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Displaying 9 of about 9 resultsIn May 2020, UN Women initiated online consultations with gender equality mechanisms from 14 countries (Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Turkey) in the Western Balkans and Turkey, Eastern Partnership and Central Asia sub-regions to…
The Rapid Gender Assessment (RGA) was conducted to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women and men in North Macedonia, and how the changing situation is affecting the socio-economic situation and livelihoods.
The assessment provides an overview of the pre-crisis situation and changes with the onset of the pandemic and will serve as data sou…
The mapping analysis examines how the COVID-19 crisis affects the socio-economic situation and wellbeing of women and men at the local level and identifies immediate interventions by the municipalities to respond to the crisis in North Macedonia. Focusing mainly on the perceptions of the local gender equality mechanisms, it provides recommendations for…
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has deeply impacted women and girls and the efforts to end violence against women. It had profound effects on the operations of civil society organizations (CSOs) delivering specialist services, as well as women’s access to those services.
Conducted in the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, M…
This brief addresses the strong relationship between gender equality and disaster resilience, and highlights its importance for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It explains the concept of gender and presents UNDP related strategy and support services. It also features two good practices from India and Macedonia.
In response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the relatively limited data available, the UN Women Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, through the Making Every Woman and Girl Count global programme, developed a rapid survey assessment tool to assess the gendered impacts of COVID-19 on the main challenges faced by on women and men…
This paper presents the results of quantitative research regarding the level and the causes of fear of disasters among young adults in Turkey, Serbia, and North Macedonia. The survey was conducted using a questionnaire that was given and then collected hand by hand that explored in depth the disaster-related fears among 537 respondents during 2016. The…
The guidelines aim to support national governments and service providers in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey on how to better respond to the needs of women and girls victims of violence throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
Document includes some of the key actions, including:
- Declaring…
This publication provides an overview of key results achieved by UN Women in terms of COVID-19 response and recovery in its programme countries and territories in Europe and Central Asia between March and August 2020.
On 13 March 2020, the World Health Organization identified Europe as the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic. The Europe and Central A…