EU - Gender Employment Gap in the European Union
Извор: WUNRN – 21.04.2019
March 7, 2019 - In 2017, the employment rate of women aged 20 – 64 (66.5%) was 11.5 percentage points (pp) lower than that of men aged 20 - 64 (78.0%) in the European Union (EU). In other words, the gender employment gap in the EU stood at 11.5 pp.
Among the EU Member States, the gender employment gap was lowest in Lithuania (1.0 pp), Finland (3.5 pp), Sweden (4.0 pp) and Latvia (4.3 pp).
To grow up healthy, children need to sit less and play more
Извор: Светска здравствена организација – 24.04.2019
New WHO guidelines on physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep for children under 5 years of age
Children under five must spend less time sitting watching screens, or restrained in prams and seats, get better quality sleep and have more time for active play if they are to grow up healthy, according to new guidelines issued by the World Health Organization (WHO).
“Achieving health for all means doing what is best for health right from the beginning of people’s lives,” says WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “Early childhood is a period of rapid development and a time when family lifestyle patterns can be adapted to boost health gains.”
European Immunization Week celebrates the everyday heroes who help protect us all from dangerous diseases
Извор: Светска здравствена организација – 23.04.2019
WHO/Malin Bring
The widespread use of vaccines has drastically reduced the threat of once-common diseases such as diphtheria, whooping cough and measles in the WHO European Region. Contributing to this success story are countless individuals – from scientists to parents, from nurses to bloggers – who each play a part in helping to immunize Europe.
On 24–30 April 2019, European Immunization Week (EIW) celebrates these vaccine heroes and raises awareness of the facts about vaccines and the serious diseases they prevent.
Joint statement: European Immunization Week
Извор: Светска здравствена организација – 23.04.2019
Zsuzsanna Jakab, Regional Director, WHO Regional Office for Europe
Dr Andrea Ammon, Director, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Copenhagen, Stockholm, 24 April 2019
Vaccines have transformed our societies. They have increased the chances for each newborn to reach adulthood, and for each fully vaccinated adult to maintain good health and well-being, thereby contributing enormously to productivity in every country.
Update: Factsheet on childhood, health inequalities, and vaccine preventable diseases
Извор: Euro Health Net – 19.04.2019
EuroHealthNet has updated and relaunched its factsheet on childhood, health inequalities, and vaccine preventable diseases, first published in April 2018. It covers the current state of vaccination and inequality, what action is being taken at international and national levels, and what else can be done.
Not all people in Europe benefit equally from the many advantages of vaccinations. Social and financial inequalities in society are reflected in immunisation uptake. Whether or not a child is vaccinated is influenced by wealth, parental education level, place of residence, and gender.
New measles surveillance data for 2019
Извор: Светска Здравствена Организација – 18.04.2019
New measles surveillance data is now available on the WHO website. This preliminary data is based on country reports submitted to WHO at the end of every month. Please note these are not official numbers as countries are still reporting cases to WHO. Through WHO and UNICEF’s joint reporting channels, official numbers are made available annually for the previous year in July. Current estimates for total cases and deaths are released in November.
Data from this summary should therefore be reported as provisional and clearly dated (i.e. “provisional data based on monthly data reported to WHO (Geneva) as of April 2019”).
Gender Equality, Nationality Laws & Statelessness 2019
Извор: WUNRN – 12.04.2019
Direct Link to Full 11-PAGE UN Refugee Agency 2019 Document
Publication gives an Overview of Nationality Laws in the Middle East & North Africa, Asia, Africa, & The Americas.
2019 State of World Population: The Pursuit of Rights & Choices FOR ALL - Over 4 in 10 Women Fear Refusing Partner's Sexual Demands
Извор: WUNRN – 11.04.2019
Direct Link to Full 180-Page 2019 UNFPA Publication
Download the report: English
More Than 4 in 10 Women, Live in Fear of Refusing Partner’s Sexual Demands: UN Global Study
EU Parliament - Resolution on Experiencing Backlash in Women's Rights & Gender Equality in the EU
Извор: WUNRN – 11.04.2019
Well-Designed Quotas Lead to Significantly More Women in Parliament
Извор: WUNRN – 05.04.2019
5 Mar 2019 - According to the IPU’s yearly analysis, the share of women in national parliaments increased by nearly one percentage point last year, from 23.4 per cent in 2017 to 24.3 per cent in 2018. This 0.9 percentage point increase confirms the continuing rise of women in parliament, at a slightly faster rate of change compared to previous years. Countries with well-designed gender quotas elected significantly more women to parliament than those without, respectively, 7 points more in single or lower chambers, and 17 points more in upper chambers. (See also IPU-UN Women map, Women in Politics 2019.)
USA - The Gender Wage Gap By Occupation 2018 + By Race & Ethnicity
Извор: WUNRN – 03.04.2019
https://iwpr.org/occupational-wage-gap-2018-pr/ - April 2019
New analysis of the wage gap by occupation finds that women are five times more likely than men to work in occupations with poverty-level pay.
Global Report on Food Crises 2019 - Acute Food Insecurity - Gender
Извор: WUNRN – 03.04.2019
2 April 2019 - Approximately 113 million people in 53 countries experienced high levels of food insecurity last year, according to a new joint UN and European Union (EU) report released on Tuesday, which warns that these crises are primarily driven by conflict and climate-related disasters.
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Food Programme (WFP) and EU “Global Report on Food Crises 2019”, shows that the number going chronically-hungry has remained well over 100 million over the past three years, with the number of countries affected, rising.