This UN Women ad campaign uses actual Google autofill searches to illustrate pervasive sexist beliefs about women around the world.
Also reminded of differences between Men, According to Google and Women, According to Google.
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Adolescent girls are frequently the most vulnerable in times of need, but they are practically “invisible” to aid organizations who ignore their needs, even when they are in organized refugee camps.
“Their specific needs are rarely taken into consideration; they are neither counted nor consulted, and because of this they and their rights are ignored,” says Plan UK’s Chief Executive Tanya Barron.
Aid agencies are failing the world’s girls, finds report (The Guardian)
"Women’s voices should not only be heard because they are the victims of the war. Their active participation in peace efforts is essential, because they are the most effective peace builders. As men take up arms, women hold communities together in times of war."-
Mary Robinson, UN envoy for Africa’s Great Lakes region
Democratic Republic of the Congo’s women hold key to lasting peace (Guardian)
For Ethiopian Women, Construction Jobs Offer A Better Life (NPR)
Mekedes Getachew, 19, has been working at construction sites in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, since she was 15 years old. Except for the heaviest lifting, she says, the laborers “all do the same work and we don’t really say this is a man’s job, but when it comes to salary there’s a difference.” She earns $1.50 a day. Men earn $2.
We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back. - Malala Yousafzai
Olivia Wilde, RYOT Launch Health Workers Campaign (The Daily Beast)
The campaign is working to train, equip, and deploy 1 million community health workers on the ground in sub-Saharan Africa by 2015 to meet urgent medical needs and reach the health-related Millennium Development Goals
The Annual Report documents UN Women’s efforts to strengthen female empowerment and gender equality. It includes information regarding initiatives, financial statements, and projects.