News
Gender Responsive Standards Initiative
The first Gender Responsive Standards Initiative is approved & recommended at UNECE's Working Party on "Regulatory Cooperation & Standardisation Policies".
CEN & CENELEC agree to sign to sign the UNECE Declaration on Gender Responsive Standards as soon as it is opened for signature.
CEN & CENELEC agree to sign to sign the UNECE Declaration on Gender Responsive Standards as soon as it is opened for signature.
Martin Chungong succeeds Arancha González as Chair of the IGC Global Board
On 3 February 2020, the IGC Global Board unanimously appointed Mr. Martin Chungong, Secretary-General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), as its new Chair.
10 Ways to Improve Gender Equality at the UN
An op-ed signed by International Gender Champions Martin Chungong (IPU) and Caitlin Kraft-Buchman (Women@TheTable).
A successful Paris Peace Forum!
A year after their selection as a winning project for innovative global governance, the International Gender Champions were back at the second edition of the Paris Peace Forum from 11 to 13 November 2019.
Events
Female Genital Mutilation: 68 million girls at risk
An exhibition organized by the UN Population Fund to mark the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM. Exhibition opening on 6 February.
Data Collection : How can big data contribute to leaving no one behind and achieving the SDGs?
An event organized by the Permanent Mission of Switzerland, the World Health Organization and the World Meteorological Organization in preparation of the United Nations World Data Forum.
#FEMALE PLEASURE
A movie screening organized by the Graduate Institute and Women@TheTable.
Geneva Champions
Global Board
Monique van Daalen
Ambassador,
Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations in Geneva
Michelle Bachelet
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights,
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights