Blogs
The Cost of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Education
By Melissa Philippou During the past year, the coronavirus pandemic has forced governments in 188 countries to temporarily close down their educational institutions, heavily disrupting the education and learning process of more than 1.7 billion students across the globe[1]. In commemoration of the International Day of Education, it is important
Raising Awareness of the Barriers Children with Disabilities face to Access Quality Education on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
By Melissa Philippou 3 December 2020 Today, approximately 15% of the world’s population, over 1 billion people, live with some form of disability[1]. Every year, the 3rd of December marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD)[2], a day aiming to promote the wellbeing and rights of persons with
Webinar on Ending Violence against Women: Protecting Gains in Times of Emergency
By Allie Kim On 23rd November 2020, UNWOMEN hosted a webinar on ‘ Violence against Women: Protecting Gains in Times of Emergency.’ This webinar was held in commemoration of the international day for the elimination of violence against women. The presentation given by three speakers summarises the recent analysis of
UNDP Webinar on The Nexus between Masculinities and Femininities in Violent Extremism
By Allie Kim On 24th November 2020, the United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) hosted a webinar to discuss the gender perspective on preventing violent extremism(PVE). This event was in conjunction with the UNDP’s recent research titled ‘Conflicting identities: The nexus between masculinities, femininities and violent extremism.’ The session was composed of
The lecture “Language as Catalyst and Barrier for Knowledge Transfer: Recent Development in Research & High Education held on the 5 th of March, 2020
By Azizat Sulaimon Azizat Sulaimon of the Women Empowerment Team of the Centre for African Justice, Peace and Human Rights and Her Excellency Dr. Heidemaria Gurer, Ambassador of Austria to the Kingdom of the Netherlands at Austrian Residence. I recently had the opportunity to attend the lecture and panel discussion
WOMEN INCLUSION
The preamble of the Convention on the Elimination on all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) states: ‘Recalling that discrimination against women violates the principles of equality of rights and respect for human dignity is an obstacle to the participation of women on equal terms with men in the political,