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Ms.sutherland Scotland Evening Odds in Digital Education for Marginalized Women and Girls (CFUW side event) CFUW Human rights of women, Education and training of women, Women and poverty SDG4 – Quality Education Diversity in Teacher Education (2019), Women and STEM (2019) Lessons from Covid that can be used in the developing world of Digital Education in general Stephanie Hodge speaks … preparing the schools for the covid-19 closures and converting to online learning for all was a massive learning curve. However the lessons learned that can be used in climate change challenges online education gives an opportunity for expansion of inclusive online assessment. girls were less likely to return to school after the pandemic, and this gave a double disadvantage for many. Beverly Park is a school superintendent and speaks on equitable education for all. She relates Canadian and Gambian examples to contrast. evening the odds for the teachers as well as the children Shirley Randal contrasts Australia and Rwanda. Jaya gives the teachers perspective in Oz including indigenous population transferring skills and lessons learned by sharing good practice Hopefully Further work by the GWI associations involved – a webinar version of...
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Ms.sutherland scotland Engagement of religious and cultural leaders, challenges and opportunities in promoting gender equality and empowerment of rural women (parallel event Tues 7th) Women and the environment, The girl child, Human rights of women, Education and training of women, Women and poverty SDG 1 – No Poverty, SDG4 – Quality Education, SDG5 – Gender Equality, SDG6 – Clean Water and Sanitation, SDG15 – Life on Land Child Marriage (2016), Building Peace through Women’s Education (2019), Human Rights for Refugee and Refugee Women and Children (2019) With increased migration and refugees within local communities, engagement a the appropriate levels in these new communities promotes engagement and integration. The man-up campaign is a global compact working with men and boys about their rights and responsibilities. Breaking the cycle of trauma – James is from Uganda was primary teacher. man-up in Uganda starting conversations to challenge the cultural norms … where religious and local leaders' words are taken to be the truth (even where it is not) the gender equality workers were leaving them out of the conversation as they were perceived to be troublesome… workers were thrown out of schools by Bishop, who misunderstood, When they shared the curriculum with the leaders, they were allowed to continue. if the pastor says it's normal(including VAWG), then the community believes it. Hana Mosavie speaks about the engagement of leaders and the exponential growth of the population and links this to the global change speaker from the Ba'hai community (working at the consulate in NY). She talks of choice rather than male/female task allocation. It took a long time for people to believe that the earth goes around the sun… we are at a similar point about equality in general with all facets of discrimination… India had to pass a law to allow women to attend for prayers when menstruating. engaging religious leaders and changing their views leads the whole community…. much like Copernicus did way back when With increased migration and refugees within local communities, engagement a the appropriate levels in these new communities promotes engagement and integration. Sharing of lived events across various countries to educate those where new communities are developing, to ensure that unacceptable ‘cultural norms’ are not...
PalomaMartial
Mrs.Martial Graduate Women International How Period Poverty Impacts Students and Student Athletes, 16 March 2023 Education and training of women, Women and health SDG 1 – No Poverty, SDG3 – Good Health and Well-Being, SDG4 – Quality Education, SDG6 – Clean Water and Sanitation Building Peace through Women’s Education (2019), Promoting and defending human rights of women in universities and other post-secondary forms of education (2022) The session relates the work of GWI and our NFA as period poverty severely impacts the access to education of millions of adolescent girls on Earth. In countries where they do not have access to the necessary equipment, young girls sometimes miss several days of classes per month because they cannot attend. Missing these precious hours of lessons has irrational consequences on the course of these last and their access to a quality education, thus deepening a little more the pit between the access to education of girls and boys. One in 10 women in the world is facing menstrual precariousness, which is more than 500 million women and girls worldwide. The consequences are many: some miss school and work, it can create toxic shock problems and infections because the protections used are inadequate, and it can create psychological trauma and a feeling of shame in these young women. Period poverty has several shortcomings: it can be the lack of money to buy protections, the lack of access to these protections in some countries or rural regions, or the lack of access to clean drinking water and toilets. Several speakers explained the relationship to period in their countries: I?layda Eskita?ç?o?lu Karavelio?lu, a human rights lawyer and co-founder of several NGOs, explained that in Turkey one in five women does not have access to the equipment needed to manage their rules, and that these figures tend to increase drastically because of the earthquake and its consequences – knowing that the sanitary protections have not even been recognized as material of first necessity to provide to the population by the government. Patricia Zanella, a Brazilian activist for gender equality and a social entrepreneur, recalls that in Brazil, a quarter of young girls miss school because of menstrual poverty, and more than a million of them live in places without adequate toilets and hygiene equipment. Aria Mustary an Ed.M Candidate at Harvard Graduate School of Education from Bangladesh, explains that in her country menstrual precaritis is both caused by a lack of money and a lack of education about what the rules are, and the fact that it’s a normal mechanism of the human body and not something dirty. The subject is treated in a contradictory...
ElisabethFrancis
Ms.Francis VAÖ Austria Side Event – Pushing back the push-back – Nordic solutions to online gender-based violence 1.15pm 6/03/23 Nordic Council of Ministers and Iceland Women in power and decision-making, Human rights of women, Education and training of women, Violence against women, Institutional mechanisms, Women and health SDG3 – Good Health and Well-Being, SDG4 – Quality Education, SDG5 – Gender Equality, SDG8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG16 – Peace and Justice Strong Institutions, SDG17 – Partnerships to achieve the Goal Bullying (2016), Harassment (2016), Sexual Health and Reproduction Education (2019), Women and STEM (2019), Sexual Harassment in Workplace (2019) This side event spoke to many of our key themes – 'pushback': the risk that digitalization helps expand the growing resistance to gender equality: need to act quickly to counter online gender based violence. Excellent Side-event that highlighted the Nordic Countries co-operative response to the problems and dangers that digitalization can pose to women. The Nordic countries are among the most digitized in the world. But digitalization has also helped expand a growing resistance to gender equality. The Nordic countries are known for their success when it comes to gender equality. However, gender-based violence persists particularly in Finland. The goal of the Nordic cooperation is to ensure that everyone can enjoy a life free from sexual harassment, violations, and violence. High Level Panel included:- Ms. Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister; Iceland Ms. Sirið Stenberg, Minister of Social affairs and Culture, Faroe Islands Ms. Naaja H. Nathanielsen, Minister of Finance and Gender Equality, Greenland Ms. Paulina Brandberg, Minister for Gender Equality and Deputy Minister for Employment, Sweden Ms. Marie Bjerre, Minister for Digital Government and Gender Equality, Denmark Ms. Gry Haugsbakken, State Secretary, Ministry of Culture and Equality, Norway Mr. Thomas Blomqvist, Minister for Nordic Cooperation and Equality, Finland Moderator: Dr. María Rún Bjarnadóttir, Director for Internet Safety at the Icelandic National Commissioner for Police The Nordic Countries have established a Roadmap outlining their commitment and response to push back against gender equality push-back and the anti-gender movement. This 'Nordic Roadmap' strives to elevate a unified Nordic voice on advancing gender equality, women’s and girls’ rights, and the equal rights of LGBTI-persons internationally. It highlights prioritised thematic areas where the push-back is highly present and where counter action is needed. It includes measures and activities to be used by the Nordic countries in their work to amplify their common voice in countering the resistance and advancing gender equality, women’s and girls’ rights, and equal rights of LGBTI-persons in the long term. The Nordic Roadmap provides a 'best practice' approach that can be helpful in many countries. It also shows the...
SaharGamal
Ms.Gamal Independent Member, Egypt. CSW65 Parallel Event: Women and Corruption, Friday, 19 March 2021. Women's UN Report Network (WUNRN) and Graduate Women International (GWI). Women in power and decision-making, Women and the economy, Human rights of women, Education and training of women, Violence against women, Women and poverty, Institutional mechanisms, Women and health, Women and the media SDG 1 – No Poverty, SDG5 – Gender Equality, SDG8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG 10 – Reduced Inequality, SDG16 – Peace and Justice Strong Institutions, SDG17 – Partnerships to achieve the Goal Bullying (2016), Harassment (2016), Tolerance of Minority Groups (2016), Human Trafficking (2016), Sexual Harassment in Workplace (2019) Decreasing corruption requires addressing the causes that lead to it and the role played by gender. Women and girls can be the victims or the agents depending on the situation. The session focused on addressing the gender dimensions of corruption and how they lead to depriving women of their rights particularly in fields like education, politics and economy. Male dominated communities tend to benefit men on the expense of women. The answer to that is promoting an increase in women in leadership positions and in politics to help decrease corruption and increase gender equality. The presenters discussed both effects, corruption on women and women on corruption, in private and public sectors. They highlighted the fact that numerous forms of corruption are unreported, and thus unaddressed, because of gender-related factors such as stereotyping and patriarchal norms. This drew the attention to the effect of civil societies and judicial systems in promoting gender equality and justice. Suggested means for addressing these gender dimensions of corruption include: improving diversity and inclusiveness; promoting the quality education of women and girls; empowering women economically; promoting data collection and publication; effecting accountability and transparency; adopting gender-sensitive reporting and protection mechanisms; and highlighting Gender Champions as agents of change. In addition to their life-long advocacy of women and girls' rights to quality education and economic empowerment, GWI members can adopt these suggested means of addressing the gender dimensions of corruption. NFAs can raise the awareness of their local communities to the destructive effect of corruption on their safety and sustainability. They can also highlight their local Gender Champions. GWI, through its NFAs, can collaborate with United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) by providing case studies of corruption and how the local communities handled them. Exchanging experiences and information could be very helpful to both...
