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UN Women
UN Women welcomes the adoption of the Belém Gender Action Plan, urges its effective implementation
UN Women welcomes today’s outcome at COP30 and, in particular, the adoption of the Belém Gender Action Plan (GAP) as a blueprint for action in the next nine years.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Poorest nations will see sharp drop in crop yields, impacting human development: UNDP
A major new dataset released via the Human Climate Horizons (HCH) data platform by the United Nations Development …
Gender equality remains the unfinished business of our time – and the private sector is indispensable for closing …
New data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UN Women reveal limited progress in achieving gender equality in …
All #equity Press Releases
10 March 2025
16 February 2025
14 December 2024
20 November 2024
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
UN conference calls for renewed, bold efforts to make gender equality commitments a reality in Asia and the Pacific
18 November 2024
28 October 2024
Health Care Without Harm Southeast Asia
Global climate and health leaders convene in Vietnam to tackle equity, sustainability and climate resilience
11 August 2024
Philippine House of Representatives
Philippine Congress committee passes landmark bill to drive national decarbonisation, economic growth
25 March 2024
United Nations Development Programme
G7 consensus reached on advancing AI for sustainable development
8 February 2024
9 December 2023
25 November 2022
25 October 2022
Gree Energy
Gree Energy is B Corp certified
22 August 2022
18 September 2019
23 January 2019
City Developments Limited
CDL leads in top sustainability benchmarks
9 March 2016
Impact Investment Exchange (Asia) Pte Ltd
IIX, Shujog and KKR partner with Banyan Nation to increase the sustainability of Indian recycling
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