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International Day of Rural Women
The crucial role that women and girls play in ensuring the sustainability of rural households and communities, improving rural livelihoods and overall wellbeing, has been increasingly recognized. Women account for a substantial proportion of the agricultural labour force, including informal work, and perform the bulk of unpaid care and domestic work within families and households in rural areas. They make significant contributions to agricultural production, food security and nutrition, land and natural resource management, and building climate resilience. Even so, women and girls in rural areas suffer disproportionately from multi-dimensional poverty. While extreme poverty has declined globally, the world’s 1 billion people who continue to live in unacceptable conditions of poverty are heavily concentrated in rural areas. Poverty rates in rural areas across most regions are higher than those in urban areas. Yet smallholder agriculture produces nearly 80 per cent of food in Asia and...
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human rights violations in our world today remains largely unreported due to the impunity, silence, stigma and shame surrounding it. In general terms, it manifests itself in physical, sexual and psychological forms, encompassing: intimate partner violence (battering, psychological abuse, marital rape, femicide); sexual violence and harassment (rape, forced sexual acts, unwanted sexual advances, child sexual abuse, forced marriage, street harassment, stalking, cyber- harassment); human trafficking (slavery, sexual exploitation); female genital mutilation; and child marriage.
Launch and Implementation of the GBViE Minimum Standards in the Caribbean Region
The webinar's theme is the launch and implementation of the Inter-Agency Minimum Standards in the Caribbean Region. An introduction to the Minimum Standards for GBV in Emergencies will be provided, and after that an overview of how UNFPA SROC has been implementing these standards across the region. Three local actors from Belize and Trinidad & Tobago will share their experiences using the Minimum Standards in the development of GBV Referral Systems and the Distribution of Dignity Kits, and at the end UNFPA will provide an overview of the recently activated GBV Sub-Regional Sub-Sector under the Response for Venezuelans Coordination Platform, covering Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Aruba and Curacao. The provided examples will cover the region's experience in using the Minimum Standards to respond to the Venezuelan Emergency, the Hurricane Season and the COVID-19 Pandemic. Date: 9th December, 2020, 15:00 Jamaica time, 21:00 GVA time