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The Troika Laundromat revelations published today [4 March 2019] by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and partner media outlets reveal the glaring shortcomings in anti-money laundering systems in Europe, and make the case for an EU-wide anti-money laundering supervisory authority, Transparency International said today [4 March 2019].
(UNFPA)* — A revolution started in 1994, but it is unfinished. Twenty-five years ago, 179 governments agreed that sexual and reproductive health and rights are the cornerstone of global development.
That decision, in Cairo at the International Conference on Population and Development, recognized that when people are empowered to make their own choices about reproduction – free of force, coercion and fear – the whole world prospers.
Despite this agreement, millions of women and girls have yet to see these promises fulfilled.
At a time when innovation is dominant, shaping and changing the way people live in every part of the world, we have to be intentional about its use to positively impact the lives of women and girls.
(Photo: Marco Grob.) Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is Executive Director of UN Women.. Bio
That means making sure they are not only consumers of innovation, but take their place as innovators.
With their engagement, both design and execution of solutions can address the unique needs of women and girls, from the creation of decent work to delivery of products, services and infrastructure for women in all walks of life.
This year’s theme for International Women’s Day, “Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change” puts innovation at the centre of efforts to reflect the needs and viewpoints of women and girls and to resolve barriers to public services and opportunities.
4 March 2019 (UN Women)* — Globally, 1.7 billion adults remain unbanked, and 56 per cent of them are women, according to latest data from The World Bank. The trend continues in Africa, where up to 95 million unbanked adults receive cash payments for agricultural products, and 65 million save using semiformal methods.
Nairobi, 4 March 2019 (UN Environment)* – From breathtaking advances in synthetic biology to pitfalls in climate adaptation, UN Environment’s latest Frontiers report, launched today, explores the biggest emerging environmental issues that will have profound effects on our society, economy and ecosystems, along with some exciting and novel solutions.
Photo: Pixabay | Photo from UN Environment.
By scanning the technological and environmental horizons, the report identifies five major topics:
– Crime, a key issue in far-right President Jair Bolsonaro’s election in Brazil, has a dimension that is gaining in visibility and could turn against his government: gender violence.
Landscaper Elaine Caparroz, Credit: EBC
Elaine Caparroz, a 55-year-old landscaper, was beaten for four hours in the early hours of Jan. 16 in her own home. As a result, she was unrecognisable, lost a tooth and needed 60 stitches.
This was the highest-profile case in recent days in this country of 209 million people, where so far this year, up to Feb. 22, there were 176 victims of femicide and 109 unsuccessful gender-based murders, according to the daily monitoring of cases by Jefferson Nascimento, a lawyer and researcher from São Paulo, based on press reports.
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EU left’s useful idiots’: In an interview with the German newspaper ‘Die Welt am Sonntag’, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán lashed out at European People’s Party (EPP) members who ask for his expulsion from the centre-right family, describing them as “useful idiots” of leftist political forces.
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