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Luisa Taunga, Secretary at Tonga’s National Disaster Risk Management Office, leads the Research and Training division focusing on disaster preparedness and response.In 2017, Luisa joined the first cohort of the UNITAR women’s leadership and disaster risk reduction training. She returned as a resource person for the 2023 training.Tonga’s vulnerability to disasters causes major challenges, particularly for remote islands with limited resources.Inspired by what she saw in Japan, Luisa designed and ran disaster risk reduction workshops for children and youth to increase communi...
20 June 2024, Hiroshima, Japan – UNITAR Division of Prosperity welcomed 917 professionals from Asia and Pacific Island Countries to join the inaugural webinar of Leaders for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Sea and Human Security on 20 June 2024. The programme aims to provide government officials and activists in Pacific Small Island and Asian countries with skills, knowledge, and capacity to enhance and stabilize climate, economic stability, food security, and maritime security. Another fundamental purpose of the programme is to establish a network and collaboration mechanism...
6 September 2023, Geneva, Switzerland - In a concerted effort to address critical issues related to disaster risk reduction, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) hosted the High-level Roundtable Dialogue “Scaling Up Disaster Risk Reduction in Humanitarian Action”, which convened 1,500 + participants from Permanent Missions to the United Nations in Geneva, United Nations country teams, local government networks and disaster risk reduction practitioners. The Roundtable took place at U...
2 October 2020, Geneva, Switzerland – Last week, UNOSAT delivered the Advanced Training on Earth Observation (EO) and Geospatial Information Technology (GIT) for Climate Resilience in Fiji and Vanuatu. This week-long training was delivered as part of the capacity development activities of the CommonSensing project* that aims to improve climate resilience in the Pacific small island states. Adjusting to the COVID-19 preventive measurements in partner countries, UNOSAT adopted a blended-type of delivery method., The Advanced Training on EO and GIT for Climate Resil...
September 2021 - As uncertainty continues in Afghanistan, many Afghans – especially young Afghans with no memory of life under Taliban rule – are anxious and fearful of worsening security, threats to personal safety, and a return to darker days.
Over the past 20 years, the country has continued to be ravaged by fighting and violence, and deeply ingrained gender values have kept Afghanistan consistently towards the bottom of gender inequality indices.
Despite all this, many young women have grown up believing in their right to pursue their dreams, hoping to shape their li...
Learning with Leaders Podcast UNITAR’s CIFAL Global Network, through its Division for People, is proud to present Learning with Leaders—a podcast series that explores the stories and experiences of leaders from across the international field.Designed to inspire, the series explores topics related to the guests' areas of expertise while uncovering the person behind the leader. Featuring international guests from UNITAR’s management team, representatives of international organizations, and advocates for the SDGs and sustainability, the podcast provides diverse insights a...
The UNITAR resource person Ms. Molly Faamanatu Nielsen is Assistant Chief Executive Officer at the Disaster Management Office, Samoa National Emergency Management Office (NDMO), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
In March 2023, UNITAR held its in-person workshops in Samoa as part of the Disaster Risk Reduction and Women’s Leadership Training Programme.
Around 20 learners were equipped with practical skills to help them lead gender-inclusive and community-based disaster risk reduction management.
Molly believes that training is key to disaster risk reduction...
UNITAR Division for Prosperity Director Mihoko Kumamoto attended the 2023 Sport for Future consortium conference in Tokyo, on 2 March 2023.
Hiroshima Yokogawa Sports Culture Club, a UNITAR partner, was awarded the annual prize for consortium members for promoting gender equality and peace through sports and international collaboration.
UNITAR and the Yokogawa Club have been partners since 2015 in promoting the Sustainable Development Goals through sports. The two organizations hosted the Afghanistan national women’s football team in Hiroshima for leadership training and...
Dr Marwa Nofal is a psychiatrist at a public mental health hospital in Egypt.
In 2020, she launched a non-profit organization that brings together mental health professionals to facilitate more mental health research in Egypt and the Middle East and the North African region.
Dr Marwa turned to the UNITAR Entrepreneurship for Public Health and COVID-19 Recovery in Egypt, Iraq and Lebanon programme to learn about leadership strategies, entrepreneurship and teamwork.
Marwa's advice for fellow entrepreneurs is to take action, no matter how small.
, 15 May 2023, H...
2021年3月18日・広島 - 近年では政治、文化及び社会経済分野における女性の活躍の場と範囲が広がりを見せていますが、国際女性デーは、20世紀の始めに女性労働者が労働条件の改善を求めたデモが起源だと言われています。ロシアでは3月8日は女性の日として1917年に公式な休日として制定されました。国連が正式に国際女性デーを制定したのは1977年。それ以降3月8日は世界的に女性の生き方を考え、活躍を称える日となりました。この100年間で働く女性は飛躍的に増え、役割も多様化しています。しかしながら、ジェンダー平等に関する課題は山積みです。
ジェンダー平等と女性のエンパワーメントは持続可能な開発（SDGs）の目標5にも掲げられている重要な要素の一つです。また、分野横断的課題としてその他の16の目標にも関連しています。しかしながら、STEM（科学・技術・工学・数学）教育を含む多くの分野でジェンダー平等の実現に向けた動きは停滞しています。UN Womenによると全世界の女性研究者の割合はわずか30％。STEM分野を勉強している女子学生は分野全体の35％です。また、STEM分野の女性研究者は男性に比べ調査研究の発表数が少なく、低賃金で昇進しにくいという最近の調査結果もあります。STEM教育は私たちの未来を築く重要な基礎です。新型コロナウイルス感染拡大でデジ...