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Kerala: Gender Park Ready For ICGE-II In Collab With UN Women
To find solutions related to gender and sustainable development, Kerala's Gender Park will host its second edition of the International Conference on Gender Equality (ICGE) in Kozhikode. Starting February 11-13, the event is conducted in collaboration with the UN Women. Interestingly, ICGE-ii is the state's first-ever fully carbon-neutral event that complies with Gender Park's global sustainable development agenda. As per the official… read-more
Tags: Kerala, kozhikode, Gender Park, International Conference on Gender Equality, UN women
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Manushi Chhillar Collabs With UN To Raise Voice Over Women Violence
In a bid to raise awareness towards gender-based violence, the United Nations Women has collaborated with ex-Miss World Manushi Chhillar in an initiative termed #OrangeTheWorld. Chhillar posted an Instagram video appealing against the gender-based violence. Reportedly, Chhillar also runs her own initiative ‘Project Shakti’ which aims to aware the public on menstrual hygiene. Besides, the joint initiative aims to work upon the online… read-more
Tags: United Nations, violence against women, Manushi Chhillar, UN women, OrangeTheWorld
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UN Grants $25 Mn Funds To Women-Led Organization To Fight Gender Violence
To support the women-led organizations, the UN has released $25 million funds from its emergency tranche that will aid issues related to the women. It asked its entities UN Population Fund and UN Women to spend at least 30% of the funds to organizations run by women against gender issues. UN top official Mark Lowcock said this smart investment will abridge the gender inequality worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags: United Nations, UN women, violence against women
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MyGov.in Announces Winners of Covid-19 Shri Shakti Challenge
Centre's public participation site, MyGov.in has declared six startups led by Women as winners of its COVID-19 Shri Shakti Challenge. In collaboration with UN Women, the initiative had been launched in April 2020, and appealed for ideas from female entrepreneurs and startups to tackle women's problems in fight against COVID-19. Among the 25 shortlisted companies, ideas like non-alcoholic sanitizers, robots assisting doctors, and reuseable PPE… read-more
Tags: Shri Shakti Challenge, MyGov, UN women
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