30th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child - Global Pledge: For Every Child, Every Right
Извор: WUNRN – 15.12.2019
UNICEF/UN0281344/Tadesse
UNICEF - https://www.unicef.org/child-rights-convention/global-action
Global Action on the 30th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Government commitments to implementing child rights in the 21st century.
In 1989, world leaders made a historic commitment to the world’s children by adopting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.Thirty years on, Member States are invited to renew their commitment to the full implementation of the Convention – implementing child rights in the 21st century.
Keeping the promise of universal health coverage
Извор: WUNRN – 12.12.2019
WHO/Mihail Grigorev
On Universal Health Coverage Day – 12 December 2019 – countries are being called upon to keep their promise to make health for all a reality.
Achieving universal health coverage is a Sustainable Development Goal that countries adopted in 2015. In September 2019, countries signed the United Nations declaration on universal health coverage, which includes commitments to ensure no one experiences financial hardship because of paying for health care out of their own pockets, and to strengthen both primary health care and the health workforce.
Achieving sustainable and healthy environments for all: Celebrating 30 years of the European Environment and Health Process
Извор: WUNRN – 12.12.2019
At the First Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health in Frankfurt, Germany, held 7–8 December 1989, Member States of the WHO European Region initiated the first ever process to eliminate the most significant environmental threats to human health. That same European Environment and Health Process (EHP) is now marking 30 years since its establishment, with a birthday celebration during the ninth meeting of the European Environment and Health Task Force (EHTF) on 9–10 December 2019 in Bonn, Germany.
WHO/Europe methodology identifies causes of low vaccination uptake to help protect health for all
Извор: WUNRN – 10.12.2019
Under-vaccination can lead to outbreaks of dangerous vaccine-preventable diseases. A new WHO/Europe document provides expanded guidance for identifying reasons for why some people are not vaccinated and tailoring interventions to remove the barriers they face. The aim is that everyone has equitable access to the health protection offered by vaccines.
Kyrgyzstan, a country reporting high vaccination coverage, has faced over 2000 measles cases this year so far.
EU - The European Parliament Challenge for Gender Equality
Извор: WUNRN – 09.12.2019
Photo by Brooke Cagle on Unsplash
Article 19, Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
The Hague principles on sexual violence
Извор: WUNRN – 05.12.2019
Direct Link to Full 60-Page 2019 Hague Principles Document:
https://4genderjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/The-Hague-Principles-on-Sexual-Violence.pdf
Over the course of 2019, over 50 civil society organisations came together to bring the voices of survivors to the forefront of discussions about addressing sexual violence. More than 500 survivors were consulted on what they think makes violence ‘sexual’. Information from consultations was complemented by input from civil society, legal practitioners, academics, and policy makers to create The Hague Principles on Sexual Violence.
Women and Young Persons with Disabilities: Guidelines for Providing Rights-Based and Gender-Responsive Services to Address Gender-Based Violence and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Извор: WUNRN – 03.12.2019
Direct Link to Full 197-Page 2018 Publication
Women & Girls, Hiv & Aids
Извор: WUNRN – 01.12.2019
World AIDS Day, designated on 1 December every year since 1988, is an international day dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV
Women account for more than half the number of people living with HIV worldwide. Young women (10-24 years old) are twice as likely to acquire HIV as young men the same age.
HIV disproportionately affects women and adolescent girls because of vulnerabilities created by unequal cultural, social and economic status.
https://www.avert.org/professionals/hiv-social-issues/key-affected-populations/women
Can climate change fuelled loss and damage ever be fair?
Извор: WUNRN – 01.12.2019
This title is the main message of a technical report Can Climate Change Fuelled Loss and Damage Ever Be Fair?, launched just before the UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) to be held in Madrid from 2 to 13 December 2019.
Direct Link to Full 20-Page 2019 Publication:
http://civilsocietyreview.org/report2019/
The UN Climate Change Conference (COP 25) will be 2-13 December 2019 – Madrid
Извор: WUNRN – 30.11.2019
Climate Change Increases the Risk of Violence Against Women
Comoros farmers battling climate changeCredit: UN Environment/Hannah
UN Climate Change News, 25 November 2019 - The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which is a mainstay of the UN calendar, has assumed a new dimension with the challenges presented by climate change.
RESPECT Women: Preventing Violence Against Women
Извор: WUNRN – 29.11.2019
Violence against women is a major public health problem rooted in gender inequality, and is a gross violation of women’s human rights affecting the lives and health of millions of women and girls. Aiming to end violence against women, a package/framework with infographics on prevention of violence against women - RESPECT – Preventing violence against women:
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R –elationship skills strengthened
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E –mpowerment of women
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S –ervices ensured
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P –overty reduced
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E –nvironments made safe
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C –hild and adolescent abuse prevented
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T –ransformed attitudes, beliefs, and norms
The Women Killed on One Day Around the World
Извор: WUNRN – 29.11.2019
An average of 137 women across the world are killed by a partner or family member every day, according to new data released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
November 25, 2019 - They say it makes "the home the most likely place for a woman to be killed".
More than half of the 87,000 women killed in 2017 were reported as dying at the hands of those closest to them.
Of that figure, approximately 30,000 women were killed by an intimate partner and another 20,000 by a relative.