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Mainstreaming gender equality in Colombia

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Colombia has made a lot of progress on promoting gender equality. Here’s how the EU development cooperation has contributed to this.

Americas & the Caribbean
Colombia
Gender
Gender equality - women's rights
Gender mainstreaming
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Gender-based violence
Women's empowerment
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Confronting violence against women and furthering women’s rights

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Voices & Views

Violence against women takes myriad forms, including domestic, sexual, gender-based, legal, economic and political.

Gender
Gender equality - women's rights
Gender-based violence
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Women's empowerment
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Mining, displacement and empowerment: Working with resettled women in Mozambique

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Voices & Views

One of the poorest countries in the world, Mozambique is extremely rich in natural resources. But while the extractive industry provides important revenues for the country’s economic development, it also creates deep social...

Africa
Mozambique
Gender
Women's empowerment
Private Sector
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Industry
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View from UN Women: Protecting Women Migrant Workers’ Rights

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Voices & Views

Together with the European Union, UN Women implemented a global programme for women migrant workers from 2014 to 2017. UN Women Programme Manager Inkeri von Hase shares the results and lessons learned, including the vital role of...

Worldwide
Gender
Women's empowerment
Women's organisations
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Migration & Forced Displacement
Legal pathways
Migration policy