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UN Secretary General to open UNCTAD ministerial conference in Barbados
Thursday, September 30, 2021
At the 15th session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD15), heads of state and government, senior UN officials, leaders of intergovernmental organizations, top trade experts, prominent development principals and thinkers from around the world will share their vision of the solutions required, including the role of trade, in forging a more inclusive and sustainable way forward (3 - 7 Oct 2021).
Press Release: UN COVID-19 Assessment Recommends a BVI Unemployment Fund
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
‘Expanded income support, the provision of liquidity for small businesses to preserve jobs and the design and implementation of gender responsive social policy’ are three of the recommendations outlined in the new UN Human and Economic Impact AssessmenT (HEAT) Report for the British Virgin Islands.
Gender lens essential to addressing linked climate change and security crises, urges joint UN report
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
As COVID-19 layers crisis upon crisis in communities affected by climate change and conflict, gender-responsive action is urgently needed
CDB and UN Agencies partnering to achieve SDGs in the Caribbean
Friday, July 14, 2017
Bridgetown, Barbados : - Partnerships are at the foundation of UN Women’s work on the ground in the Caribbean and are the main vehicle through which UN Women is able to realise a multiplier effect for expanded and improved results for all women and men, girls and boys.
UN Commission on the Status of Women urges gender-responsive implementation of Agenda 2030
Friday, March 25, 2016
The 60th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women concluded today with UN Member States committing to the gender-responsive implementation of Agenda 2030. A set of agreed conclusions called for enhancing the basis for rapid progress, including stronger laws, policies and institutions, better data and scaled-up financing.
UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment holds inaugural meeting
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
The inaugural meeting of the first-ever High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment kicked off today during the 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women. Operating under the aegis of the UN Secretary-General, it intends to put women’s economic empowerment at the top of the international agenda, including by defining actions to speed up progress under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. A global consultation will take place during the continuation of the meeting on 16 March.
“CSW60 is the first test of our resolve” — Executive Director
Monday, March 14, 2016
Speech by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka at the opening of the 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women on 14 March, 2016
Implementation of 2030 Agenda to be the focus at single largest forum on women and girls
Thursday, March 10, 2016
UN Commission on the Status of Women to outline robust set of actions for translating ambitious development roadmap into reality for women and girls
Friday, March 4, 2016
This year’s celebration of International Women’s Day is the first within the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls are confidently asserted in that Agenda as intrinsic to progress. In her 2016 message, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka says: “Each one of us is needed—in our countries, communities, organizations, governments and in the United Nations—to ensure decisive, visible and measurable actions are taken under the banner: Planet 50-50: Step It Up for Gender Equality.”
Ahead of CSW, Latin American and Caribbean countries prioritize gender equality goal
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Ministers, officials and authorities of national women’s machineries from Latin America and the Caribbean met from 26–28 January in Santiago, Chile, calling for full implementation of the commitments to gender equality and the empowerment of women within the Sustainable Development Goals.
UN announces first-ever High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Eminent experts to highlight the interactions between economic growth and gender to galvanize political will and leadership to implement the Sustainable Development Goals.
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
UN Women's Fund for Gender Equality has expanded it's global grant-making portfolio to 80 Countries in six years,
Monday, August 31, 2015
The priorities set to inform next steps around the localisation of the SDGs in the Caribbean were identified at a regional meeting of Ministers responsible for Gender Affairs, Parliamentarians and stakeholders towards ensuring a Caribbean voice and focus on Gender Equality in the emerging global sustainable development agenda.
UN Women welcomes agreement on post-2015 development agenda
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
With great anticipation for the journey we are about to embark upon, UN Women welcomes the agreement by Member States on the post-2015 development agenda that is to be adopted at the UN Summit in September. “Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” is a comprehensive blueprint for people and planet that for the first time brings together the three dimensions of sustainable development in one ambitious document.
Shaping the Caribbean SDGs priorities to be responsive to the needs of women and men
Monday, June 22, 2015
As we get set to embrace a new global development roadmap, what will this mean for the Caribbean? What must our priorities be and how will we make them known to ensure that the Caribbean needs are given high visibility and programmed for action and finance?