Older news articles from the Gender Network (2015-2019) can be found in our News Archive.
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International Women's Day 2023
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Vienna Discussion Forum 2022
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'Listen First' VOICES interview with Marian Salema
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Women's Network Newsletter
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Gender in Criminal Justice Newsletter - Issue 1: 16 days of activism UNiTE! Activism to End Violence against Women & Girls!
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Launch of the UNODC/ UN Women Gender and Organized Crime Module
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16 Days of Activism: Women in Power – Women for Justice Vienna (Austria), 1 December 2022 - The international community gathered in Vienna to commemorate the campaign, discuss good practice in tackling gender-based violence, and highlight the role of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in ending impunity for perpetrators of this crime. (Read more)
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Women and girls are more at risk to be killed at home, new UNODC and UN Women report on femicide shows
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Cyber and networking: Creating a platform for Women in Cyber-related fields in Africa and Southeast Asia Bangkok, 28 October 2022 - From the 26 to the 28 of October 2022, The UNODC Global Programme on Cybercrime held its first Women in Cyber summit in Bangkok. Over 40 women from Africa and Southeast Asia working in Cyber-related fields networked and exchanged experiences on topics related to women’s roles and leadership in cyber. (Read more) |
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Shifting gears, changing mindsets: promoting gender equality in the MENA region through a novel approach |
Newsletter: Women in Cyber
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In Conversation With: Ambassador Corinne Kitsell, United Kingdom
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New UNODC Handbook launched on measuring and reporting on gender-related SDG results
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UNODC supports Bosnia and Herzegovina in addressing violence against women
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UNODC's New Listen First series, 'Super Skills', supports skill development for vulnerable children worldwide
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Vienna Discussion Forum 2021: Cyber Equality and Digital Inclusion |
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LPOMEX Best Practices: Implementing an intersectional approach to gender mainstreaming
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Adopting a Gender Perspective to Support Victims of Terrorism
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UNODC-WCO CCP MENA launches 'Customs, Cargo & Women - A Talk for Her!'
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Community based policing-oriented approach to reducing gender-based violence in Cambodia Cambodia, October 2021 - The UNOV/UNODC Gender Team spoke to E. Felipe De La Torre (Ecuador), UNODC Regional Coordinator for Southeast Asia, about ROSEAP's recent project to tackle gender-based violence and the importance of gender mainstreaming in criminal justice responses to gender-based violence. (Read more) |
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Setting an example for women in Southeast Asian Law Enforcement
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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 Quito, June 28 2021- In order to strengthen the prevention and care for victims of gender-based violence in Ecuador, UNODC has formalized a partnership with UN Women in Ecuador. (Read more) |
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 |
UNODC ranked as high performing in the 2021 Global Health 50/50 report |
UNOV/UNODC celebrates International Women's Day 2021 |
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. |
Interview Artifical Intelligence and Gender in the Judiciaries |
Interview Container Control Program Women's Network |
UNODC Celebrates its Enduring Commitment to Fighting Gender-Based Violence & Discrimination |
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] |
UNODC Celebrates Fifth Anniversary of CCP Women's Network |
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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) |
![]() | The Gendered 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) |
Older news articles from the Gender Network (2015-2019) can be found in our News Archive: