Tag: UN Women

  • Gender equality "300 years away": Chief of the UN

    Gender equality "300 years away": Chief of the UN

    He also recalled cases where women’s rights were taken away and said that in Afghanistan, women have been erased from public life. He also stated that in many other places women’s sexual and reproductive rights were revoked. “In some countries, girls going to school are at risk of abduction and abuse. In others, the police…

  • YLE: The war in Ukraine has caused Finns to open the cords of their wallets

    YLE: The war in Ukraine has caused Finns to open the cords of their wallets

    The Church’s Foreign Aid has raised 6.5 million euros for Ukraine and 5.8 million euros for Save the Children Finland. UN Women Finland, for its part, has raised the all-time high of EUR 455,000. Maija SalomaaCoordinator of UN Women Finland. Anna from LaurinsThe SPR’s director of fundraising estimates that the explosion of charitable donations could…

  • Finns donate 53 million euros to help Ukrainians

    Finns donate 53 million euros to help Ukrainians

    Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing war have created a strong desire among Finns to help those affected. Terhi BruunFinland’s Unicef ​​communications expert told Yle that the desire to help Ukrainian families and children has been particularly obvious. "This wave of solidarity has struck the whole country and everyone has joined," Bruun said. According…

  • Report: Every third woman in Finland experiences intimate partner violence

    Report: Every third woman in Finland experiences intimate partner violence

    According to the Finnish branch of UN Women, one in three Finnish women experiences intimate partner violence at some point in their lives. UN Women is a United Nations organization working for equality and the empowerment of women. This makes Finland the second most dangerous country for women in the EU, with NGO statistics suggesting…

  • Conflict

    Conflict

    Participants: Anu Madgavkar, Indian researcher focusing on inequality in the labor market, affiliated with the consulting and analysis company McKinsey, Lena Ag, Director General of the Equality Authority, Åsa Regnér, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Deputy Head of UN Women, Katherine Soto, founder of the organization Mujeres Desaparicidas in Peru, Lena Johansson, preschool…