AIDOS wil partecipate to a side event on FGM at the CSW 67 Date/Time: 9 March, 2023 | 11:30am - 12:45pm EST Venue: The United Nations Secretariat, Conference Room 1 Co-hosts: UNFPA, UNICEF, Burkina Faso, Canada, Egypt, Italy, Zambia, and the European Union...
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European donors maintain support to sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide
New report shows steady funding for sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide, but some trends raise concerns. The period 2021-2022 dimmed prospects of a post-pandemic recovery. While COVID-19’s fierce sweep across the world demanded a bold response to...
Gender transformative approaches: addressing and ending FGM
On Feb. 6, International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation(FGM), Aidos will launch a video on how to end the practice through a gender transformative approach. A deep-impacting approach is needed for a significant cultural change that leads to the...
CSW 67 – The Commission on the Status of Women
The sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women will be held March 6-17, 2023, in New York to address the 2023 priority theme, "Innovation and Technological Change and Education in the Digital Age to Achieve Gender Equality and Empowerment of All...
VACANCY – Gender based violence (GBV) expert
AIDOS, Associazione Italiana Donne per lo Sviluppo ETS (Italian Association for Women in Development) is searching for a gender based violence (GBV) expert to provide training and technical backstopping to project staff in the field in line with AIDOS holistic,...
EMPOWERMENT: what does it mean?
EMPOWERMENT “Refers to increasing the personal, political, social or economic strength of individuals and communities. Empowerment of women and girls concerns women and girls gaining power and control over their own lives. It involves awareness-raising, building...
EPF Statement on a possible reversal of abortion rights by the United States Supreme Court
We report the Declaration EPF - European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights on the danger of revoking the right to abortion. Just a few days after President Biden made a historic comparison of the global struggle of liberal democracy versus...
The G20 and gender equality: report on the Italian presidency of 2021
In 2021, the G20 was chaired by Italy: among the many relevant topics, including the response to the pandemic and strengthening resilience to future health crises, that of gender equality, presented as a priority. For the first time in the history of the G20, a...
“Seeing the Unseen. The case for action in the neglected crisis of unintended pregnancy”, UNFPA Report 2022
On the 30th of March 2022, the annual Report on the State of World Population 2022 of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), “Seeing the Unseen. The case for action in the neglected crisis of unintended pregnancy”, was launched globally. The Fund aims “to improve...
Valentine’s Day: say no to early marriages! #IDONT
7 THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT CHILD MARRIAGE Around the world, Valentine’s Day is a celebration of love, romance and commitment – an occasion, perhaps, to get engaged or married. But for millions, what should be a joyous moment is not the stuff of fairy tales. Too...