Violence against women & girls must be treated as the emergency it is - with resources, laws & political will. Spotlight Initiative is a proven model to ensure that the next generation of girls will not be expected to live in fear. spotlightinitiative.org/publications/s…

‘ESG measures have become particularly important for business managers & investors. They offer a basis on which critical decisions linked with the sustainable growth of businesses can be taken.’ Read an excerpt from #Outlast by Dr. Mukund Rajan & Dr.(Col.) Rajeev Kumar, ABC, IABC Fellow. harpercollins.co.in/outlast-excerp…

In 2022, the 66th Commission on the Status of Women #CSW66 will focus on achieving #GenderEquality in the context of #ClimateChange, environmental & disaster risk. Empowering women is key to advancing the #SDGs. See what else is happening in the year ahead bit.ly/3n3VeTr

via New York Times Opinion nytimes.com/2022/01/14/opi…

Empowering women in politics, empowers us all. Six important lessons of learning from #GenderEquality champions in Parliaments UN Development: bit.ly/3cKSYew

"Hope isn't something you’re given, it’s something you practice. It's not an object or a noun that I can buy or demand of somebody to bestow upon me. It is an action. It's a craft." - Amanda Gorman in conversation with EIC Versha Sharma 💕 tnvge.co/VSFWUCb

The new document "Reframing the narrative on the future of work. The Global South perspective" by Ramiro Albrieu is the result of the work of more than 80 researchers from Asia, Latin America, Middle East & North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. ⬇ fowigs.net/publication/re…

My thoughts on ‘Women and War’ as we stand on the cusp of a third world war. Written for Raisina Dialogue ORF ORFEcon ORF हिन्दी ORF Kolkata #women #war #warfare #gender #equality NATO UN Human Rights UN Humanitarian UN Women Africa UN Women AsiaPacific UN Women Europe & Central Asia UN Women Watch

My thoughts on ‘Women and War’ as we stand on the cusp of a third world war.

India, where the free press has played a crucial role in protecting democratic institutions since independence in 1947, is now one of the world’s most dangerous countries for journalists. #WorldPressFreedomDay niemanreports.org/articles/in-in…

The greatest flaw in the #gender mainstreaming agenda is the assumption that it starts and ends with representation — improving the number of #women within the military and security institutions, states Karuna Kumar or-f.org/103505

. Don’t let hate win What do I say. Just that, over the last 10 years, you had played devil’s advocate to every idea, thought & plan I threw at you — only to grow them into bigger ideas, thoughts & plans. Thank you for holding the mirror to us all. We are all better for it.

"There is a tendency, if I may say so, for leading statesmen in Europe and America to look at the world from Europe and America. Well, if we look at the same world with the same principles from let us say Delhi or Karachi, the world looks slightly different. Geography counts."

India is deploying an all #women’s platoon of peacekeepers 🪖 as part of our battalion to the UN Mission in #Abyei UNISFA - Abyei This is the single largest deployment of women #peacekeepers in recent years. Good wishes to the team! 📖 Text Link pminewyork.gov.in/press?id=eyJpd…

How do we ensure #women reach #leadership positions at work? Watch Dr Elizabeth Laruni, Karuna Kumar and Daaman Thandi discuss #gender parity at the #KigaliGlobalDialogue. #KGD2023 #ToKigali youtu.be/fN3yAWX2pII

We are not empowered, till all of us are empowered. At #KigaliGlobalDialogue I speak of #genderinequity, women's representation in #economic, #political & #cultural spheres, and the #paygap's consequential impact on the #education, #health & #employment outcomes of a society.

We are not empowered, till all of us are empowered. At the #KigaliGlobalDialogue, I speak of #women's representation in #economic, #political & #cultural spheres and the #paygap's consequential impact on #education, #health & #employment outcomes. youtube.com/watch?v=fN3yAW…

An interesting find Brut India - a 1969 interview of Indira Nehru Gandhi, in spoken French. #IndiraGandhi

Without educated women, without women in employment, including in leadership roles, without recognizing the rights and freedoms of one-half of its population, Afghanistan will never take its rightful place on the global stage.

No one should be left behind in the fight against climate change. UN Development & United Nations help countries access resources to prepare and implement their national climate pledges (NDCs) so climate action is impactful and inclusive. More about #ClimatePromise 2025: go.undp.org/ooM