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the World Bank Group
Women’s economic opportunity laws only half-enforced globally: study
Laws designed to ensure equal economic opportunities for women are only half-enforced on average across the world, indicating that the barriers that keep women from contributing fully to growth and …
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 …
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 …
All #equity Press Releases
25 March 2025
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
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