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UNIDO Change of Management: DG Gerd Müller succeeds DG LI Yong

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Tuesday, November 30, 2021
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Mller's appointment for a four-year term was confirmed today by the UNIDO General Conference held in Vienna.

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  • Mller's appointment for a four-year term was confirmed today by the UNIDO General Conference held in Vienna.
  • Mller will succeed Li Yong, who led the United Nations' specialized agency driving inclusive and sustainable industrial development since 2013.
  • Mller said, "We are currently facing global challenges that affect us all: climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and increasing hunger.
  • For further information, please contact: Ms. Claudia Grssing, Strategic Advocacy and Communications Administrator, Department of External Relations, UNIDO, Email: [email protected]

UNIDO Change of Management: DG Gerd Müller succeeds DG LI Yong

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Tuesday, November 30, 2021
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Mller's appointment for a four-year term was confirmed today by the UNIDO General Conference held in Vienna.

Key Points: 
  • Mller's appointment for a four-year term was confirmed today by the UNIDO General Conference held in Vienna.
  • Mller will succeed Li Yong, who led the United Nations' specialized agency driving inclusive and sustainable industrial development since 2013.
  • Mller said, "We are currently facing global challenges that affect us all: climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and increasing hunger.
  • For further information, please contact: Ms. Claudia Grssing, Strategic Advocacy and Communications Administrator, Department of External Relations, UNIDO, Email: [email protected]

Press release - Still many challenges ahead to achieve gender equality

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Friday, February 12, 2021
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MEPs assessed the progress made in womens rights over the past 25 years and the many challenges still ahead, in a resolution adopted on Thursday.

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  • MEPs assessed the progress made in womens rights over the past 25 years and the many challenges still ahead, in a resolution adopted on Thursday.
  • Specific measures are also needed to eradicate cyber violence, including online harassment, cyberbullying and hate speech, which disproportionately affect women and girls.
  • The Beijing Declaration was adopted by the UN at the end of the 4th World Conference on Women on 15 September 1995 to promulgate a set of principles on gender equality.
  • The Platform for Action called for strategic actions in a variety of areas (economy, education, health, violence, decision-making, etc.

Press release - All for equality - 2020 is a pivotal year for Gender Equality

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Sunday, March 8, 2020
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For this year's International Women's Day on 8 March, the European Parliament is marking the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration on gender equality.

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  • For this year's International Women's Day on 8 March, the European Parliament is marking the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration on gender equality.
  • Twenty-five years after it was adopted, womens rights and gender equality have not yet been realised.
  • No country in the world has fully achieved equality and empowerment for women and girls.
  • Women in Europe and around the world still face numerous challenges, some of which are newly emerging.

Article - International Women’s Day 2020: 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration

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Friday, February 28, 2020
Articles, Gender studies, Academic disciplines, Feminism, Gender equality, Humanities, Social inequality, Beijing Declaration, Women's rights, Gender, World Conference on Women, EGM: prevention of violence against women and girls

In 1995, the UNs 4th World Conference on women adopted a resolution regarding the empowerment and advancement of women around the world.

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  • In 1995, the UNs 4th World Conference on women adopted a resolution regarding the empowerment and advancement of women around the world.
  • It set out strategic objectives to achieve gender equality in 12 areas, including the economy, violence against women, women in power and women and the environment.
  • As the vote took place in Beijing, this resolution is known as the Beijing Declaration.
  • Read more about the Parliaments fight for gender equality

    Events in Parliament

    To mark the anniversary of the Beijing Declaration, Parliaments women's rights committee is organising an event on Thursday, 5 March.

Publications - International Women's Day 2020 - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality

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Monday, February 17, 2020
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On 5 March 2020, FEMM, in collaboration with the Directorate for Relations with National Parliaments, will organise an Inter-parliamentary Committee Meeting on "The 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action".

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  • On 5 March 2020, FEMM, in collaboration with the Directorate for Relations with National Parliaments, will organise an Inter-parliamentary Committee Meeting on "The 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action".
  • The event will take place in the European Parliament in Brussels, from 09.00 to 12.30.
  • Following the tradition to celebrate International Women's Day as a special event, the Committee takes a look back on progress achieved on gender equality and forward to anticipate future challenges.
  • The chosen topic of the event provides the participants an opportunity to take stock of achievements and best practices, as well as of the remaining challenges of this important agenda of women's empowerment in order to accelerate the realization of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by 2030.

Press release - Women’s rights: MEPs call for action to fight backlash against gender equality

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Thursday, February 13, 2020
Articles, Academic disciplines, Gender equality, Humanities, Social inequality, Gender studies, Beijing Declaration, Women's rights, Gender

They call on the Council to ensure a unified EU position and act to counter the backlash against gender equality and all measures undermining womens rights.

Key Points: 
  • They call on the Council to ensure a unified EU position and act to counter the backlash against gender equality and all measures undermining womens rights.
  • The Platform for Action called for strategic actions in areas such as economy, education, health, violence and decision-making.
  • Upcoming EP events: The long walk towards gender equality: what remains to be done?
  • The next day, the EP Womens Rights and Gender Equality Committee will organise a meeting with national MPs on the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration.