Older news articles from the Gender Network (2015-2018) can be found in our News Archive.
 | Setting an example for women in Southeast Asian Law Enforcement Bangkok, Thailand and Hanoi, Viet Nam, September 2021- Law enforcement agencies in Southeast Asia remain heavily male-dominated organizations and are falling well short of gender parity. UNODC and its partners are encouraging police forces in Southeast Asia to better reflect the diversity of the communities that they serve. (Read more) |
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Strengthening the prevention and care for victims of gender-based violence in Ecuador,
a shared challenge between UNODC and UN WOMEN |
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UNODC Gender Equality Forum |
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How UNODC Wants to Eliminate Gender-Based Violence Against Women |
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Female Police Officers Step into the Frontlines as First Responders in Pakistan |
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Making the Streets Safer for Women & Girls in Mexico |
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UNODC Programme Office Ethiopia Launches Gender Newsletter |
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New Handbook on Gender-Responsive Police Services for Women and Girls Subject to Violence |
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Training of trainers: Enhancing expertise in the criminal justice system in Ethiopia |
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Interview with Lelise Terfasa: Women leading the way towards gender equality within UNOV/UNODC |
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Palestine: Promoting Gender-Sensitive Reporting in the Media |
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UNODC ranked as high performing in the 2021 Global Health 50/50 report |
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UNOV/UNODC celebrates International Women's Day 2021 |
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Vienna Based Organizations celebrate International Women's Day 2021 Vienna, 8 March 2020 - For International Women's Day 2021, the Vienna Based Organizations
have come together to celebrate female colleagues throughout the organizations. Colleagues from UNOV/UNODC, IAEA, CTBTO, UNIDO
and IOM describe the women leaders who inspire them. |
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Interview Artifical Intelligence and Gender in the Judiciaries |
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Interview Container Control Program Women's Network |
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UNODC Celebrates its Enduring Commitment to Fighting Gender-Based Violence & Discrimination |
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UNODC Publication on the Power of Diversity and Inclusion to Address the Gender Dimensions
of Corruption Vienna, 10 December 2020 - The UNODC publication The Time is Now – Addressing the Gender Dimensions of Corruption highlights just how many of the gender dimensions of corruption are neither well understood nor sufficiently addressed worldwide. It also explores how gender equality policies can have a positive effect in preventing and countering corruption, and vice versa. [Read more] |
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Vienna Discussion Forum 2020: The future is gender-inclusive: Global responses in crisis management and recovery |
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UNODC Ethiopia: Interview with Director of Good Samaritan Association on Ending Gender-Based Violence Ethiopia, 23 November 2020 – As part of the 16 Days of Activism and in commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Margaret Akullo, UNODC Representative a.i. in Ethiopia, spoke with Ms Hirut Yibabe, Director and Co-Founder of the Good Samaritan Association. [Read more] |
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UNODC Celebrates Fifth Anniversary of CCP Women's Network |
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Guterras to Security Council: Women leaders 'essential to peace and progress for all' |
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Enabling Environment Guidelines - Interview with Katja Pehrman (UN Women Senior Adviser) |
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 | UNODC Thematic Brief on COVID-19 and gender-based
violence against women Vienna, 2020 - UNODC Thematic Brief on COVID-19 and gender-based violence against women and girls addresses the challenges faced by the criminal justice agencies during the pandemic, as well as recommendations for criminal justice actors and the possible support by UNODC. (Read more) |
 | António Guterres (UN Secretary-General) on Gender-Based
Violence and COVID-19 New York, April 2020 - Video message by António Guterres (UN Secretary-General) on Gender-Based Violence and COVID-19. (Listen here) |
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from a gender perspective: Tunisia's post COVID-19 Priorities Tunis, Tunisia 27 August 2020 - The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by world leaders in 2015, embody a roadmap for progress that is sustainable and leaves no one behind. Achieving gender equality and women's empowerment is integral to each of the 17 goals. Through this vision, the Tunisian Ministry of Women, Family, Children, and Elderly Affairs organised the international forum "Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from a gender perspective: Tunisia's post-COVID-19 priorities" in Tunis, Tunisia. (Read more) |
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Face of COVID-19: Women and Access to Justice Jarpa Dawuni - Women bear a disproportionate brunt of health cises, environmental disasters and gender-based violence. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 global pandemic could follow this pattern - having devastating implications for women's access to justice. What are courts and governments doing to adress these challenges? (Read more) |
 | The Judiciary is Not Immune from Bullying and Sexual Harassment June 2020 - Three years since the #MeToo movement began, more and more people are speaking about harassment and abuse. The legal profession is at the forefront of this evolving movement, inherently tasked with determining the scope of law as it relates to bullying and sexual harassment. (Read more) |
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"Society may judge what we did, but it cannot judge what we will become": Providing a new chance to female
prisoners in Indonesia |
 | Training on Investigation into Gender and Child Related Crimes under Advanced
Terrorism Investigation Course 20 - 22 January 2020, Peshawar. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), under the framework of its PACT Project, successfully conducted a three-days training on 'Investigation into Gender and Child Related Cases', from 20 - 22 January 2020 [Read more] |
 | Adressing violence against women and girls in Ethiopia Addis Ababa, 12 January 2020 - Despite some progress, violence against women and girls is still a serious problem in Ethiopia and one which is fuelled by persistent gender-biased attitudes and practices. (Read more) |
 | Gender at the
Core of the 7th Maritime Law Enforcement Dialogue (MLED) in Southeast Asia 10 January 2020 - Phu Quoc, Vietnam - 10 maritime law enforcement practitioners from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, together with 6 international gender experts and contributors, attended the special session to the 7 th Maritime Law Enforcement Dialogue (MLED) in Southeast Asia, titled "Women in Maritime Law Enforcement" (WMLE) on 28-29 November 2019. (Read more) |
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and WHO organize international training on substance use treatment and care during pregnancy 18 December 2019 - Kyiv, Ukraine - The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) jointly with the World Health Organization (WHO) in the framework of the UNODC-WHO Programme on Drug Dependence Treatment and Care, organized an International training on Identification and Management of Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy. [Read more] |
 | Opening of Women and Juvenile Faciliation
and UNODC Global eLearning Centres in Gujrat and Gujranwala 17 December 2019 - Gujrat & Gujranwala, Pakistan - The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) opened one-stop Women and Juvenile Facilitation Centre (WJFC) in Gujrat and two eLearning Centres in Gujrat and Gujranwala on 17 December 2019, in collaboration with the Gujrat Police, with the financial support of the Government of Norway. [Read more] |
 | UNODC Supporting
Member States' stances on Violence Against Women Regional Office Middle East and North Africa - Violence against women and girls (VAW&G) is a grave violation of human rights. In addition to the severe negative impact on women's general well-being, it prevents women from fully participating in society, thus leading to negative consequences not only for the women affected but also for their families, communities and countries at large. [Read more] |
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you really raped, or did you just not get paid? A Needs Assessment of Women who use Drugs in Four Cities in South Africa South Africa - UNODC supported a series of interactive consultations with women who use drugs, including women who inject drugs, in four cities within South Africa with the aim to identify their needs and challenges/barriers to access health services and propose solutions to removing such barriers. About 100 women who use and inject drugs participated in these consultations. Read more about the key findings. [Read more] |
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calls for shift in paradigm: From women as victims, to women as powerful agents of change 11 December 2019 - Brussels, Belgium - On the occasion of the 2019 campaign '16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence' and International Human Rights Day, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), under the framework of the Global Action against Trafficking in Persons and the Smuggling of Migrants, organized a special event jointly with the European Commission. [Read more] |
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UNODC holds all-female interregional training to strengthen response against Cocaine Production and Trafficking
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 | UNODC Launches Nigeria Training Module on Gender Dimensions of Criminal Justice
Responses to Terrorism 2 December 2019 - Abuja, Nigeria - Today, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), in partnership with the European Union, the Federal Ministry of Justice and the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, will launch its new Nigeria Training Module on Gender Dimensions of Criminal Justice Responses to Terrorism. This training tool tailored specifically to the Nigerian context for local criminal justice and security sector personnel, as well as policymakers, and been developed jointly by Nigerian and international experts. [Read more] |
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UNODC, Uzbekistan Work Together to Prevent Violence Against Women and Children through Educational Tools, E4J |
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Inclusive Communication 27 November 2019 - Vienna, Austria -The Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) and the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) held a joint interactive discussion on "Using gender inclusive communication in the work of Vienna-based intergovernmental bodies" on 25 November 2019 in Vienna, Austria. [Read more] |
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Gender Team conducts firts Field Office training on the Strategy for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment 30 October 2019 - Mexico City, Mexico - The Gender Team in the Office of the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) conducted the first Field Office training on the implementation of the Strategy for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women in the Liaison Project Office Mexico. [Read more] |
 | ASEAN Law Enforcement Agencies Improve Ability to Provide Gender-Focused Services 11 October 2019 - Bangkok, Thailand - Representatives from law enforcement agencies in ASEAN attended a training session on gender, transnational organized crime and the role of women in law enforcement. Participants came from Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Cambodia and Thailand. Each representative was selected on the basis of their role as trainers in the national training academy. And the objective of the event is to create a cadre of trainers at the national level who can train new recruits or officers who must upgrade their skills. [Read more] |
 | UNODC Addresses Gender Dimensions of Criminal Justice Responses to Terrorism 23 July 2019 - Vienna, Austria - The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) presented its new Handbook on Gender Dimensions of Criminal Justice Responses to Terrorism at UN Headquarters in New York at an event which brought together 120 participants from diplomatic missions, UN agencies and non-governmental organizations. Organized by UNODC together with Norway, Niger, Qatar and Tunisia, on 27 June, the event highlighted women's rights and gender dimensions in the context of counter-terrorism. [Read more] |
 | With UNODC's Global Programme, Palestinian youth Line Up, Live Up through sports Palestine, June 2019- Children playing team sports together not only get the physical benefits of activity and the advantages of teamwork, but they can also learn valuable skills that they can apply in numerous other settings. Sports programmes have therefore increasingly given weight to these factors, using games and physical activities to teach young people how to resists social pressures to engage in delinquency, crime and drugs, how to cope with anxiety, and how to communicate effectively with peers, amongst other life skills. (Read more) |
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their freedom with UNODC, women prisoners celebrate Mother's Day in Bolivia 3 June 2019 - La Paz, Bolivia - Like many mothers around the world, Paulina was thinking of her children on Mother's Day. Proudly pointing to her books and notes, she described what she planned to do soon with all the knowledge she had gained: "When I come out, I am going to teach my children; we are going to build our house, and we will save the cost of labour." [Read more] |
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Trap: Girl's Response to Drugs Almalyk city, Uzbekistan - Orzigul is a 15-years old girl from Almalyk city of Tashkent region, Uzbekistan. Despite her young age, Orzigul has very creative mindset and can openly express her opinions in a very sensible way. Orzigul attends the crafts classes at the "Barkamol Avlod" Centre, children's arts and crafts place of Almalyk city. The classes in this Centre helped her to stand up against drugs and promote life free from drugs, especially for girls. [Read more] |
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| Heads of Vienna-based UN organizations call on men to actively promote gender equality 8 March 2019 - Vienna, Austria - On the occasion of International Women's Day, Heads of the Vienna-based United Nations organizations and International Gender Champions met to discuss how men can play an active role in promoting gender equality. [Read more] |
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Women criminal justice officials in the national counter terrorism response 7 March 2019 - Erbil, Iraq - After ISIL's military defeat at the hands of the Iraqi army in 2017, terrorism and violent extremism continue to pose challenges to the country. [Read more] |
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UNODC in Tajikastan: Addressing the Specific Needs of Women Who Inject Drugs |
 | The Role of Women Judges and a Gender Perspective in Ensuring
Judicial Independence and integrity January 2019, USA - Judge Ruiz recently shared her views on women's contributions to the judiciary with UNODC as part of the Organisation's on-going work on promoting judicial integrity. (Read more) |
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