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#AWorldWhere Campaign
#AWorldWhere is a campaign aiming to drive Europe’s global commitments on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), including family planning (FP), to meet Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets, advance gender equality, and strengthen health systems. We...
The 57th Commission on Population and Development (CPD)
The 57th Commission on Population and Development (CPD) began this week. It will assess the implementation of the Programme of Action defined during the International Conference on Population and Development, held in Cairo in 1994, and its contribution to the...
G7 Foreign Affairs Ministers’ Meeting: the Civil7 urges Ministers to incisive engagement to build a peaceful, just and secure future
Civil7 organizations call on G7 governments to promote systemic, transformative and generative changes in international politics through the multilateral system. Rome, April 19, 2024 – The meeting of Foreign Ministers of G7 countries, hosted by Italy in the year of...
CSW 68: achieving gender equality by addressing poverty
The sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the main UN body dedicated to women's rights and gender equality, took place in New York from March 11 to 22. This year, the focus of the Commission's work was on accelerating the achievement of...
Interwoven Lives, Threads of Hope: the 2024 state of the world population report
AIDOS and UNFPA launch the new state of the world population report 2024 on April 17, 2024 10 am Sala Caduti di Nassirya Senate of the Republic This year marks the 30th anniversary of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development held in Cairo. The...
Dignity for all!
Dignity for all!AIDOS campaign for Palestinian women and girls living in refugee camps in Lebanon For the 8th of March - International Women's Day - AIDOS launches the "Dignity for All" fundraising campaign, to distribute kits consisting of sanitary pads, detergent...
In Morocco to talk about communication on gender based violence
AIDOS held a workshop on how to communicate about gender violence aimed at 14 young activists in Beni Mellal, Morocco, from the 4th to the 8th of February. The workshop, part of AICHA project activities, took place in the Sultan Moulay Slimane University and was led...
For Valentine’s Day let’s talk about contraception: the new European Atlas is online
On Valentine's Day 2024, EPF - European Parliamentary Forum launches the seventh edition of the Atlas of contraceptive policies in Europe. Aidos has supported the initiative for a while and has shared this important tool which outlines very clearly the European and...
Tracking what counts: European donor support for sexual and reproductive health and rights in 2022-2023
The new Report from Countdown2030, a consortium of 15 European organizations committed to the advancement of health and sexual and reproductive rights that Aidos is part of, shows that in 2022 14 European donors have prioritized investments in this sector. While the...
In Jordan to address gender violence and disability
We are implementing a project to address gender based violence and disability in Jordan, specifically in the Governorates of Amman and Mafraq. The objective is ambitious, as it aims to concretely improve the quality of life of women and girls at risk and/or survivors...
In Ethiopia a workshop on gender transformative approaches to end FGM
Aidos organized a workshop in Addis Ababa, from the 16th to 20th of October 2023, to involve men and boys in the elimination of the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM), through a gender transformative approach. The latter is a fundamental concept and practice...
8 Billion Lives, Infinite Possibilities: The Case for Rights and Choices
AIDOS and UNFPA launch the State of the World Population 2023 report "8 Billion Lives, Infinite Possibilities: The Case for Rights and Choices" calls for a radical rethink on how population numbers are framed, recognizing the need for a novel approach that puts people...
AIDOS at the CSW 67
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...
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...
Events
Interwoven Lives, Threads of Hope: the 2024 state of the world population report
AIDOS and UNFPA launch the new state of the world population report 2024 on April 17, 2024 10 am Sala Caduti di Nassirya Senate of the Republic This year marks the 30th anniversary of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development held in Cairo. The...
Dignity for all!
Dignity for all!AIDOS campaign for Palestinian women and girls living in refugee camps in Lebanon For the 8th of March - International Women's Day - AIDOS launches the "Dignity for All" fundraising campaign, to distribute kits consisting of sanitary pads, detergent...