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ACT Alliance
CSW 65: How to Challenge and Change a Social Norm?
worldwide/virtualGender 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?
worldwide/virtualGender 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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Not Religion, Not the State – Women and Girls Must Decide their Fate
worldwide/virtualYou are warmly invited to a Side Event at the UN Commission on Population and Development 54: Not Religion, Not the State - Women and Girls Must Decide their Fate Co-Organized by: ACT Alliance, The African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET), Faith to Action Network and IPPFWHR Virtual Event:Register via Eventbrite A dialogue between faith
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Not Religion, Not the State – Women and Girls Must Decide their Fate
worldwide/virtualYou are warmly invited to a Side Event at the UN Commission on Population and Development 54: Not Religion, Not the State - Women and Girls Must Decide their Fate Co-Organized by: ACT Alliance, The African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET), Faith to Action Network and IPPFWHR Virtual Event:Register via Eventbrite A dialogue between faith
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Bridging the Gap: Fiscal Justice for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Africa
worldwide/virtualChristian Aid invites you to join our webinar on Wednesday 5th May, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm BST. We’ll have a panel of experts from UNFPA, FEMNET, ACT Alliance and World YWCA join us to discuss how fiscal justice can help overcome barriers to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). In 2019, we brought
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Bridging the Gap: Fiscal Justice for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Africa
worldwide/virtualChristian Aid invites you to join our webinar on Wednesday 5th May, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm BST. We’ll have a panel of experts from UNFPA, FEMNET, ACT Alliance and World YWCA join us to discuss how fiscal justice can help overcome barriers to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). In 2019, we brought
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Religious Actors: Ally or Threat for Achieving Gender Equality?
worldwide/virtualYou are warmly invited to a pre-Event to Generation Equality Forum and the High Level Political Forum Religious Actors: Ally or Threat for Achieving Gender Equality? Register via Eventbrite Program: Opening remarks: Khushwant Singh, Head of Secretariat, PaRD Launching new report: Dr. Nora Khalaf-Elledge, Post-Doc Fellow, Joint Learning Initiative Looking Back to Look Forward: The
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Religious Actors: Ally or Threat for Achieving Gender Equality?
worldwide/virtualYou are warmly invited to a pre-Event to Generation Equality Forum and the High Level Political Forum Religious Actors: Ally or Threat for Achieving Gender Equality? Register via Eventbrite Program: Opening remarks: Khushwant Singh, Head of Secretariat, PaRD Launching new report: Dr. Nora Khalaf-Elledge, Post-Doc Fellow, Joint Learning Initiative Looking Back to Look Forward: The
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Women on the Front Line: Healing the Earth, Seeking Justice
worldwide/virtualWomen are on the front line of the climate emergency so therefore they need to be at the forefront of the climate response. This is a critical year both for climate justice and for progressing a just recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. We must seize the opportunity to address these intersecting crises through transformational action
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Women on the Front Line: Healing the Earth, Seeking Justice
worldwide/virtualWomen are on the front line of the climate emergency so therefore they need to be at the forefront of the climate response. This is a critical year both for climate justice and for progressing a just recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. We must seize the opportunity to address these intersecting crises through transformational action
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