The first edition of our #LAB4GE Newsletter was a diverse selection of news from all the partner countries, with statistics, reports, methodologies, good practices and more. Now we are releasing our second newsletter, which focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on women, specifically on working women. Through a number of partnership meetings, the partnership agreed … Continued
Every year on October 5th, we celebrate the World Teachers’ Day. It is an opportunity to celebrate the profession and to promote international standards for the teaching profession in the UK. The theme for this month at the #LAB4GE project is: Teachers for gender equality. “Despite the teaching profession being made up largely of women, … Continued
Learn Abroad to do Better at home for Gender Equality (LAB 4 GE) is a project aimed to exchange good practice on Gender Equality and empower women entrepreneurship among adults, educators and staff members of the organizations. If you are interested to learn more about the project, Asfar with project partners has just published the … Continued
Women’s empowerment is key to reducing climate change Empowering women and girls in developing countries ranked second among 76 solutions for curbing global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, according to a new report by the climate research organization Project Drawdown. Gender equality in health and education hasn’t received much public attention as a climate solution, … Continued
Most international or global days are celebrated to create awareness and educate the community about topics of concern that needs global attention. International days are occasions to educate the public on issues of concern, to mobilize political will and resources to address #globalproblems, and to celebrate and reinforce achievements of humanity on a global and … Continued
According to the Guardian, young women in the UK are also adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with a substantial rise in the number of women aged 20-40 being admitted to hospital with serious COVID cases in the second wave of COVID in the country. In the UK there is a higher proportion of women … Continued
According to the United Nations Human Development Working Paper on ‘Gender inequality and the COVID-19 crisis: A Human Development perspective’, women are disproportionately affected by the Coronavirus Pandemic. The paper explains how ‘women make up more than 85% of nursing personnel and women make up almost half of doctors for all countries except those with … Continued
The Global Gender Report 2020 from the World Economic Forum has concluded that although some improvements have been made to bridge gender gaps, that globally we still have a long way to go in order to achieve complete closure of all gender gaps. The UK was ranked 21st overall for The Global Gender Gap Index, … Continued
Asfar is happy to announce that the LAB4GE project has been officially launched. The ’Learn Abroad to do Better at home for Gender Equality’ strategic partnership project, has started with it’s kick-off meeting and will last for 32 months. The partnership includes partners from six European countries (Hungary, Denmark, Italy, UK, Romania and Spain) who … Continued
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