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“Africa is flowing with resources from oil, diamonds, critical minerals. But at times we find that in our cities, at the bus stations, there's no toilets with running water in a continent which is rich with possibilities. So it's how that intentionality, that political will, to put resources to what matters most.”Daniel Dadzie speaks to Dr Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, UN Assistant Secretary-General and UN deputy director for women, about the need for Africa to focus on the priorities of its people, such as water and sanitation.The interview took place at the African Union summit in Addis Abbaba, Ethiopia, where the theme was: “Ensuring sustainable water availability and safe sanitation systems.” It's part of Agenda 2063 - the organisation's 50-year strategic framework. But Gumbonzvanda says these things can't wait fifty years, and that they need to be a priority for African leaders now.In her role as deputy lead for UN Women, she is also increasingly concerned by the stories she's been hearing from the women of Sudan, where the civil war continues to rage. She says that regional bodies and the UN are not doing enough to protect the war-torn country's women and children.The Interview brings you conversations with people shaping our world, from all over the world. The best interviews from the BBC, including episodes with Taiwan's cyber ambassador Audrey Tang, author Sir Salman Rushdie, and South African health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi. You can listen on the BBC World Service on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a podcast, out three times a week on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. Presenter: Daniel Dadzie Producers: Albert Kirui, Brian Khisa, and Clare Williamson Editor: Damon RoseGet in touch with us on email TheInterview@bbc.co.uk and use the hashtag #TheInterviewBBC on social media.(Image: Dr Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda Credit: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for The Ford Foundation)

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The Deputy Executive Director for UN Women, Dr Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda has made an appeal for a ceasefire in Sudan - while speaking at the just concluded Africa Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. UN Women says of the 12 million people displaced by the Sudan war, more than half of them are women and children. This adds to the documented cases of mass and systemic rape and the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.   And Zambia's inflation is at its lowest for the first time in three years. At 9.4%, the government says the favourable cost of living is as a result of strong copper sales and low food prices. We hear from Zambians.   Presenter: Nkechi Ogbonna Producers: Keikantse Shumba, Blessing Aderogba and Kennedy Gondwe Technical Producer: Herbert Masua Senior Producer: Charles Gitonga Editors: Samuel Murunga and Maryam Abdalla

Policy Advocacy: Part 4: What every domestic violence survivor & advocate should know about Artificial Intelligence. In our fourth Policy Matters presentation, we interview Adam Dodge, founder of EndTAB.org, about what every survivor and advocate should know about Artificial Intelligence. This episode was curated by the Maitri Policy Advocacy Program and facilitated by Smitha Chandrasekhar, a Maitri volunteer who is deeply invested in promoting the rights of survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault to their own bodies and autonomy.The United Nations Program for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as UN Women, reported in November 2025 that approximately 16 to 58 percent of women worldwide are impacted by technology-facilitated violence, an issue only being amplified by the onset of AI-powered online abuse. AI and large language models that have been trained on content containing gender stereotypes and are now integrated into many everyday platforms, such as X's Grok AI or Meta AI. These platforms are now being used to further propagate the spread of gender based abuse in an even more violent and widespread manner than before.Since the boom of artificial intelligence via ChatGPT in 2023, AI has become a household name and topic across the globe. In this new reality, both new challenges and new opportunities are at the forefront of the conversation for domestic violence survivors and advocates alike.Our guest is Adam Dodge. As the founder of EndTAB.org (Ending Technology-Enabled Abuse), and the Tech-savvy parent (https://www.thetechsavvyparent.com/) Adam's work is characterized by his dedication to addressing the existing and future threats posed by technology to victims of crime and gender-based violence. He haswritten extensively on technology-enabled abuse, non-consensual pornography, and created the first resource guide for victims of Nonconsensual Deepfake Pornography. Adam spends a great deal of his time delivering innovative technology-enabled abuse presentations to organizations around the world. He is also a special advisor to the Coalition Against Stalkerware and sits on the World Economic Forum's Pathways toDigital Justice Advisory Committee. Adam has been interviewed on the subject of tech-enabled abuse for Vogue, the Washington Post, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal. SELF Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Gizmodo, GQ, and the MIT Technology Review. A licensed attorney in California, he earned his JD by way of McGeorge and HastingsCollege of the Law.

Welcome to HBR News where we give the badger treatment to the news of the week! This week we will be talking about the fallout of the Renee Good incident, Kier Starmer works with Canada and Australia to ban X, the United States pulls out of UN Women, and more!

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Robert Baker, Founder and CEO, Potentia Talent Consulting Robert has been a passionate supporter of diversity, equity and inclusion throughout his 40 plus year consulting career. He now runs his own company, focussing on delivering keynotes, workshops and coaching for business executives to help them develop their inclusive leadership skills and so build diverse and inclusive workplaces.   Robert works with global organisations and some of the key projects he has delivered in the last twelve months include: · Allyship workshops and key notes · Executive coaching for male leaders on gender balance and inclusion · Unconscious bias workshops and training · Inclusive culture and leadership workshops and keynotes Clients include Generali, Marsh & McLennan, ENGIE, Pfizer, PwC Belgium, Zalando and many other global companies.   Robert has also spoken at many conferences, including recently: The Rise & Lead Women Conference, The Hague (September 2025) where he ran a Men As Allies Roundtable and the Global Women on Boards Conference, Brussels (November 2025) where he chaired a panel on AI and Allyship.   Robert is a Board member and Vice Chair of European Women on Boards, and is a past Trustee of UN Women, UK. Robert is Disrupter in Residence in DE&I on the Global MBA Program at EDHEC Business School and also a visiting lecturer on Male Allyship at the University of Amsterdam Academy.   In recognition of his work in gender balance, Robert was named a Top 50 Trailblazer in Gender Equity in January 2023 by We Are The City and was awarded as Corporate Male Champion of the Year 2024 by Women in Management. ---- SOCIALS: Twitter: @robertbkr  Instagram: @robertbkr LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-baker-potentia-talent-consulting/  

Part 1 of this essay was published by rediff.com at https://www.rediff.com/news/column/rajeev-srinivasan-trumps-huge-venezuela-gamble/20260114.htmPart 2 of this essay was published by rediff.com at https://www.rediff.com/news/column/rajeev-srinivasan-was-maduros-capture-a-warning-shot-to-china/20260124.htmIt is hard to judge whether the US regime-change operation in Venezuela is a stroke of genius or an act of pure recklessness. This is completely orthogonal to the questions of morality and legality involved in such, well, coups, to put it bluntly. The real issue at hand is twofold: why did they do it? And what is the long-term fallout from it?I consider several perspectives below: the moral/legal angle, the alleged oil bonanza, the alleged drug trafficking, geo-politics and geo-economics. In sum, I am inclined to believe that the Venezuela adventure may not be an indication of American strength, alas, but rather of American weakness. To someone like me who is deeply supportive of the US (especially in opposition to China, the G2 condominium notwithstanding), this is a disheartening conclusion.The morality and legality angleLet us summarily dispose of the entire morality-legality question. At the end of the day, international relations, despite flowery marketing language, is essentially Chanakyan matsya-nyaya, i.e. the big fish eat the little fish, the law of the jungle. Might is right, and that's just the way realpolitik is, let us accept that and move on. The United Nations and the so-called ‘liberal rules-based international order' are syntactic sugar hiding this bitter fact of life. There are a few implications for the little or medium-sized fish: deter the big fish. 1. Bulk up, build up your military and economic strength, including your ability to produce lots of military hardware, 2. Build your economic leverage, so that you are an indispensable trading partner nobody can afford to alienate, 3. Build a nuclear arsenal.This last is significant. Let us consider all the recent (and near-future) invasions by big fish. Iraq. Libya. Iran. Panama. Vietnam. Afghanistan. Ukraine. And soon, alas, Taiwan. Ok, I may have missed some here, but none of them have nukes. If you have working nuclear weapons, and the means to deliver them (such as nuclear-capable missiles, submarines lurking in the ocean depths with nuclear warheads), then it is risky for the invading big fish. No big fish likes body bags, and they certainly don't like mushroom clouds over their cities.In addition, there was the stunning silence from the European Union and Britain, which have been moralizing to everybody about how wicked it was for Russia to invade Ukraine. No clutching pearls this time, eh, Eurocrats in Brussels? In fact, EU leaders were positively ecstatic about Trump's intervention in Venezuela. It is indeed the end of the European century.Ditto with the United Nations, which, by the way, is pretty much on its last legs so far as I can tell: on 7th January President Trump exited 31 UN agencies and a grand total of 66 multilateral entities.This of course hurts the UN's budget, not to mention its relevance.In January the US will formally exit the Paris Climate Agreement and the WHO, and it has already exited the UNHRC, UNESCO, and UNRWA. The newly announced exits include the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the UN Women's Fund, the UN Population Fund, the International Solar Alliance, the International Renewable Energy Alliance, and so on.All this fits in with the ‘Fortress America' part of the National Security Strategy, which I wrote about at some length recently. In my opinion, it is not in the US' long-term interests. The post-WW II “liberal, rules-based international order” with America as its center was good for the US, and its precipitous end will erode pre-eminence, Manifest Destiny notwithstanding. The problem is that the dollar, sanctions, SWIFT and US Treasury debt are losing their clout. Pax Americana too.Summary: Nobody is bothered about morality or legality.The oil colony: is it for real?It could be argued that the unabashed Trump statements about Venezuela's oil are exactly like the British and other European colonization of many lands in the 19th century. It can be summarized as: “we have the guns, we're going to take your butter”. That may well be true, although it is not discussed in genteel circles, where they pretend the Euros were on an, um… civilizing mission.Trump, to his credit, makes no bones about it: he says in so many words that he will henceforth consider Venezuela's oil to be his, and that it will be used for the benefit of both Venezuelans and Americans. To be honest, there is some rationale behind this: the infamous Resource Curse, where resource-rich countries end up with the riches being grabbed by both foreigners and kleptocratic local elites, and miserable citizens get virtually nothing.I am not quite sure how Arab OPEC countries managed to keep their money, and spend it on their own nationals: possibly because their populations were low, and they were used to authoritarian rulers anyway. The same with Norway. But the Resource Curse is a fairly universal phenomenon. I bet the global money managers are laughing all the way to the bank.When I first went to the US in the late 1970s, I had a graduate student friend, a woman from Venezuela. She was there on a generous scholarship funded by oil revenues, just like the Iranians who had studied with me in India. At least some of the money was going to actual citizens, and wasn't disappearing into tax havens. I guess socialism did Venezuela in over decades, as we have seen in West Bengal and Kerala.The country's finances are an absolute mess, through years of economic collapse, US sanctions, and a sovereign default in 2017. There are enormous debts owed by Venezuela to foreign investors, add up to more than $150 billion, or twice GDP; this includes interest, penalties for default, and arbitration awards for the expropriation (nationalization) of oil infrastructure. Venezuelan assets abroad (e.g. the CITGO oil retailer) are at risk.So far as I can tell, the country owes the following:* Bond default in 2017 (sovereign and state oil company PDVSA bonds): face value $60 billion, now up to $100 billion with accrued interest and penalties. Owed mostly to international asset managers such as Fidelity, Greylock, T Rowe Price (often US based)* Oil-backed loans of about $15 billion, to be paid off in oil shipments (China and Russia)* Arbitration awards often based on nationalization/expropriation of (especially oil-related) assets: around $30 billion (US and Canada based creditors such as ConocoPhillips and Crystallex owed around $8-10 billion)This means there's a lot of issues that needs to be settled before Venezuela becomes a normal and substantial player in the world oil market. Besides, despite the exertions of Chevron, an American oil major that still has operations in Venezuela, I don't think it will be easy to ramp up production there, which has collapsed due to a variety of factors, including the non-availability of naphtha to make the very viscous, heavy crude from the Orinoco Belt more easily transportable.It is said, however, that a number of US refineries can indeed handle this heavy crude (incidentally Indian refineries such as Reliance's Jamnagar can as well) and so, over time, the oil will begin to flow, although it is going to cost quite a bit to get there. Their production was of the order of 3.5 million barrels per day in the 2010s, but it has fallen to about 1.1 million barrels now, as the result of infrastructure decay, mismanagement, corruption, and US sanctions.I have read estimates that it might take as much as $180 billion in investments over the next 10-15 years to bring Venezuela back online at scale. This means that any dreams of the US tapping Venezuela's vast oil reserves any time soon are unrealistic. Besides, that could lead to an oil glut, depressing global prices even below the current $50-60 levels, which has the side effect of making America's own shale-based oil production unviable.There is one good outcome, though: for neighboring Guyana. Venezuela had been threatening to go to war over Guyana's oil fields. Given that Guyana has a large Indian origin population, I am glad that at least some diaspora people are becoming oil rich. But then again, Trump may feel free to claim their oil too, who knows?All this suggests that, despite all the talk of seizing the largest oil reserves in the world, this is not the real reason behind the regime change.Summary: The oil issue is overblown, and nothing dramatic will happen short-term.What about the drug-running?There was a lot of noise about how Venezuelan gangs pushing drugs in the US was a major threat, and how that needs to be taken care of. However, on closer scrutiny, Venezuela is not a major producer of cocaine (production is almost entirely in Colombia, with smaller amounts from Peru and Bolivia). It serves as a minor transit country for some cocaine, mostly headed to Europe or the Caribbean rather than directly to the streets of America.Data from the UNODC (UN Office on Drugs and Crime) and the US DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) show no significant direct sea routes from Venezuela to the US; the only known direct route is limited air trafficking.DEA reports (including the 2025 National Drug Threat Assessment) and UNODC (World Drug Report 2025) consistently show Colombia as the overwhelming source of cocaine entering the US (around 84%+ of samples). Venezuela ranks low in direct contributions, with most US-bound cocaine transiting through Mexico/Central America via Pacific routes.Fentanyl trafficking into the United States follows a distinct supply chain, very different from plant-based drugs like cocaine. The overwhelming consensus from US authorities is that Mexico is the primary source of finished illicit fentanyl reaching the US, while China remains the main origin for the precursor chemicals needed to produce it.The fentanyl crisis is overwhelmingly a China to Mexico to US southwest border pipeline not linked to Venezuela or South America in any substantial way, per DEA, State Department, and congressional reporting.Summary: The talk about Venezuela's drug-running is a smoke-screen.Is it geopolitics then?The most interesting thing about the extraction of former Venezuelan President Maduro was not the dramatic flair with which it was done, though that was indeed very Youtube-ready. The helicopter gunships, the silenced air defences, the Cuban bodyguard eliminated (by a sonic weapon?): all the elements of a pretty exciting Hollywood film. I'm sure one is coming up soon.What was even more interesting, though, was that a delegation from the Chinese Communist Party had met him just a few hours before. China has been rather chummy with a fellow-socialist, and has been a good customer as an oil buyer. The fact that Maduro was extricated while the Chinese were still in Venezuela was a warning shot: besides, it suggests that they had no clue what was going to happenIn effect, it was a slap on the face of China, and it goes back to my belief that the US is investing in a G2 condominium with them. Stick and carrot, maybe? Collaborate in general in the spheres of influence concept, but hey, you better keep out of my sphere, ok? As I said earlier, China has made serious inroads into Latin America, which the US may now be hinting is simply not ok: stay in your lane, Xi! In simple terms, China will no longer have access to Venezuelan oil.The prognosis is grim: Russia and the EU are mired in the Ukraine mess, China is rampant (certainly in Asia, with their declared intent of invading Taiwan by 2027), the QUAD is more or less defunct. Trump refused to support Japanese premier Takaichi Sanae when she was bullied by the Chinese over her remark that if Taiwan were to be attacked by China, this would create a survival-threatening situation for Japan, which is literally true as Taiwan is only 70 miles away.Parenthetically, India has also realized the same about the US – that it is on its own – after what was quite likely a US-supported regime-change operation in Bangladesh has put the Hindu minority there in real danger of genocide and ethnic cleansing, with daily incidents of burning alive, murder, rape and abduction and threats of capturing Indian territory.The emerging situation in Iran is also likely to be a blow to China: they would lose one more source of cheap oil. But then, they do have buyer power: in other words, major oil producers do have to sell their stuff to somebody, and as China demonstrated in the case of soybeans from the US, its refusal to buy the stuff has severe consequences for the seller.So it is true that the US and China in general have to respect each other and trade with each other. This is perfectly feasible under the G2 condominium, the principal role of which is to give each of them a ‘playpen' if you will, and prevent a new power, e.g. India, from forcing its way into a G3. It appears they both are applying the Thucydides Trap to India.The US is still ahead of China in the geopolitical game, but if it continues to burn its bridges with its erstwhile allies and partners (such as the EU and Quad members) it will accelerate its relative decline. This is hardly the time to alienate potential partners, especially now that a belligerent NATO has pushed a reluctant Russia into the dhritarashtra-alinganam of China.Unfortunately, in geo-politics America is becoming less exceptional, and Henry Kissinger's quip that “it is dangerous to be America's enemy, but fatal to be its friend” is taking on a new urgency. The action in Venezuela (and possibly in Cuba before long) does not encourage other nations to look to the US for partnerships.Summary: The geopolitical fallout is not particularly good for America's image as an ally.It may well be economics, and a desperate fin-de-siecle lungeThe final issue is that of economics and economic history. Over the past several centuries, we have seen how those countries that hold the global reserve currency have prospered and have been financial hegemons to begin with, based on some substantial competitive advantage, but then a strange malady (“the Dutch disease”) sets in, and over time their financial clout diminishes, until at one point they become major debtors and then, they become irrelevant.This has happened several times in the past 800 or so years, and the patterns are strikingly similar, so there is a fair chance that it is happening again. The countries in question are:* Spain in the 16th century onwards* The Netherlands in the 17th century onwards* Britain in the 19th century onwards* And alas, the US in the 20th century onwardsNow, I would dearly wish the US could avoid this vicious cycle, partly because it is a continent-sized nation with immense resources, but I believe that economic profligacy, wasting money on unnecessary things like wars, and complacency fostered by easy money is leading to a mountain of debt, which usually is a bad place to be in. In each of these European examples, initial success inevitably led to collapse. I hope the US can avoid this fate, especially as warnings have been sounded for some time by experts such as Ray Dalio.Great economic powers, particularly those issuing the world's primary reserve currency, tend to follow a recurring historical cycle of rise, peak dominance, gradual (or sometimes rapid) decline, loss of competitiveness, mounting debt burdens, and eventual marginalization on the global stage. This pattern has repeated over the last 500+ years.The archetypal cycle often unfolds in phases:* Rise and dominance: Because of strong education, innovation, productivity, trade dominance, military power, and financial innovation create a virtuous cycle (this is the model that I have in mind of the US. But there is a second model: colonial loot. Spain stole trillions from Latin America, Britain from India. This too leads to (unearned) privilege). This leads to the currency becoming the preferred global medium for trade, reserves, and debt denomination.* Peak and overextension: Success breeds complacency, wealth inequality widens, debt accumulates (often to fund wars, welfare, or consumption), and costs rise relative to competitors. Besides, there is a form of the Resource Curse: the colonial loot or digging things out from a hole in a ground is so easy that all other industries wither away and die. We see this in Kerala today: remittances are easy money, so everybody wants to go to the Persian Gulf (skilled and unskilled labor) or Europe (nurses). Maybe the generativeAI bubble falls into the same category: the money is too easy.* Decline in competitiveness: Education and innovation lag, unit labor costs rise, trade shares erode, and emerging rivals catch up or surpass in productivity and technology. Too much by way of wokeness, social justice and related illnesses means the smart ones leave, and the dumb ones keep congratulating each other. Ruchir Sharma just wrote in the Financial Times about how the continuing exodus of skilled Indians is a big negative.* Debt buildup and financial strain: The “exorbitant privilege” of reserve status allows cheap borrowing, encouraging more debt. Deficits grow, and the currency is printed or devalued to manage burdens. Print, baby, print. But one day you have to pay the piper.* Marginalization: Confidence erodes (via inflation, devaluations, defaults, or crises), foreigners reduce holdings, and a new power's currency gains primacy. The reserve status lingers due to network effects and habit, but the issuing power loses geopolitical and economic centrality.Spain had its colonies in the Americas from which it extracted enormous amounts of gold and silver; the Dutch started the Amsterdam stock exchange and stepped into the vacuum of finance when Spain faltered; the British outcompeted the Dutch in colonization and in industrialization and defeated them in wars; and the US took over when Britain lost its colonies and had nowhere to dump its goods, and was in debt for its spending in World Wars I and II.Some of the symptoms of the “Dutch disease” are showing in the US: enormous debt, wars that have no clear benefit to the nation, loss of manufacturing, geopolitical challenges, loss of competitiveness and brand superiority in industry after industry.US investors are quietly moving their funds to other countries, while foreigners are quietly moving their money out of US treasuries (e.g. China has reduced its holdings from a high of $1.3 trillion in 2013 to $688 billion now) and into gold, the BRICS group is creating an alternative currency and a non-SWIFT settlement mechanism, and many countries are trading with each other bilaterally in local currencies. De-dollarization is a little far off but no longer implausible.Now, as a big supporter of the US, I do hope the dollar will continue to be supreme, but I am beginning to have my doubts. I have had faith in the US and its ability to re-invent itself on the brains of its immigrants, but I wonder if a post-MAGA US will be the beacon, the “City on the Hill”, “Give me your tired, your poor/Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free”. Maybe not any more. Perhaps cyclical decline, and the rot, are already too deep.This, in my opinion, is the real reason for Trump's little adventure in Venezuela: to be relevant in global finance for a little longer. The petrodollar has been the lifeline allowing the US to run substantial deficits for a long time. Because all transactions for oil have traditionally been mandated to be in dollars, there has been constant demand for the dollar, despite the loss of manufacturing (in other words, nobody needs dollars to buy US goods except a few like weapons, aircraft, and Big Tech software). But everybody needs it to buy oil.Trump is ensuring that Venezuela's giant oil reserves (the largest in the world) will now be sold in dollars, contrary to Maduro's plans to trade in yuan. This is deja vu: when Iraq's President Saddam Hussein planned to trade his oil in Euros in 2000, he found himself deposed. When Libya's President Muammar Gaddafi planned to trade his oil in a new currency called the ‘gold dinar' around 2009, he found himself deposed. Coincidence? Perhaps.This is why I have had the feeling that the Venezuela adventure does not show American strength, but rather American weakness. The dollar is in trouble, and thus the US welfare state. This is an attempt to shore it up.Summary: The real rationale behind the Venezuela regime-change is to ensure that de-dollarization is postponed at least for a while.3450 words, Jan 12, 2026. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rajeevsrinivasan.substack.com/subscribe

Italia fanalino di coda per quanto riguarda gli obiettivi per contrastare il Gender Pay Gap. È questo il quadro preoccupante che emerge dall'ultimo rapporto di UN Women dove il divario economico tra lavoratici e lavoratori è ancora molto ampio. Gli ospiti di oggi:Giuliana Coccia - senior expert dell'ASviSDarya Majidi - Presidente UN Women e Ceo di Daxo GroupDaniela Rega - Dirigente Medica Chirurgia Oncologica Colorettale, Responsabile UOS Chirurgia Anorettale Istituto Nazionale Tumori di Napoli - Fondazione Pascale, presidente di Women in Surgery ItaliaMariachiara Marsella - SEO Strategy, co - ideatrice di Donne In Serp

Osprey Orielle Lake is the Founder and Executive Director of Women's Earth & Climate Action Network, International (WECAN). She works nationally and internationally with grassroots, Indigenous and business leaders, policy-makers and scientists to promote climate justice, resilient communities, and a just transition to a clean energy future. Osprey is Co-chair of International Advocacy for the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature and the visionary behind the International Women's Earth and Climate Summit, which brought together 100 women leaders from around the world to draft and implement a Women's Climate Action Agenda. She teaches international climate trainings and directs WECAN's advocacy work in areas such as Women for Forests, Rights of Nature and UN Forums. She has served on the board of the Praxis Peace Institute and on the Steering Committee for The UN Women's Major Group for the Rio+20 Earth Summit. Awards include the National Women's History Project Honoree, Taking The Lead To Save Our Planet, and the Woman Of The Year Outstanding Achievement Award from the California Federation Of Business And Professional Women.  Osprey is the author of the award-winning book, “Uprisings for the Earth: Reconnecting Culture with Nature" and the book "The Story is in Our Bones: How Worldviews and Climate Justice Can Remake a World in Crisis". https://newsociety.com/book/the-story-is-in-our-bones/?srsltid=AfmBOoon6gZaClI4_g4CxxWBbls97lKVsPtxMyAZVEqcDsuR99UwIqC2https://www.wecaninternational.org

Fyrsti gestur á nýju ári var fulltrúi ungu kynslóðarinnar. Askur Hrafn Hannesson er kornungur aðgerðarsinni og jafngamall Gretu Thunberg. Hann hefur verið formaður ungliðahreyfingar Amnesty og unnið með No Borders og UN Women og stundar nú nám í guðfræði. Askur kom í skemmtilega fimmu og sagði af fimm manneskjum sem hafa haft áhrif á líf hans. Gleðilegt nýtt ár elsku hlustendur!

Episode 86 - Patricia Elias - an international lawyer and UN Women advisor whose courage and leadership inspire women worldwide to rise, lead and claim their rightful place. Disclaimer: Please note that all information and content on the UK Health Radio Network, all its radio broadcasts and podcasts are provided by the authors, producers, presenters and companies themselves and is only intended as additional information to your general knowledge. As a service to our listeners/readers our programs/content are for general information and entertainment only.  The UK Health Radio Network does not recommend, endorse, or object to the views, products or topics expressed or discussed by show hosts or their guests, authors and interviewees.  We suggest you always consult with your own professional – personal, medical, financial or legal advisor. So please do not delay or disregard any professional – personal, medical, financial or legal advice received due to something you have heard or read on the UK Health Radio Network.

The Women in AI Healthcare event series - hosted by Real Chemistry in collaboration with Pharma Brands – brings together dynamic female leaders to discuss the transformative role of artificial intelligence in life sciences. It is also a call to action: to ensure women are not only present, but pivotal in shaping the future of AI in healthcare. In a new pharmaphorum podcast focused on the important and timely subject of women in AI, web editor Nicole Raleigh spoke with: Kate Eversole, event director at Pharma Brands; Celine Parmentier, EVP, head of global med comms at Real Chemistry; and Emma Slade, head of applied AI at Tangram Therapeutics. The guests discuss their own work with AI, the risk of training AI models predominantly on male data, and how, within life sciences, women are already shaping, challenging, and advocating for AI. The conversation also touches upon the possible next greatest impacts of AI in the sector, and the need to keep the ‘human in the loop', as well as the possible negative impacts if AI is relied upon too much. You can listen to episode 232 of the pharmaphorum podcast in the player below, download the episode to your computer, or find it - and subscribe to the rest of the series – on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Pocket Casts, Podbean, and pretty much wherever else you download your other podcasts from.   Resources mentioned within the conversation are as below: Kotek, H., Dockum, R., & Sun, C. (2023). Gender Bias and Stereotypes in Large Language Models. arXiv:2304.02485. UN Women & UNESCO (2020). I'd Blush If I Could: Closing Gender Divides in Digital Skills Through Education. Tatman, R. (2017). Gender and dialect bias in YouTube's automatic captions. Criado-Perez, C. (2019). Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men. King, M. (2020). The Fix: Overcome the Invisible Barriers That Are Holding Women Back at Work.   You can register to be a part of the women in AI community here: https://www.pharmabrands.ca/womeninai   Information on the survey being run by Dr Michelle Penelope King, on AI and workplace motivation, can be found here: https://lnkd.in/eCg87_7w

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 1898: Vicki Cook and Amy Blacklock break down why saying yes to unpaid work can undermine your business, time, and income, especially for women already carrying the weight of unpaid labor. They share clear, thoughtful criteria to help freelancers decide when working for free might serve their goals, and when it's better to walk away. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://womenwhomoney.com/work-for-free-exposure-experience/ Quotes to ponder: "Working for exposure is not the 'free advertising' that people claim it to be." "You aren't making money from paying customers when you choose to spend time producing free content, goods, or other services." "Freelancers striving to build their dream career don't work for free simply to help out others." Episode references: Estate Planning 101: https://www.amazon.com/Estate-Planning-101-Establishing-Understanding/dp/1507216394 UN Women on Unpaid Work: https://www.unwomen.org/en/node/36060

A woman found dead in a car outside a NSW police station has been identified; Nine women were killed and at least ten others injured when Nigerian soldiers reportedly opened fire on a protest in Adamawa state; A new UN Women report shows that over two-thirds of female journalists, activists, and human rights defenders have experienced online abuse; Communications Minister Anika Wells has accepted that her taxpayer-funded travel claims have prompted a “gut reaction” from the public; Australian comedian Julian Woods has been named as one of four main suspects in a Bali police investigation into alleged pornographic activity. Support independent women's media CREDITS Host/Producer: Tahli Blackman Audio Production: Lu HillBecome a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gaza newborns ‘scarred by war before first breath' by preventable maternal malnutrition: UNICEFSudan: Dangerous ordeal of El Fasher's escapees is not over, warns UNFPASeven in 10 women activists have been abused online: UN Women

Hii leo jaridani tunakuletea ufafanuzi wa umuhimu wa maadhimisho ya Siku ya Kimataifa ya Haki za binadamu kutoka kwa Seifu Magango Msemaji wa Ofisi ya Haki za Binadamu ya Umoja wa Mataifa ambaye anaanza kwa kuzungumzia azimio la tamko hilo la haki za binadamu.Utafiti uliofanywa na Tume ya Ulaya kwakushirikiana na shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa linalaoshughulikia masuala ya wanawake UN Women umebaini kuwa wanawake saba kati ya kumi wakiwemo watetezi wa haki za binadamu, wanaharakati na waandishi wa habari wanakumbana na ukatili mtandaoni.Meneja Mawasiliano wa Shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa linaloshughulika na masuala ya watoto UNICEF Tess Ingram yupo ziarani Ukanda wa Gaza huko Mashariki ya kati ambapo hii leo amezungumza na waandishi wa habari jijini Geneva Uswisi na kuwaeleza aliyoshuhudia huko ikiwemo wajawazito walio na utapiamlo kujifungua watoto wenye uzito mdogo au kuzaliwa kabla ya wakati, ambao wengine wanakufa katika vyumba vya wagonjwa mahututi      au wengine hupona lakini watoto hao hukabiliwa na utapimlo au matatizo mengine ya kiafya.Kamati ya Umoja wa Mataifa ya Kutokomeza Ubaguzi wa Rangi CERD, leo imetoa onyo kali kwa Sudan, ikieleza wasiwasi mkubwa kuhusu ongezeko la matumizi ya lugha ya kudhalilisha, kauli za chuki na ukiukaji Mkubwa wa haki za binadamu unaochochewa na misingi ya kikabila. Kamati imesem Mashambulizi haswa dhidi ya jamii za Fur, Masalit na Zaghawa, yanadaiwa kufanywa na Kikosi cha Msaada wa Haraka RSF na makundi washirika katika maeneo ya El Fasher, Darfur Kaskazini.Katika kujifunza lugha ya Kiswahili hii leo, mtaalam wetu Onni Sigalla, Mhariri mwandamizi wa Baraza la Kiswahili la Taifa nchini Tanzania, BAKITA. Anafafanua maana za neno "PEKUPEKU"Mwenyeji wako ni Anold Kayanda, karibu!

16 daga átak gegn kynbundnu ofbeldi er alþjóðleg herferð UN Women sem stendur ár hvert frá 25. nóvember til 10. desember. Herferðin tengir saman alþjóðlegan baráttudag Sameinuðu þjóðanna gegn kynbundnu ofbeldi og alþjóðlegan mannréttindadag Sameinuðu þjóðanna. Í ár, þegar 30 ár eru liðin frá undirritun Peking-sáttmálans, er athyglinni beint að stafrænu ofbeldi gegn konum og stúlkum. Sara McMahon, kynningarstjóri UN Women á Íslandi, settist niður með mér í morgun og ræddi við mig um stöðuna, áhyggjuefnin og framtíðina. Síðustu helgi hóf ný þáttaröð göngu sína á Rás 1 sem heitir Fatlist – í þáttunum fjalla Kolbrún Dögg Kristjánsdóttir og Heiða Vigdís Sigfúsdóttir um birtingarmyndir fötlunar í menningu og listum og kafa ofan í sögu fötlunar, skilgreiningar hennar og hvaða mynd listin dregur upp af fötluðu fólki. Í seinni hluta þáttar ætla Kolbrún Dögg og Heiða Vigdís að setjast hjá okkur og segja okkur meira um Fatlist – en byrjum á alþjóðlegri herferð UN Women. Umsjón: Ástrós Signýjardóttir og Pétur Magnússon. Tónlist þáttarins: Marvin Gaye - Yesterday

We interrupt these interruptions to bring you a website that I didn't know existed until right before Thanksgiving. When you see it, remember, women in the US voted in 2020 and 2024 to support this because the administration who supported it promised to protect abortion. We might get back to the USAIDs coup or UN Women tonight, but probably not because I'm going off on this.

What does it feel like when your photos are taken, manipulated and shared online without your consent? That's the reality for 23-year-old Debra Nashipae, a Kenyan student and aspiring musician whose images were turned into deepfake pornography – a form of digital abuse that experts say is increasing rapidly. According to UN Women, 90–95% of all deepfakes online are non-consensual pornographic images, and around 90% of those depict women. Their report also highlights that half of the world's women and girls lack legal protection against this kind of digital violence. In this episode of Focus on Africa: The Conversation, host Nkechi Ogbonna spoke to Debra about her experience, along with her lawyer, Mercy Mutemi, who is advocating for justice and better protection of digital rights. Presenter : Nkechi Ogbonna Producers: Carolyne Kiambo, Fana Weldye, Waihiga Mwaura, Ly Truong Technical Producers: Jonathan Mwangi and Philip Bull Senior Producer: Priya Sippy Editors: Samuel Murunga and Maryam Abdalla

  The World Bank reports that, "today, more than half of the world's population – over 4 billion people – lives in cities." It also estimates that this shift is going to continue, in fact to DOUBLE to nearly 70% – or 7 out of every 10 people will live in cities by 2050. That's only 25 years away. At the same time, extreme weather events are increasingly devastating cities – we have all witnesses how Hurricane Melissa decimated Jamaica last week, for example, destroying home and businesses, schools, houses of worship, government buildings, everything. So what can, should and ARE cities doing to keep their people and economies safe and climate resilient?  What's working and what can we learn from them?  Today we're going to find out from four extraordinary women from across the globe." Joan Michelson's Introduction to the Panel at Smart City Expo 2025   We need to share what works in cities across the globe, and that's exactly what my esteemed panel did recently at the Smart City Expo World Congress 2025 in Barcelona, Spain. Here is the recording of Electric Ladies Podcast host Joan Michelson's panel which includes three women from three countries: Japan, Bolivia and Argentina, as well as Joan from the U.S. Listen to hear fascinating ideas and stories from these women: You'll hear from: ● Nidya Pesántez is UN Women for the Americas and the Caribbean Representative in Bolivia, where she also coordinates the Environmental Strategy for a Just Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean.  ●       Sofía María Galnares Giagnorio Cámara is Provincial Deputy of Santa Fe Deputy, Argentina, and the youngest elected provincial deputy in Santa Fe province. She also serves as President of the Commission on Environment and Natural Resources in the Legislature. ●       Asuka Ito is an international advisor to the Government of Japan's Cabinet Office on the Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP). She serves on the International Advisory Board for the Phase-3 "Smart Mobility Platform" initiative in Japan. ●        Plus, questions from the audience   Read Joan's Forbes articles here.   You'll also like: ·       Predicting Climate Impacts In Neighborhoods – with Jessica Filante Farrington, AT&T's Director of Global Sustainability ·       The Politics of Climate & Energy – with Congresswoman Chrissy Houlahan, Co-Chair, Bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus ·       AI and Climate Solutions – with Stephanie Hare, Ph.D., Researcher, Author of "Technology Is Not Neutral" and BBC Broadcaster ·       Climate Policy & the Economy – with Gina McCarthy, White House National Climate Advisor, Biden Administration, and former EPA Administrator under President Obama Subscribe to our newsletter to receive our podcasts, blog, events and special coaching offers. Thanks for subscribing on Apple Podcasts or iHeartRadio and leaving us a review! Follow us on Twitter @joanmichelson

One in three women worldwide has experienced physical or sexual violence (that's according to UN Women). Yet, this rarely gets discussed outside of specialized circles. Today, we're going to fix that.We're speaking with Megan Ryder-Burbidge, a global advocate for women's equality and the co-founder and CEO of Sororal, a feminist travel company and advocacy brand reshaping how women experience the world. Megan's company is addressing violence against women by partnering with anti-violence organizations in the places they take travelers to, such as India, Morocco, and Kenya. Book your 2026 trips with Sororal and use code GOINGPLACES to receive $250 CAD off your booking (~$175 USD).Going Places is an audience-supported platform. You can become our member for as little as $6 a month. Visit us at goingplacesmedia.com to learn more.Thanks to our Founding Members: RISE Travel Institute, a nonprofit with a mission to create a more just and equitable world through travel educationRadostina Boseva, a film wedding photographer with an editorial flair based in San FranciscoWhat you'll learn in this episode:Megan's childhood in the Middle East and North AfricaWhy we don't talk about the widespread issue of violence against womenWhat Sororal is doing to contribute to the anti-violence campaignWhat it's like being a woman in the modern world Sororal trips to India, Morocco, and KenyaPerformative advocacy in the travel spaceAre women traveling solo safe?How Megan is raising a feminist daughterWhat if women ruled the world?Featured on the show:Follow @sororal on Instagram and TikTokRead Megan's SubstackConnect with Megan on LinkedInLearn more about Sororal on its websiteRead Sororal's Motherhood & Travel postGoing Places is a reader-supported platform. Get membership perks like a monthly group call with Yulia at goingplacesmedia.com!For more BTS of this podcast follow @goingplacesmedia on Instagram and check out our videos on YouTube!Please head over to Apple Podcasts and SUBSCRIBE to the show. If you enjoy this conversation, please share it with others on social and don't forget to tag us @goingplacesmedia!And show us some love, if you have a minute, by rating Going Places or leaving us a review wherever you listen. You'll be helping us to bend the arc of algorithms towards our community — thank you!Going Places with Yulia Denisyuk is a show that...

As we think about systems change, it's all too easy to get caught up the technical design of new institutions and 'system architecture'. But if we are being asked to consider a qualitatively different way governing, convening, educating, distributing resources - all of the fundamentals of society -then perhaps we can start by asking: What has LOVE got to do with any of it? As I share at the start of this episode, it's been clear to me that it's difficult to bring the concept of love into such discussions. So I really wanted to explore this a few courageous and amazing individuals, who I knew would be up for it! In this episode you'll hear from four amazing people working in quite different sectors - from existential risk, climate resilience to cognitive science to leadership and communications to teacher training and education. But all united by the willingness to talk about love as central to their work. Dr. Laura Penn is an expert in leadership communication and the speaking arts. As the Founder of The Leadership Speaking School (https://www.theleadershipspeakingschool.com/), she transforms leaders and teams from the world's most well-known companies, business schools and organizations into authentic communicators of the digital age. Her clients include the World Economic Forum, International Olympic Committee, United Nations, World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF), IMD Business School, Ebay, Roche, Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy (LVMH), Nespresso, Salesforce, Logitech, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), EHL Hospitality Business School and many more.With her first career as a conservation biologist, Laura is also a distinguished voice in the sustainability sector, empowering her audiences to communicate sustainability with gravitas.https://www.laurapennspeaker.com/linkedin.com/in/laurapennphdJamie Bristow is a writer linking inner and outer transformation, and a policy advisor on the application of inner development and contemplative practices in public life. His work includes influential reports such as Reconnection: Meeting the Climate Crisis Inside Out and The System Within: Addressing the inner dimension of sustainability and systems transformation. Jamie is currently developing his work in a new direction, supported by a two-year fellowship, and is initiating a yet-to-be-announced project with Professor Rebecca Henderson at Harvard University (https://rebeccahenderson.com/). He is a co-founder of the Life Itself Sensemaking Studio; honorary associate of Bangor University; special advisor to the Inner Development Goals; from 2015 to 2023, Jamie played an instrumental role in the UK's All-Party Parliamentary Group on Mindfulness.https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamiebristow/ https://www.jamiebristow.com/Khadija Shahper Bakhtiar is CEO and Founder of Teach For Pakistan - MPP, University of California, Berkeley; BSc Hons., LUMS; Rozan, Islamabad; UN Women, NYC; Fulbright Alum.https://iteachforpakistan.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/khadija-shahper-bakhtiar-045b60122/And Andrea Hiott, who you have heard on the podcast previously in episode 209 (https://www.goodimpactlabs.com/podcast/andrea-hiott) is Andrea is a philosopher, cognitive scientist and writer and host of the Love and Philosophy community and channel: https://lovephilosophy.substack.com/

In this episode of War & Peace, Elissa and guest host Alissa de Carbonnel are joined by Sabine Freizer Gunes, UN Women representative for Ukraine, about how the war in Ukraine has shaped and amplified gender inequalities in Ukraine and how women and women's organisations are responding. They discuss the mood in Ukraine as it enters its fourth winter of full-scale war and the toll the conflict is taking on women from higher rates of sexual and gender-based violence, mounting mental health pressures and economic insecurity. They explore how women are navigating both the challenges and opportunities the war has created, how the Ukrainian government is addressing these issues, and how women's organisations are affected by aid cuts. As Crisis Group marks its 30th anniversary, they also discuss how women's roles in politics and peacemaking in Ukraine and beyond are evolving amid a global pushback against gender equality and women's rights.For more, check out our Gender and Conflict and Ukraine pages. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hvernig má nýta betur matþörunga og aðra ofurfæðu fjörunnar? Flest þekkjum við söl og margir hafa bragðað þau en hvað annað úr fjörunni er hægt að nýta? Á morgun mun Eydís Mary Jónsdóttir, umhverfis- og auðlindafræðingur kynna ofurfæðuna sem finna má í fjöruborðinu og gefur gestum að smakka. Eydís kom í þáttinn í dag. UN Women á Íslandi standa fyrir árlegu 16 daga átaki gegn kynbundnu ofbeldi og í ár er athyglinni beint að stafrænu ofbeldi gegn konum og stúlkum. Fyrir milljónir kvenna og stúlkna hefur sítengdur stafrænn heimur orðið vettvangur ofbeldis, netáreitni, ofsóknum á netinu, misnotkun á persónulegum upplýsingum, dreifingu myndefnis án samþykkis, djúpfalsmynda og upplýsingaóreiðu. Stella Samúelsdóttir framkvæmdastýra UN Women á Íslandi kom í þáttinn og sagði frá átakinu. Það eru ekki allir sem eiga þess kost að komast á jólahlaðborð, hvað þá með allri fjölskyldunni. Jólahlaðborð Rótarýklúbbs Sauðárkróks verður haldið næsta laugardag og það er ókeypis fyrir þau sem mæta. Rótarýklúbbur Sauðárkróks er með mörg járn í eldinum en þetta er stærsta einstaka verkefni klúbbsins á hverju ári. Rótarýfélagar sjá um allan undirbúning og framkvæmd sem er býsna mikið verkefni. Við heyrðum í Ómari Braga Stefánssyni frá Rotaryklúbbi Sauðárkróks í dag. Tónlist í þættinum í dag: Í rökkurró / Helena Eyjólfsdóttir (Nevins, Nevins & Dunn, texti Jón Sigurðsson) That's What Friends Are For / Dionne Warwick & Friends (Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager) Lítill drengur / Vilhjálmur Vilhjálmsson (Magnús Kjartansson, texti Vilhjálmur Vilhjálmsson) Láttu mig gleyma / Stuðmenn (Egill Ólafsson, Þórður Árnason og Jakob Frímann Magnússon, texti Þórður Árnason) UMSJÓN: GUÐRÚN GUNNARSDÓTTIR OG GUNNAR HANSSON

Hii leo jaridani tunakuletea mada kwa kina inayotupeleka Mashariki mwa Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Congo DRC, na leo zinaanza siku 16 za uanaharakati kuelimisha umma kuhusu janga la ukatili wa kijinsia, tunamsikia  mmoja wa waathirika wa ukatili wa kingono.Katika kuadhimisha Siku ya Kimataifa ya Kutokomeza Ukatili dhidi ya Wanawake, Katibu Mkuu wa Umoja wa Mataifa Antonio Guterres ametoa onyo kali kuhusu ongezeko la ukatili mtandaoni dhidi ya wanawake na wasichana.Ripoti mpya iliyotolewa leo na Shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa la Masuala ya wanawake UN Women na Ofisi ya Umoja wa Mataifa ya dawa na uhalifu UNODC inaonya kwamba mwaka 2024, wanawake na wasichana 50,000 waliuawa na wapenzi au jamaa sawa na mwanamke mmoja kila dakika 10.Ripoti mpya ya Shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa la Biashara na Maendeleo (UNCTAD) inaonya kwamba uchumi wa Eneo la Palestina Linalokaliwa kwa Mabavu na Israel umerudi nyuma miaka 22 kwa muda usiozidi miaka miwili kwani umeingia katika hali mbaya zaidi ya mdororo kuwahi kurekodiwa, huku miongo ya maendeleo ikifutwa na operesheni za kijeshi zilizodumu kwa muda mrefu pamoja na vizuizi vya muda mrefu.Katika kujifunza lugha Kiswahili hii leo,  mtaalam wetu Onni Sigalla, Mhariri mwandamizi wa Baraza la Kiswahili la Taifa nchini Tanzania, BAKITA. Anafafanua maana za neno "MADUYUNI"Mwenyeji wako ni Sabrina Said, karibu!

Where do Pacific and western MEL approaches naturally align, and where do they clash?  Margaret Eastgate, Seraseini Vulavou and ‘Aulola ‘Ake discuss how MEL practice may honour Pacific ideas and ways of knowing in how we design, implement, and evaluate programs – including the concepts of tā (time) and vā (relational space).  This podcast was made possible through SPC's Funding with Intent initiative, funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.    Please provide us feedback here: https://forms.office.com/r/yHK0eDhrex     Guests:  Margaret Eastgate, consultant - Pacific Magaret has worked in the development space for over 30 years. She is a Pacific MEL Influencer who has: co-authored the Pacific MEL Capacity Strengthening Rebbilib “For the Pacific, By the Pacific, With the Pacific” which situates MEL; co-curated & co-convened the Inaugural Pacific MEL Convening; and was a Member of the MEL Technical Experts Group that endorsed the Pacific MEL Diploma programme.  Seraseini Vulavou, Performance Quality and Learning (MERLA) Manager for Balance of Power - Fiji Seraseini works in the space of legitimizing the leadership of women – politically, culturally and socially – at a regional level, particularly across Vanuatu, Fiji and Tonga.  She has been a MEL practitioner for more than 10 years having worked in 9 Pacific island countries in the health sector (International Planned Parenthood Federation), as well as UN entities (UN Women, World Food Program and UNICEF) and Oxfam. ‘Aulola ‘Ake, Programme Officer at SPC – Tonga  ‘Aulola is part of a team that supports Pacific Women Lead at SPC's portfolio of grants, providing technical advice, assistance and capacity building, planning, monitoring and reporting at country and regional level. Prior to SPC, she worked for the Australian High Commission Nuku'alofa as Senior Program Manager managing Australia's bilateral investments in governance, gender equality and infrastructure. Her background is international affairs and development holding both a BA and MA in International Relations from Victoria University of Wellington, NZ, and Monash University, Australia. Links: Pacific MEL Rebbilib: https://www.spc.int/updates/blog/2020/08/pacific-mel-rebbilib-report-on-mel-capacity-available-for-download  Pacific MEL Diploma: https://www.spc.int/DigitalLibrary/SPC/Collection/Pacific_MEL  Reflections on tā and vā  by Ōkusitino Māhina: https://i-m-m.org/onewebmedia/IMM_PDFs/2021_imm_archiv/_archiv_sprache/210406_Ta_VA_Moana_by_Mahina_01.pdf  https://www.vamoana.org/news/talanoa-hufanga-he-ako-moe-lotu-dr-okusitino-mahina  Tongan sociospatial relations by Tevita Ka'ili: https://kealakai.byuh.edu/tevita-kaili-presents-new-book-on-tongan-sociospatial-relations  Decolonisation & Locally Led Development (including practical ideas for action): https://acfid.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ACFID-Decolonisation-and-Locally-Led-Development-Discussion-Paper.pdf  How can aid be decolonized and localized in the Pacific? by Theresa Meki and Jope Tarai: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/dpr.12732  Kakala Research Framework: (PDF) Kakala Research Framework  Kakala_Research.pdf  Kakala Research Framework | SpringerLink  

Before we get back to UN Women's grift, we're going to continue looking at the USAIDs attempt at a soft coup. Is there anybody left who HASN'T tried to undermine the current, male-elected administration? How much of their antics before we decide we've had enough?

UN Women's complaints about the manosphere continue to include typical mischaracterizations, and a familiar plan of attack. They want to get rid of us. Last week, we continued reading their article on the topic, “How to counter the manosphere's toxic influence,” and were inundated with harmful anti-male stereotypes and false allegations. We will continue with the diatribe of the International Harpies' club this week. And probably next week, because this article is so full of bovine excrement that we're likely to have a lot to say about nearly every sentence. And we may have to look at a few other publications in the interim.

UN Women's complaints about the manosphere continue to include typical mischaracterizations, and a familiar plan of attack. They want to get rid of us.Last week, we began reading their article on the topic, “How to counter the manosphere's toxic influence,” and were immediately beset with harmful anti-male stereotypes and false allegations.We will continue with the diatribe of the International Harpies' club this week.And probably next week, because this article is so full of bovine excrement that we're likely to have a lot to say about nearly every sentence. And we may have to look at a few other publications in the interim.

VOV1 - Sáng nay (31/10), tại Hà Nội, Bộ Nội vụ chủ trì, phối hợp với Cơ quan Liên Hợp Quốc về Bình đẳng giới và Trao quyền cho phụ nữ (UN Women) tại Việt Nam tổ chức Hội nghị công bố Báo cáo quốc gia về 30 năm thực hiện Tuyên bố và Cương lĩnh Hành động Bắc Kinh tại Việt Nam.

Comprehensive coverage of the day's news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. US Capitol Food aid set to run out November 1, as federal shutdown continues, Democrats call it cruel and totalitarian; “Survival International” report says “uncontacted indigenous groups” could vanish in a decade under threats from logging, mining, climate; UN chief Guterres says climate goal “on real life support”, calls on rich countries to step up; UN Women report says sweeping aid cuts jeopardizing organizations fighting violence against women and girls; California to deploy monitors to watch over federal election monitors, State AG Bonta says “we can't be naïve, the Republican party asked for the US DoJ to come in” The post Food aid for millions set to run out November 1, as federal shutdown continues – October 27, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

UN Women's complaints about the manosphere include typical mischaracterizations, and a familiar plan of attack. Tonight we're going to do a bit more looking into another of the sources from their recent report, “What is the manosphere and why should we care?” We may also get to UN women's follow-up article on “how to counter the manosphere.” Eventually. :)

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UN Women's complaints about the manosphere include typical mischaracterizations, and a familiar plan of attack. Tonight we're going to do a bit more looking into another of the sources from their recent report, “What is the manosphere and why should we care?” We may also get to UN women's follow-up article on “how to counter the manosphere.” Eventually. :)

UN Women's complaints about the manosphere include typical mischaracterizations, and a familiar plan of attack. Tonight we're going to do a bit more looking into another of the sources from their recent report, “What is the manosphere and why should we care?” We may also get to UN women's follow-up article on “how to counter the manosphere.” Eventually. :)

UN Women's complaints about the manosphere include typical mischaracterizations, and a familiar plan of attack. Tonight we're going to do a bit more looking into one of the sources from their recent report, “What is the manosphere and why should we care?” We may also get to UN women's follow-up article on “how to counter the manosphere.”

UN Women's complaints about the manosphere include typical mischaracterizations, and a familiar plan of attack. Tonight we're going to do a bit more looking into one of the sources from their recent report, “What is the manosphere and why should we care?” We may also get to UN women's follow-up article on “how to counter the manosphere.”

UN Women's complaints about the manosphere include typical mischaracterizations, and a familiar plan of attack. Tonight we're going to do a bit more looking into one of the sources from their recent report, “What is the manosphere and why should we care?” We may also get to UN women's follow-up article on “how to counter the manosphere.”

UN Women's complaints about the manosphere include typical mischaracterizations, and a familiar plan of attack. Tonight we're going to do a bit of looking into one of the sources from their recent report, “What is the manosphere and why should we care?” Let's check it out.

UN Women's complaints about the manosphere include typical mischaracterizations, and a familiar plan of attack. Tonight we're going to do a bit of looking into one of the sources from their recent report, “What is the manosphere and why should we care?” Let's check it out.

Descent into ‘massive famine' in Gaza has begun: OCHA, WHOIran surge in executions signals further crackdown on protesters, minorities: OHCHRAfghanistan schools ban rejected by almost all men and women: UN Women

Katika Jarida la Habari la Umoja wa Mataifa hii leo Flora Nducha anakulatea-Ripoti mpya kwa jina Maendeleo katika Maji ya Kunywa na Kujisafi Majumbani iliyozinduliwa leo na mashirika ya Umoja wa Mataifa imeonesha kwamba, licha ya hatua kupigwa, mtu 1 kati ya 4 duniani bado hana upatikanaji wa maji salama ya kunywa. -Ofisi ya Haki za Binadamu ya Umoja wa Mataifa, OHCHR imetoa wito kwa mamlaka za Misri kukomesha mfumo wa “mzunguko” unaofanya wakosoaji wa Serikali kuzuiliwa kiholela na kwa muda mrefu, hata baada ya kumaliza vifungo vyao. - Shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa la Kuhudumia Wakimbizi,UNHCR leo limepongeza Serikali ya Kifalme ya Thailand kwa kupitisha azimio litakalowapa wakimbizi wa muda mrefu kutoka Myanmar haki ya kufanya kazi nchini Thailand.-Katika mada kwa kina tunamulika uzinduzi wa shule ya kwanza ya Akili Mnemba iliyoanzishwa na Shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa la masuala ya wanawake UN Women huko ukanda wa Asia na Pasifiki-Na mashinani utamsikia Ibrahim Al-Najjar mkimbizi huko Ukanda wa Gaza, eneo la Palestina linalokaliwa kimabavu na Israeli akielezea hali tete ya ajira hivi sasa tangu vita ianze Oktoba 7, 2023.

Four years after Taliban fighters retook the capital Kabul on 15 August 2021, UN Women, the gender equality agency, is warning that the situation for women and girls in Afghanistan is increasingly untenable. They say without urgent action, this untenable reality will become normalised and women and girls will be fully excluded. To discuss further Anita Rani was joined by Fawzia Koofi, former deputy speaker of the Afghan Parliament & peace negotiator, and BBC senior Afghan reporter Mahjooba Nowrouzi, recently returned from Afghanistan.As rugby fans across the UK look forward to the Women's Rugby World Cup, Anita speaks with rugby trailblazer Deborah Griffin. An amateur player since university, Deborah co-organised the first ever Women's Rugby World Cup, held in Wales in 1991. Earlier this month, she became the first woman to take up the role of President of the Rugby Football Union.A woman in Wales who felt forced to terminate her pregnancy after being unable to access the anti-sickness medication she needed is calling for the drug to be made more widely available. Sarah Spooner was suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum which left her vomiting more than 20 times per day and unable to eat or drink. But she found it virtually impossible to access Xonvea, a medication which is recommended as a first-line treatment in England but not in Wales. Nuala McGovern hears Sarah's story, and speaks to Dr Caitlin Dean from Pregnancy Sickness Support about why there is a postcode lottery across the UK for women needing Xonvea.Emma Holten tells us we need a feminist revolution. The author has spent years investigating the true value of care - and how rethinking it could transform our societies. Her debut book, Deficit: How Feminist Economics Can Change Our World, examines how mainstream economics systematically undervalues care work and advocates for reshaping policy to reflect its true worth.England goalkeeper and Lionesses legend Hannah Hampton joins Nuala on Woman's Hour fresh from winning the UEFA European Women's Championship. Born with a serious eye condition, doctors told her she should never play football. She came into the recent Euros with questions over her ability to fill the gloves of recently retired Mary Earps. To add to that, she revealed her grandfather had died just days before the biggest tournament of her life began earlier this summer. Despite this, Hannah had an extraordinary tournament, particularly in those agonising penalty shootouts. She joined Nuala to chat all about it.Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Annette Wells Editor: Emma Pearce

Four years after Taliban fighters retook the capital Kabul on 15 August 2021, UN Women, the gender equality agency, is warning that the situation for women and girls in Afghanistan is increasingly untenable. They say without urgent action, this untenable reality will become normalised and women and girls will be fully excluded. To discuss further Anita Rani is joined by Fawzia Koofi, former deputy speaker of the Afghan Parliament & peace negotiator, and BBC senior Afghan reporter Mahjooba Nowrouzi, recently returned from Afghanistan. The synth-pop visionary Alison Goldfrapp has had multi-platinum album sales, unforgettable Glastonbury performances, Brit and Grammy nominations. She received an Ivor Novello for Strict Machine as well as the Ivor's Inspiration Award in 2021. Last year she completed a sold-out UK headline tour, cementing her reputation as one of the most compelling, dynamic and hypnotising live acts. Alison talks about her solo career and the idea behind her latest album Flux.Topshop is relaunching this weekend with Cara Delevigne walking a catwalk show in Trafalgar Square. But with River Island closing stores around the country and Claire's Accessories also under threat, how healthy is the high street as a fashion shopping destination? Retail analyst Catherine Shuttleworth looks at what high street shopping is really like these days, how brands are diversifying, and whether Topshop can make a success of a relaunch. Eighty years ago today, Japan unconditionally surrendered, following the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The war in Asia and Pacific ended, and World War Two was finally over. Tens of thousands of British, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers from across Britain's empire had fought Japan. Thousands were taken as prisoners of war and held in appalling conditions. British civilians were also captured and interned. We learn about Shelagh Brown who was held captive for three and a half years, after fleeing her home in Singapore, then a British colony, when the Japanese invaded.The Women's Rugby World Cup, being held in England, starts a week today. The BBC's Rugby Correspondent Sara Orchard runs us through everything we need to know. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Kirsty Starkey Editor: Karen Dalziel

Tired of ADHD strategies that don't work? Here's what actually does. FREE training here: https://programs.tracyotsuka.com/signup_You know that feeling when someone tells you you're "too intense" or "ask too many questions"? Lucia Kanter St. Amour has built an entire career on exactly those traits.Lucia is a negotiation expert, law professor, and the kind of ADHD woman who writes Amazon reviews so detailed she got invited to their exclusive Vine program. She's the author of For the Forces of Good, a guide to everyday negotiation that flips traditional power dynamics, and The Covert Buccaneer, a nonlinear novel that mirrors how her ADHD brain actually works. With a background in global law and leadership at UN Women, she combines strategy with a genuine understanding of how women navigate the world.Diagnosed with ADHD at 54 after a friend casually mentioned she'd known for decades, Lucia finally understood why she'd always felt like a "disco ball" in a world of dimmer switches. Her childhood was marked by misdiagnosed seizures (likely panic attacks from severe bullying) and years on experimental medication that left her struggling academically. But she found her superpowers in foreign languages, piano, and tennis, activities that naturally regulated her nervous system.In this conversation, she and Tracy explore how the traits that make us feel "too much" actually become negotiation superpowers. Our intensity, emotional intelligence, and hyperfocus are assets, not liabilities. They discuss why women avoid negotiating (it's costing us over a million dollars by retirement), how to practice with everyday situations like getting your toddler to eat dinner, and why deep listening transforms every interaction. Lucia also shares her journey from hating rigid law firm work to creating negotiation tools designed specifically for ADHD brains.Whether you're asking for a raise, navigating family dynamics, or simply wanting to be truly heard, Lucia shows that being "too much" isn't something to manage. It's your greatest strength.Resources:Website: https://www.pactumfactum.com/  YouTube: https://www.instagram.com/santaluciasf  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luSend a Message: Your Name | Email | Message Instead of Struggling to figure out what to do next? ADHD isn't a productivity problem. It's an identity problem. That's why most strategies don't stick—they weren't designed for how your brain actually works. Your ADHD Brain is A-OK Academy is different. It's a patented, science-backed coaching program that helps you stop fighting your brain and start building a life that fits.

Soulaima Gourani is a globally recognized entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker known for her bold insights on leadership, the future of work, and personal reinvention.   With accolades from the World Economic Forum, UN Women, and TED, Soulaima now focuses on preparing women for the future of work through Women Reignite, aiming to help 60 million women transition away from jobs at risk of automation.    She emphasizes the importance of taking full responsibility for your career, urging aspiring entrepreneurs to commit fully rather than straddling the line between employment and entrepreneurship.    Soulaima uses her “5Fs” model—Family, Finance, Fun, Future-proof, and Fitness as a strategic decision-making tool, helping her align daily actions with long-term goals both personally and professionally.   Soulaima also highlights the importance of trusting your inner voice, sharing that in her early days, she wasted too much time seeking others' opinions instead of following her instincts.    Website: Soulaima Gourani  LinkedIn: Soulaima Gourani, E-MBA   Previous Episode: iam336-motivational-speaker-and-coach-ignites-leaders-to-unleash-their-full-potential   Check out our CEO Hack Buzz Newsletter–our premium newsletter with hacks and nuggets to level up your organization. Sign up HERE.  I AM CEO Handbook Volume 3 is HERE and it's FREE. Get your copy here: http://cbnation.co/iamceo3. Get the 100+ things that you can learn from 1600 business podcasts we recorded. Hear Gresh's story, learn the 16 business pillars from the podcast, find out about CBNation Architects and why you might be one and so much more. Did we mention it was FREE? Download it today!

What if reimagining how cities are designed could make women safer? In Cairo, sexual harassment and violence against women on the streets has been endemic. Women don't feel safe enough to walk or take public transport. A pioneering programme called Safer Cities, is hoping to find the solution through radical urban redesigns, women friendly spaces and raising awareness about sexual harassment. Salma El-Wardany, who was born in Cairo, visits a women's only park in Imbaba, Giza and meets Samaha who runs the park. She not only oversees the children playing, but also organises events for local women with advice and support. Salma visits Zenein Market in Giza, which was redesigned to better support the majority of female sellers there. They show Salma the older part of the market which is yet to be regenerated. Salma also speaks to Caroline Nassif, who worked as Project Officer at UN Women, as well as local NGOs, and Minister Manal Awad Mikhail who was one of the driving forces behind the scheme across locations.

Amy is joined by advocate Allison Dayton, founder of Lift & Love, to discuss the god-sized holes left behind when LGBTQIA+ people are forced out of their faith traditions, plus how the LDS Church can be changed through love and role modelling to embrace its gay family.Donate to Breaking Down PatriarchyAllison Dayton started the Lift & Love Foundation to support LGBTQ individuals and their families in the Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Allison lost her brother, who was gay, to suicide at the same time her 17-year-old son was coming out. Looking for resources to help her family, she couldn't find anything that embraced her religious beliefs and her son's divine identity. Lift and Love has grown to fill that much-needed space supporting thousands of individuals and families as they navigate their unique journeys of protecting their identity or that of their precious children and integrating their new reality into their devotion to Jesus Christ. Allison is a writer, speaker, including at BYU Women's Conferences. In 2022 she moderated an LGBTQ Conversation Circle at the UN Women's Conference. Allison and her husband, Kenn, live in the foothills of Salt Lake City, Utah, have three grown children, a son-in-law and a granddaughter, Georgia, who rules their world.