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Covid-19 Vaccination: How churches can ensure that stateless people are not left behind
Covid-19 Vaccination: How churches can ensure that stateless people are not left behind
Covid-19 vaccination: How churches can ensure that stateless people are not left behind Link to join the webinar on Monday 15 March @ 13:00-14:30 CET: oikoumene.org/live As any virus, Covid-19 is an invisible threat which has changed our lives and affected our economies a great deal. The current Covid-19 pandemic has been a good reminder
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The Role of Women in Faith-Based Organizations
The Role of Women in Faith-Based Organizations
Women are increasingly playing leading roles within faith-based communities and organizations. Join the World Jewish Congress, ActAlliance, Muslims for Progressive Values, Religions for Peace, and Tanenbaum for a parallel event to the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) to celebrate the diversity of opinions and address the many challenges faced by these leaders.
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CSW 65: How to Challenge and Change a Social Norm?
CSW 65: How to Challenge and Change a Social Norm?
Gender injustice is deep-rooted in social norms. Social norms are the values defined by a group and to which members of the group are expected to comply, otherwise risking disapproval, marginalization and/or exclusion. Religion and culture have a strong influence on the definition of social norms, including those relating to gender. At any given moment,
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CSW 65: How to Challenge and Change a Social Norm?
CSW 65: How to Challenge and Change a Social Norm?
Gender injustice is deep-rooted in social norms. Social norms are the values defined by a group and to which members of the group are expected to comply, otherwise risking disapproval, marginalization and/or exclusion. Religion and culture have a strong influence on the definition of social norms, including those relating to gender. At any given moment,
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An NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace, and Security Discussion: Spending to Increase Nuclear Danger
An NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace, and Security Discussion: Spending to Increase Nuclear Danger
Join the NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace, and Security as we discuss how in the midst of an economic and public health crisis, the US is set to spend hundreds of billions on new nuclear weapons which could never be used, add nothing to national security, and actually increase the risk of nuclear war. Funding
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VAWG and COVID-19: Policies and Practices needed to build back better
VAWG and COVID-19: Policies and Practices needed to build back better
VAWG and COVID-19: Policies & Practices needed to build back better Sign in here to view/participate in the session. This webinar’s panel of experts includes Dubravka Šimonovic (UN Special Rapporteur on VAW), Diana Arango (Senior Gender-Based Violence Specialist, World Bank), Hilary Gbedemah (Member and Immediate Past Chair of UN CEDAW Committee), Hyeshin Park (Economist, Gender
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[Monthly Meeting] NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
[Monthly Meeting] NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Interested parties and NGO partners are welcome to join the regular monthly meeting of the NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on March 18 at 1:00pm EST. Register here: https://forms.gle/fsgqGi9eRq35kDeu7 Meeting Agenda: Welcome & Moment of Silence in Honor of the Land we are on and the Native Peoples of this land Introductions
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Decreased Access to Safe Water in Asia: Challenges to Human Security
Decreased Access to Safe Water in Asia: Challenges to Human Security
The Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) will organise a webinar on ‘Decreased Access to Safe Water in Asia: Challenges to Human Security’ in conjunction with the World Water Day–2021. Scheduled to be held on 22 March 2021 from 12 PM to 2 PM (Bangkok time), the webinar will highlight the importance of access to water
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Addressing GBV: A Key Element in Gender-Sensitive Addiction Treatment Programs
Addressing GBV: A Key Element in Gender-Sensitive Addiction Treatment Programs
Addressing GBV: a Key Element in Gender-Sensitive Addiction Treatment Programs Free online event in English - Monday, 22 March 2021, 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST (NY time), 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. CET (España) Women with substance use disorders face many obstacles in accessing and engaging in addiction treatment programs. Considering that gender-based violence
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Youth-led Action Research (YAR) on the Impact of COVID-19 on Marginalised Youth in 9 Countries in the Asia Pacific
Youth-led Action Research (YAR) on the Impact of COVID-19 on Marginalised Youth in 9 Countries in the Asia Pacific
The Asia Pacific region is home to more than 700 million young people. About 85 million come from marginalized backgrounds, living in extreme poverty, having little to no access to education, employment, health care, and social protection, and facing barriers to meaningful opportunities to engage in decision-making processes that affect their lives. Disconnected from their
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Overcoming Stigma and Violence Against Incarcerated and Drug-using Women
Overcoming Stigma and Violence Against Incarcerated and Drug-using Women
Overcoming Stigma and Violence against Incarcerated and Drug-using Women Organised by Dianova International, the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC), the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) and the Women and Harm Reduction International Network (WHRIN) Women who use drugs, and women incarcerated and formerly incarcerated for drug offences, face high levels of stigma, discrimination and
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