INTERNATIONAL GENEVA FOR GENDER EQUALITY The International Gender Champions Geneva brings together female and male decisions makers to break down gender barriers by generating momentum at the highest level for greater gender equality through strong leadership, public advocacy, talent development and accountability.
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UNICEF promotes and works with communities on gender-responsive adolescent health, advancing girls’ secondary education, ending child marriage, and addressing gender-based violence in emergencies.
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The UN Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) provides strong research evidence, which contributed to including unpaid care and domestic work in the Agenda 2030.
Having water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities at home can improve the well-being of women and girls, and time can be spent on education, leisure or paid work. UN Water
The UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) trained the Afghanistan Women’s National Soccer Team in September 2015 on leadership and this month will train the U-18 Team in Hiroshima on leadership and youth development.
A new project by UN Environment, UN Women, UN Peacebuilding Support Office and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) is promoting gender responsive approaches to natural resources management for peacebuilding in north Kordofan, Sudan.
The UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) develops guidelines and indicators on gender statistics and builds capacity of member States to analyze progress in achieving gender equality.
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) members launched the International Girls in ICT Day, already celebrated in 160 countries, and the EQUALS partnership with UN Women for Gender Equality in the Digital Age. Both aimed at closing the digital gender gap.
The International Labour Organization (ILO) Standards on equality of opportunity form the basis of legislation protecting the rights of women workers around the world.
The International Trade Centre (ITC)’s She Trades Initiative aims to connect one million women entrepreneurs to market by 2020, empowering them to participate in trade via a unique platform.
GAVI supported immunization of 1 million girls against the primary cause of cervical cancer since the first human papillomavirus (hpv) vaccine demonstration programme in Kenya in 2013.
The International Stadardization Organization (ISO) developed ISO 26000 on guidance on social responsibility, which helps organizations implement socially responsible behaviour, such as gender equality.
IMPACT INFOGRAPHIC BY THE PERCEPTION CHANGE PROJECT. This infographic has been created with the contributions from PCP Partners Organizations participating in the PCP Impact Infographic series, and who reacted to PCP’s request in crowd-sourcing information on the impact on the SDG6: The International Organization for Standardization (ISO), UN Water, UNESCO, the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the University of Geneva (UNIGE), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Indistrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the UN Institute For Training And Research (UNITAR), the Eduki Foundation, and UNICEF
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