SDG5 3/3

Jul 31, 20191 min read

Secure Scotland Seminar Report Available Now

The Secure Scotland Seminar was held between the 16th and 18th April 2019 at Allanton Peace Sanctuary in Dumfries. The purpose of the...

The 3 Groups to Target to Strengthen Protection against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Scotland

Jurin Katayama Flores

Jul 17, 20194 min read

The 3 Groups to Target to Strengthen Protection against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Scotland

On 29 May 2019, the Scottish Government introduced a new bill to increase protection against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the...

Commission on the Status of Women: A Midnight Post

Iuliia Drobysh

Mar 22, 20192 min read

Commission on the Status of Women: A Midnight Post

On three emerging themes at CSW63: It is now 12:03 am and we are currently sitting under the room of negotiations, patiently waiting to...

Commission on the Status of Women: Delegate Routine

Iuliia Drobysh

Mar 19, 20193 min read

Commission on the Status of Women: Delegate Routine

7 am: Early wake-up call to rise and shine! We are excited to start another day, quickly eat some cereal and to head over to the UN...

Read: Endorsement by MSP Bill Kidd on CSW63 Scottish Preparatory Conference Report

UNHScotland

Mar 19, 20191 min read

Read: Endorsement by MSP Bill Kidd on CSW63 Scottish Preparatory Conference Report

UN House Scotland has received an endorsement from Bill Kidd MSP of its report from our inaugural Preparatory Conference for the UN's...

Commission on the Status of Women: Day Two and Three

Iuliia Drobysh

Mar 15, 20192 min read

Commission on the Status of Women: Day Two and Three

In this blog post, I will share some ideas from the past two days of CSW: "It is not enough to promulgate laws: there should be...

Commission on the Status of Women: Day One

Iuliia Drobysh

Mar 12, 20194 min read

Commission on the Status of Women: Day One

Hi everyone! My name is Iuliia and I am an intern at the UN House Scotland. This year, I am humbled to represent UNA-UK at the 63rd...

International Women's Day 2019: #BalanceforBetter

Laura Rutherford

Mar 8, 20192 min read

International Women's Day 2019: #BalanceforBetter

This International Women’s Day, the world is looking to forge a #BalanceforBetter. Celebrating the achievements of women in social,...

Scottish Women Make Voices Heard for UN Commission on the Status of Women

Laura Rutherford

Mar 6, 20191 min read

Scottish Women Make Voices Heard for UN Commission on the Status of Women

On 1 February 2019, UN House Scotland, Soroptimist International and Scottish Women's Convention held a conference in preparation for the...

International Women's Day: #PressforProgress

UNHScotland

Mar 8, 20181 min read

International Women's Day: #PressforProgress

With the World Economic Forum's 2017 Global Gender Gap Report findings telling us that gender parity is over 200 years away - there has...

Human Trafficking as a Women's Issue: International Women's Day 2018

Joanna Harlos

Mar 8, 20182 min read

Human Trafficking as a Women's Issue: International Women's Day 2018

On International Women's Day, and in support of our See Me, Free Me initiative, UNHS wishes to highlight the plight of women and girls...

Human Trafficking in Scotland: An Overview of Legislation and Figures

Claire LeBlanc

Dec 14, 20174 min read

Human Trafficking in Scotland: An Overview of Legislation and Figures

In the last few years, the Scottish government has earnestly addressed the issues of human trafficking and exploitation within the...

UN House Scotland

May 11, 20172 min read

What You Should Know: SDG5

In February 2017, the Spanish company Memondo Network’s information and entertainment portal, 'Cribeo’, made a video about the current...

Report on the UNESCO Scottish Launch of the Global Education Monitoring Report

Katie Armour

Nov 10, 201614 min read

Report on the UNESCO Scottish Launch of the Global Education Monitoring Report

Contributions from: Marilisa Dolci, Marie Bellanger and Robyn Lewis UN House Scotland, in collaboration with: UNESCO, Link Community...

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