Gender

Achieving every Sustainable Development Goal depends on improving the lives of women, girls, men, and boys equally. But achieving gender equality demands urgent action to end harmful practices and violence against women and girls, and to overcome the social, political, educational, and health barriers that deny them equal rights and opportunities. 

UNU’s commitment to gender equality permeates everything we do. Our core gender research focuses on generating knowledge to support development policies that eliminate barriers for women and girls in health, education, employment, and resource access. Our work is giving voice to the unique experiences of women and girls, exposing their neglected rights, and empowering them to be leaders in emerging fields such as science and technology.

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Project

Gender and Health Hub

The Hub aims to develop a network of policy-makers, academics, and practitioners to promote policy-relevant research on gender and global health.

03 Sep 2020

Event

Why IT* Matters? Gender Digital Divides in Asia-Pacific

One of the highlights of the panel is the Asia Pacific launch of the EQUALS research group inaugural report.

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News

UNU Institute in Macau at 2019 HKyIGF

Don Rodney Junio shared his insights in the area of women and digital skills for the Gig Economy, showing the difficulties women face in ICTs.

25 May 2019

News

New EQUALS Report Unveils Persistent Digital Gaps and the Complexity of Gender Equality

The report finds that digital technologies benefit gender diversity and inclusion, but females are still lagging far behind male peers in this area.

16 Mar 2019

News

Preliminary Findings of EQUALS Research Group Report

Findings provide an assessment of gender equality in access, skills and leadership, and what that means to women and girls around the world.

24 Sep 2018