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Alessia Maira from foraus posted in Gender

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Dear Gender Community,
Hope you had a nice start of the week! Here is this week’s selection of gender-related news.

Five pillars of gender equality in the workforce (HR News, Feb. 6, 2023)
> Bloomberg recently published its Gender Equality Index (GEI), a market capitalisation-weighted index assessing the performance of listed companies in reporting gender equity data.
https://www.humanresourcesonline.net/five-pillars-of-gender-equality-in…

UN women’s rights committee to review Hungary, Georgia, Norway, Tunisia, Bahrain, Mauritania, Slovenia and Costa Rica (Feb. 2, 2023)
> The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) will hold its upcoming session from 6 to 24 February, during which it will review Hungary, Georgia, Norway, Tunisia, Bahrain, Mauritania, Slovenia and Costa Rica. At this link you will also find the live broadcast on UN Web TV:
https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/02/un-womens-rights-commit…
> This review will be made on the basis of the “Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women New York, 18 December 1979”
https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/convention-…

Over 4 million girls at risk of mutilation (EEAS, Feb. 6, 2023)
> February 6th is Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
> Approximately 200 million women and girls worldwide suffer from the consequences of FGM. It is estimated that there are 600,000 women within Europe living with the consequences of FGM. A further 190,000 girls in 17 European countries alone are at risk of being mutilated.
https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/over-4-million-girls-risk-mutilation_en
> "As we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights this year, it is due time for women and girls to be free from violence once and for all. It is our responsibility to protect their right to safety and bodily autonomy. FGM must end." (EC, Feb. 3, 2023)
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/statement_23_563

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Alessia Maira from foraus posted in Global Health

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Dear Global Health community, we hope you had a nice start of the week! Before moving on to this week’s news selection, here are is an announcement:

Global Lab #2: Protecting the world from future infectious diseases crises
We just opened registrations for our next participatory project. Our focus is on pandemic prevention and the fight against disease crises. With the “zero draft” of the pandemic treaty expected to be ready for negotiations by WHO member states this month, we want to give students from the university of Geneva and the Graduate Institute the opportunity to collaborate and exchange their ideas with professionals from the International Geneva and co-write a final project output with policy recommendations. The event will take place on 24.3 in Geneva and registrations are open until 9.3, so make sure to reserve your spot! Interested? You can find more information and sign up for free on the Policy Kitchen project page:
https://policykitchen.com/global-lab-prevention-infectious-diseases-cri…

And here is this week’s news selection:

All countries 'dangerously unprepared' for future pandemics, says IFRC (IFRC, Jan. 30, 2023)
> As WHO member states are negotiating a Pandemic Treaty (as we will be discussing in our Global Lab Project mentioned above), the International Federation of Red Cross released a concerning report regarding preparedness levels for future outbreaks. "The next pandemic could be just around the corner. If the experience of COVID-19 won't quicken our steps toward preparedness, what will?" said Jagan Chapagain, secretary general of the IFRC, the world's largest disaster response network. "There will be no excuse for a continued lack of preparedness after having gone through three terrible years."
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/all-countri…

Rare polio case highlights how hard it will be to keep polio gone once it’s eradicated (STAT, Feb. 2, 2023)
> An incident that took place at a Dutch polio vaccine production facility late last year is a critical reminder of a major challenge the world faces if and when polio eradication is completed: How do we keep polio from re-establishing itself, given that laboratories and vaccine manufacturers in numerous countries will need to continue to work with the viruses?
https://www.statnews.com/2023/02/02/rare-polio-case-highlights-how-hard…

In relation to the polio news above:
Global health leaders urge world to be razor-sharp in focus to finish polio once and for all (Relief Web - OCHA, Feb. 2, 2023)
> While polio is mostly eradicated, it still has a couple strongholds: Pakistan and Afghanistan. At this week’s WHO Executive Board in Geneva, global health and policy experts urged a strong focus on finishing polio in the remaining highest-burden areas, from where the virus would continue to spread if given the chance.
https://reliefweb.int/report/world/global-health-leaders-urge-world-be-…

Fake medicines kill almost 500,000 sub-Saharan Africans a year: UNODC report (UN News, Feb. 1, 2023)
> In sub-Saharan Africa, as many as 267,000 deaths per year are linked to falsified and substandard antimalarial medicines, the transnational organized crime threat assessment found.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/02/1133062?utm_source=UN+News+-+Newsl…
The mentioned report:
> Trafficking in medical products in the Sahel (UNODC)
https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/tocta_sahel/TOCTA_Sah…

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Alessia Maira from foraus posted in Gender

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Dear members of the Gender community! Here is this week’s selection of news for you.

‘Equal rights cannot wait’ on International Day of Women in Multilateralism (UN News, Jan. 25, 2023)
> On Wednesday, the head of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) underlined the need to achieve gender equality globally and fight hate speech, particularly that which targets women and girls online.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/01/1132812

A Swiss security strategy that says yes to fighter jets, no to nuclear weapons (Swissinfo, Jan. 30, 2023)
> Switzerland is taking up its seat on the United Nations Security Council this month, just as the government is expected to decide on a new national security strategy. This article argues that it should also address the options for introducing and designing a compulsory service for women.
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/a-swiss-security-strategy-that-sa…

Swiss army seeks to recruit more women (Swissinfo, Oct. 13, 2023)
> In relation to the title above, here is an article from October 2022 that gives an overview of the measures that The Swiss army says it is exploring to fill the shortfall in armed forces available over the long-term. This includes recruiting more women.
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-army-seeks-to-recruit-more-women/479…

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Alessia Maira from foraus posted in Global Health

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Dear members of the Global Health community! Here is this week’s selection of news for you.

Virtual Press conference on global health issues transcript - 24 January 2023 (WHO, Jan. 24, 2023)
> Read the WHO’s latest press release on current global health issues. Among other things, the WHO is calling for a $2.5 billion Health Emergency Appeal to support its efforts in over 50 ongoing emergencies worldwide.
https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/virtual-press-conference-on-glo…

Under-funded WHO seeks 'reinforced' role in global health at key meeting (swissinfo, Jan. 30, 2023)
> Another perspective discussing the WHO’s meeting, its role in the global health agenda, and funding.
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/under-funded-who-seeks--reinforced--role-i…

COVID-19 still a global health emergency, says WHO (Politico, Jan. 30, 2023)
> While attention for COVID-19 has lowered in developed countries, its impact is still present. The WHO argues that the pandemic is still a global health emergency.
https://www.politico.eu/article/covid-19-coronavirus-still-a-global-hea…

Statement on the fourteenth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic (WHO, Jan. 30, 2023)
> In relation to the article above, here is a statement by the WHO Director General.
https://www.who.int/news/item/30-01-2023-statement-on-the-fourteenth-me…

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