Highlights
In Focus: UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW65)
This year, the 65th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW65), the UN’s largest annual gathering on gender equality and women’s empowerment, will take place from 15 to 26 March, under the theme, “Women's full and effective participation and decision-making in public life, as well as the elimination of violence, for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls”. More
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International Women's Day 2021
The theme for International Women’s Day (8 March) 2021 is “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”. The theme celebrates the tremendous efforts by women and girls around the world in shaping a more equal future and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. More
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Generation Equality
Join UN Women’s Generation Equality campaign to accelerate gender equality actions and mark the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the most visionary agenda for women’s rights and empowerment everywhere. The campaign demands equal pay, equal sharing of unpaid care and domestic work, an end to all forms of violence against women and girls, women’s leadership and access to health. More
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Caribbean Women Count: The Ending Violence against Women and Girls Data Hub
Caribbean Women Count: The Ending Violence against Women and Girls Data Hub is a central repository of knowledge on the prevalence of the different forms of intimate partner violence (IPV) and non-partner sexual violence from five countries (Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago) and barriers to accessing services in CARICOM. More
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In Focus: Gender equality matters in COVID-19 response
The COVID-19 pandemic is not just a health issue. It is a profound shock to our societies and economies, and women are at the heart of care and response efforts underway. UN Women is bringing up-to-date information and analysis on how and why gender matters in COVID-19 response. More
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An Interactive Learning Portal for Parliamentarians. This portal is a joint-initiative of ParlAmericas and the UN Women Multi-Country Office - Caribbean. It is designed for self-guided learning and includes resources for in-person trainings. ParlAmericas gratefully acknowledges financial support from the Government of Canada used in developing this portal. The downloadable tools on this portal were developed by the UN Women Multi-Country Office - Caribbean More
Announcements
- Spotlight Initiative Multi-Country (Grenada and Jamaica): Call For Proposals For Small Grants (CFP BRB30/SGA 2021/03)
- Spotlight Jamaica - Call for Proposal (CFP 001) For Civil Society Organizations
- SDG Fund: Call For Proposals - For Civil Society Organizations - CSOs (CFP 009)
- Spotlight Guyana - Call for Proposals (CFP 2021/01 ) For A Consulting Firm
- Spotlight Multi Country (Grenada, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago) - Call for Proposals (CFP 2021/05 ) For Civil Society Organisations
Latest news
- United Nations launches $29 million appeal for St. Vincent and the Grenadines and other affected countries as volcano eruption continues
- Statement on Gender Based Violence (GBV) and 2021 Spotlight Work Plan
- UN Allocates USD$1M To Support Immediate Relief In Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
- High Level Dialogue between the Government of Dominica and the United Nations Sub-Regional Team for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean
Publications
Update regarding the Generation Equality Forum timeline
We have all watched with concern the rapid increase in the numbers of people all over the world affected by the COVID-19 disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) has, on 11 March 2020, characterized the outbreak of this disease as a pandemic and has called for a comprehensive, all-of-society strategy to prevent infections, save lives and minimize impact. In light of the current global COVID-19 situation, the timelines of the convening of the Generation Equality Forum are being reviewed. The health and well-being of participants is our paramount concern and we continue to follow the recommendations of national and international public health authorities concerning the coronavirus (COVID-19). More information on the revised convening will be available in the next days. In the meantime we seek your support and solidarity until we have more information to share.
Connected girls create brighter futures
In a statement for the International Day of Girls in ICT, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said: "Today, and every day, we recognize that digital power must be in the hands of girls." More
Featured video
Step It Up – End Gender-Based Violence in the Caribbean
This documentary presents UN Women strategies incorporating community-led intervention and advocacy efforts aimed at building a critical mass of individuals and groups engaged in activism against gender-based violence.
