UN Gender Focus

#CSW61 focuses on women in the changing world of work

Activists, celebrities and governments are joining the UN to combat what they describe as the “great robbery” of pay inequality

On global average, women workers earn 23 per cent less than their male counterparts doing the same job, and the International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates it will take 70 years to close this gender wage gap.

This week we’re bringing you a special programme to celebrate International Women’s Day, marked annually on the 8th of March.

This year, the UN’s gender entity, UN Women, is putting the focus on work issues, including unpaid care and domestic work, and their impact on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

Although technological advances and globalization are providing unprecedented opportunities in the workplace, women on average still earn around a quarter less than men, for the same job.

That’s according to the UN’s gender entity, UN Women, which is collaborating with companies across the globe to tackle workplace inequality.

We must reinvent ourselves” to serve world better: UN deputy chief

Up to 90 per cent of women report that they’ve been harassed on their way to work, according to information cited by UN Women.

The agency is holding a four-day forum in Mexico City looking at ways to make public spaces safe and empowering for women and girls.

More than 200 urban experts and community leaders from across the world are sharing their approaches and best practices.

Pierre-Marc René has been speaking to Purna Sen, Director of the Policy Division at UN Women.

Duration: 4’04”

Resilient health care systems “bread and butter” in helping women cope with climate crises: WHO

A resilient and adaptable health care system is the “bread and butter” of any effective response to a climate-induced crisis. That’s according to Dr Nata Menabde, Executive Director of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) New York office. Speaking with Lucy Dean following a panel discussion on women and children’s health, she began by explaining why women are impacted more severely by climate induced crises.

International Day for women in science was “best present”: Iraqi princess

WHO: we can stop genital mutilation of girls

Women should be able to “leapfrog” into evolving world of work