Twenty-five years after Chemical Weapons Convention entered into force, international community remains committed to working together to permanently eliminate chemical weapons.
The media industry has an unprecedented influence on how entire societies perpetuate gender inequality, from discriminatory norms and stereotypes to the normalization of violence against girls. On the other hand, media reporting also has the immense potential to combat the root causes of violence against women and girls, promote positive social and gender norms, and support risk mitigation through the provision of essential information to survivors, victims and those who wish to support them. To complement the full report, there is an Executive Summary and the 10 Essentials, which were developed as a call to action for key stakeholders, including media practitioners, media organizations, the United Nations, and other human rights agencies.
One in three women worldwide experience physical or sexual violence, mostly by an intimate partner. Violence against women and girls is a human rights violation, and the immediate and long-term physical, sexual, and mental consequences for women and girls can be devastating, including death.
Violence negatively affects women’s general well-being and prevents women from fully participating in society. It impacts their families, their community, and the country at large. It has tremendous costs, from greater strains on health care to legal expenses and losses in productivity.
At least 155 countries have passed laws on domestic violence, and 140 have legislation on sexual harassment in the workplace (World Bank 2020). But challenges remain in enforcing these laws, limiting women and girls’ access to safety and justice. Not enough is done to prevent violence, and when it does occur, it often goes unpunished. Our solutions
Let's enhance partnerhips with governments, UN agencies, civil society organizations and other institutions to find ways to prevent violence against women and girls, focusing on early education, respectful relationships, and working with men and boys. Prevention is still the most cost-effective, long-term way to stop violence.
As part of UN Women’s comprehensive approach, they also work with partners to enhance data collection and analysis to provide a better understanding of the nature, magnitude, and consequences of violence against women and girls. Data collection and analysis also helps UN Women and our partners understand what works and doesn’t work to address this violence.
For more than 10 years, UN Women’s global initiative, Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces, has worked to prevent and respond to sexual harassment against women and girls in public spaces, and since 2017 the UN-Women have also been a key member of the EUR 500 million Spotlight Initiative that deploys targeted, large-scale investments in ending violence in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Pacific.
UN Web TV, is the public affairs television arm of the United Nations. It broadcasts live and recorded gavel-to-gavel meetings of various United Nations agencies and arms from around the world, including the General Assembly and the Security Council.
Highlight the role of TV in communicating on key transnational issues
Recognize the central place in the lives of millions of people
Highlight the many services Television offers in the era of multi-screening.
Broadcasters are able to add their own local/ national content to the video before airing the clip across their networks or online portals and viewers encouraged to celebrate their love of television.
EVENTS: The United Nations will host a event to mark the World Children’s Day 2022 on November 20th at UNHQ; From children and young people taking over to famous landmarks turning blue, here’s a taste of what to expect on the day. Children will ‘take over’ high-visibility roles in media, politics, business, sport and entertainment normally held by adults to shine a spotlight on issues that matter to them. The Assembly suggested to governments that the Day be observed on the date and in the way that each considers appropriate.
ACTIONS
CAMPAIGN Stand up for a more equal, inclusive world.
On November 20th, kids will stand up for a more equal, inclusive world. What will you do?
"Recognizing that the child, for the full and harmonious development of his or her personality, should grow up in a family environment, in an atmosphere of happiness, love and understanding." Convention on the Rights of the Child | OHCHR
FORUM:“Making the invisible visible.”World Toilet Day 2022. We face a global sanitation crisis. Today, 3.6 billion people are still living with poor quality toilets that ruin their health and pollute their environment. Inadequate sanitation systems, spread human waste into rivers, lakes and soil, contaminating the water resources under our feet. Safely managed sanitation protects groundwater from human waste pollution. Everyone must have access to a toilet connected to a sanitation system that effectively removes and treats human waste. The link between sanitation and groundwater cannot be overlooked. This World Toilet Day, let’s make the the invisible visible. Share your experiences of how sanitation affects groundwater. Join millions of people in conversations across the world. Follow the conversations with the hashtags #19November, #WorldToiletDay, #sanitation. #Opendefecation.
EVENTS: The UN-Water, the World Toilet Organization and the World Toilet Association will held a webinar to mark the World Toilet Day 2022. Sanitation and how it protects groundwater will be discussed at the UN-Water Summit on Groundwater on 7-8 December in Paris. The Summit aims to bring attention to groundwater at the highest international level and will deliver a joint message to the UN 2023 Water Conference, urging policymakers to fully recognize the importance of groundwater and accelerate progress on sanitation as a means to safeguard this precious resource.
FORUM: “THE HUMAN TO COME.” World Philosophy Day 2022. In a hyper-technologized world, the very concept of humanity is in constant evolution. What do we call human today? What do we continue to call human despite the obvious historical evolution and the uncertain future we face? Are we witnessing a transfiguration so radical that its own definition, in addition to the humanistic horizon, is outdated? How can we envisage the new figures of the human in the future? Follow tlhe conversations with the hastags: #meaningoflife, #17November, #Philosophicaldebates, #PhilosophyDay.
EVENTS: The UNESCO will organize on November 17th, a conference to mark the World Philosophy Day 2022 at UNESCO HQ. With its unique mandate, UNESCO's Social and Human Sciences Sector provides an ideal forum for interrogating these ethical and epistemological dilemmas, and offers a multidisciplinary and multicultural perspective, bringing together various fields of knowledge; In collaboration with Le Fresnoy- Studio national des arts contemporains, a post-graduate art and audiovisual research center, a program has been developed around the following themes and disciplinary structuring fields: anthropology, natural sciences (the non-human), post-colonialism, technology issues, gender, waste, fictional inventions, the perspective of long time and the cosmos.
PHILOSOPHICAL DEBATES
-The Democracy To come
- Putting Humanity at the heart of the Digital Transformation.
- The Question of Nature and Climate Resilience.
- After Colonialism.
- Gender to Come.
- Psychoanalysis to come.
- Is there a future?
SIDE EVENT: Philosophy along the Silk Road, with the UNESCO Silk road programme.
The UNESCO Chair for Philosophy for Children and the International Enccounter on New Philosophical Practices (NPP) will meet Experts; Researchers; Teachers; Practioners; Student and Children to speak about Philosophy at UNESCO HQ.
CAMPAIGN: "MAKE THE PRACTICE OF PHILOSOPHY ACCESSIBLE TO ALL."
EXHIBITIONS: 16, 17, 18 November at Le Fresnoy- Studio national des arts contemporains.
FORUM: ‘‘Redefine Tolerance'.’’ International Day for Tolerance 2022. Tolerance is much more than passively accepting the other. It brings obligations to act, and must be taught, nurtured and defended. Tolerance requires investment by States in people, and in the fulfilment of their full potential through education, inclusion and opportunities. This means building societies founded on respect for human rights, where fear, distrust and marginalization are supplanted by pluralism, participation and respect for differences. Follow the conversation with the hastags: #tolerance,#16November, #InternationalDayforTolerance, #ToleranceDay.
EVENTS:2022 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence. In 1995, to mark the United Nations Year for Tolerance and the 125th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, UNESCO created a prize for the promotion of tolerance and non-violence: the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize. This Prize rewards significant activities in the scientific, artistic, cultural or communication fields aimed at the promotion of a spirit of tolerance and non-violence. The creation of the Prize has been inspired by the ideals of UNESCO’s Constitution that proclaims that "peace, if it is not to fail, must be founded on the intellectual and moral solidarity of mankind".
The theme for World Diabetes Day 2021-23 is access to diabetes care. In 2022, the campaign focuses on the need for better access to quality diabetes education for healthcare professionals and people living with diabetes.One in 10 adults around the world currently live with diabetes, an estimated 537 million people. Almost half do not know they have it. This is putting added strain on healthcare systems.Healthcare professionals must know how to detect and diagnose diabetes early and make the most of the limited time they have to provide the best possible advice and care for people living with diabetes. For more than 95% of the time, people living with diabetes are looking after themselves. They need access to ongoing education to understand their condition and carry out the daily self-care essential to staying healthy and avoiding complications.
The theme for World Diabetes Day 2021-23 is Access to Diabetes Care. Millions of people with diabetes around the world do not have access to diabetes care. People with diabetes require ongoing care and support to manage their condition and avoid complications. We cannot wait any longer for:Medicine, technologies, support and care to be made available to all people with diabetes that require them. Governments to increase investment in diabetes care and prevention.
The centenary of the discovery of insulin presents a unique opportunity to bring about meaningful change for the more than 530 million people living with diabetes and the millions more at risk. LEARNING PLATFORMS
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) is committed to facilitating learning opportunities for all people impacted by diabetes.
The Understanding Diabetes platform provides free online and interactive courses to help people with diabetes and their carers to understand and manage their condition.
The IDF School of Diabetes offers a selection of free and premium online courses to help health professionals stay up-to-date with various aspects of diabetes management and treatment.
Education can help stop the rise of diabetes and protect tomorrow.
The forum organized in celebration of World Science Day for Peace and Development, aims to highlight the significant role played by basic sciences in advancing knowledge for the wellbeing of society and its sustainable development.
The objectives of World Science Day for Peace and Development are to:
Strengthen public awareness of the role of science for peaceful and sustainable societies.
Promote national and international solidarity for shared knowledge and scientific cooperation.
Renew national and international commitment for the use of science for the benefit of societies.
Draw attention to the challenges faced by science and raising support for scientific endeavours.
Where: UNESCO HQ. From: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm. Rooms : Room VIII. Type : Cat VIII - Symposia. Arrangement type : Virtual. Language(s) : French and English.
The webinar will offer an opportunity to showcase some of the ways in which learning from nature and deepening our understanding of complex natural and societal phenomena can lay the foundations for innovative solutions for the common good.
Outline of the webinar:
Keynote speech: The potential of basic science to deepen our understanding of nature. Panel discussion 1: Modelling for the understanding of complex phenomena, relevant to sustainable development. Panel discussion 2: Fostering sustainable development at the molecular level.
To Participate. Please register to participate in the live event on Zoom. Registration is free. Register
The General Assembly have declared November 6th each year as the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict to emphasize the necessity of safeguarding nature for the sake of future generations and working for the protection of our common environment.
Considering that damage to the environment in times of armed conflict impairs ecosystems and natural resources long beyond the period of conflict, and often extends beyond the limits of national territories and the present generation, The United Nations General Assembly have recalled the Article 2, paragraph 4, of the Charter of the United Nations, which states that all Member States shall refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity of any State in their international relations.
At least 40% of all internal conflicts have been linked to the exploitation of natural resources over the last 60 years. To ensure durable peace, we must also commit to protecting the environment from the debilitating effects of war. Follow the conversations with the hashtags: #EnvConflictDay.
