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UNECE advances its support to mainstream gender into environmental policies
… affects everyone on the planet, it affects the lives of women and men in different ways. Implementing environmental … to gender mainstreaming on 28 January 2021. The first training webinar looked at examples of gender aspects …
Member states reconfirm commitment to ICPD agenda at regional ICPD+25 conference in Geneva
… and value of the ICPD Programme of Action, and a renewed commitment to what it stands for,” said UNFPA Regional … region, in particular, the HIV epidemic is growing fast, women rarely use modern contraceptives, cervical cancer … gender-based violence and harmful practice such as child marriage and gender-biased sex selection. Several speakers …
First meeting of the Joint Task Force on Energy Efficiency Standards in Buildings
… the Governments of Denmark and the Russian Federation. The first meeting of the Joint Task Force took place on 30-31 … (31 October-1 November 2017). Background note Agenda News Presentations Report of the meeting Related link: …
… Promoting gender equality and women's economic empowerment on the road to sustainable … pay gap, whereas countries such as Portugal have enacted new Labour Codes that enforce equal pay guidelines with … decision-making positions in the region as a key pathway to women’s empowerment. Several gender quota schemes …
Completion of the first Espoo Convention procedure in Belarus
… according to the Espoo Convention has been applied for the first time in Belarus. The projected Hydroelectric Power … documentation is available at www.ecorazvitie.by , section “News and actions”. Ref: ECE/ENV/10/P33 … Completion of the …
First meeting of the New Task Force on Electronic Information Tools
… The first meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention established a new task force to facilitate the implementation of the …
Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic with a gender lens
… on economic activities and human mobility. As the first wave of infections is subsiding in many countries, … but the socio-economic recovery will take time, and the ‘new normal’ brings challenges to all sectors and society at large. The COVID-19 crisis has impacted women and men differently; from their health to working and …
Policy Brief on Gender No. 1: Women's economic empowerment and the care economy in the ECE region
… 1 Women’s economic empowerment and the care economy in the ECE … around 81 per cent of the world’s workforce. In the first quarter of 2020, the estimated loss in working hours … rate in Italy, and a 14 per cent rate in Spain (UN News 2020). Globally, the economic contribution of unpaid …
Access to Finance and ICT for Women Entrepreneurs in the UNECE Region
… This report looks at women's access to financing and ICT in UNECE member States, … It includes papers presented at the Second UNECE Forum on Women Entrepreneurs which was held in Geneva in March 2003. …
… Research shows that women are highly underrepresented in most extractive … well as developing effective strategies for doing so. The first step to providing women with equal opportunities in … sets forth its findings in four sections: benefits of women’s participation in the targeted industries, government …
UNECE Countries in Figures 2009
… total and adolescent fertility rates, mean age of women at birth of first child Gender and social statistics women in labour … Sales and Marketing network, and the UN bookshops in New York and Geneva. Further information Comments or …
Printing of TIR Carnets with the new layout started
… 8 June 2006 Further to the news of 12 April 2006 , the IRU has informed that the first TIR Carnets with the new layout were already …
… live longer and healthier lives, the report found. Fewer women die giving birth today compared to twenty years ago, … of violence against women in several countries. Child marriage, while not very common overall, remains high in … childbearing has continued, with the mean age of women at first birth having increased to 29.7 years , from 29.1 years …
… for Action, considered the most comprehensive agenda on women’s rights, UNECE has undertaken a review of the …
… to be able to distinguish reliable information from “fake news” and “alternative facts”. A few years before the rise … many new partners. The Eastern European countries were the first to request the development of international guidance …
Sub-regional workshop on gender statistics
… 22 Feb.10 3 Challenges in Measuring Violence Against Women PPT 29 Mar.10 4 International Experience in Data … Short Module Questionnaire PPT 29 Mar.10 6 Putting Women First: Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Research on …
… Press Releases News UNECE tools can pave the way for enhanced trade … and sustainable trade facilitation 13 February 2023 … News and Press Releases-2023 …
Gender pay gaps in the European Union (EUROSTAT)
… the differences between the average earnings of men versus women. However, this indicator measures a concept broader … returns for the same characteristics. After deducting the first part caused by men and women specializing in different … to the publication on the Eurostat website). 12. In the new edition, based on the latest Structure of Earnings …
New composition of the TIRExB elected
… News 4 February 2011 The TIR Administrative Committee, at its fifty-first session (Geneva, 3 February 2011), elected the …
First meeting of Compliance Committee
… Document Title ENG FRE RUS Agenda for the first meeting (MP.PP/C.1/2003/1) (English only) PDF - - Report on the first meeting (MP.PP/C.1/2003/2) PDF PDF PDF At its first …