beats wider public sector

  The Australian Public Service (APS) has a gender pay gap of 5.7% – a figure that is lower than the wider public sector, and significantly lower than the private sector.

  • Posted May 30, 2025
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  France launches international strategy for feminist foreign policy

  The French government has adopted a new strategy that places the rights of women and girls and gender equality at the centre of its foreign policy. Its latest ‘International strategy

  • Posted May 15, 2025
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