The Cyber Policy Portal, launched in January 2019, is an interactive online tool for policymakers and experts that maps the cybersecurity and cybersecurity-related policy landscape. It provides a rigorous, accessible, and up-to-date overview of the cybersecurity capacity of all 193 UN Member States, as well as selected regional and international organizations and multilateral frameworks. Individual … Continued
African Girls Can Code Initiative AGCCI 2018-2022 aims to close the digital gender gap in Africa by equipping young girls with digital literacy, coding, and personal development skills. It trains young girls and places them on track to for an education and career in Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) and coding, through coding camps targeting … Continued
Twenty-five years after the historic Fourth World Conference on Women and the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the most comprehensive blueprint to achieve women’s empowerment and gender equality, the Generation Equality Forum will take stock of progress and chart an agenda of concrete action to realize gender equality before 2030, as … Continued
SADA Women’s Cooperative aims to strengthen the resilience of refugee women and girls and their host communities. Based in Gaziantep, a Turkish city only 50 km from the Syrian border, the cooperative provides income generation and fosters social cohesion through its inclusive and democratic business model, hiring refugee and Turkish women. Operating in three sectors … Continued
The Sahel region is deeply impacted by insecurity, climate change and displacement. UN Women’s ‘Buy From Women’ project aims to strengthen women farmers’ resilience and leverage digital tools to connect them to better information, finance and markets. In Mali, where women’s empowerment is crucial to strengthen the ongoing peace-building process, the initiative helps farmers enhance … Continued
Earth is facing its 6th mass extinction: 1 million species could soon be wiped out. Through The Lion’s Share (TLS), UNDP & its partners aim to create a global movement benefitting wildlife conservation. With an innovative financing scheme complementing Official development assistance (ODA) and facilitating private sector engagement, TLS encourages advertisers who feature animals in … Continued
The ‘Revive the Spirit of Mosul’ initiative has the overarching objective of contributing to achieving inclusive social, economic, and environmental sustainability, as well as building peace, through an integrated approach to the recovery of the city in its human dimensions. Mosul was a symbol of diversity and tolerance before the outbreak of the conflict. This … Continued
#ExtremeLives is a project by UNDP in Asia-Pacific, supported by the EU, that explores themes and stories that bring us closer to understanding how to stop the spread of violent extremist ideologies. The project – featuring conversation-style interviews with former extremists, survivors, experts and prevention activists broadcasted on Facebook Live – is an innovative tool … Continued
The Activating Village Courts in Bangladesh Phase II Project aims to make village courts functional. Village courts are a local justice delivery mechanism that has the potential to strengthen local authorities and institutions and make them more responsive to local needs. They function as a bridge between informal and formal justice institutions and provide a … Continued
The project combats illegal logging through use of tree recognition technology which enables the organization to trace the origin of each tree. This tool can help to stop the trade of illegally worked and stolen wood and raise awareness among the consumers on the origin of trees. Pallisco is a Cameroonian forest company working with … Continued
