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(Gender Equality) The COVID-19 effect on the global gender gap: Measuring it is the first step towards closing it (WEF)

Natalie Lacey, Darrell Bricker The Global Gender Gap 2021 finds the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the gender gap by a generation from...

(Gender Equality) 4 ‘big bets’ to close the post-pandemic gender gap (WEF)

Douglas Broom COVID-19 has caused the gender gap to widen dramatically https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/covid-gender-gap-inequality/

(Gender Equality) This is a watershed moment for gender equality: If companies act now (WEF)

Sue Duke The Global Gender Gap Report 2021 highlights the disproportionate hit the pandemic has had on working women https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/a-watershed-moment-for-gender-equality-this-is-why-companies-need-to-act-now/

(Belarus) Belarus’s Ties with the West: The Implacable Downward Spiral (The Jamestown Foundation)

Grigory Ioffe Belarusian authorities denied the official request of the opposition (see EDM, March 17) to celebrate Freedom Day on March 25. https://jamestown.org/program/belaruss-ties-with-the-west-the-implacable-downward-spiral/

(Russia/China/Space) Russian-Chinese Cooperation in Space (The Jamestown Foundation)

Pavel Luzin On March 9, Russia and China signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the construction of an international lunar research station (ILRS)...

(Bulgaria/Russia) Russian Espionage Scandal in Bulgaria (The Jamestown Foundation)

Margarita Assenova On the eve of a critical parliamentary election on April 4, the Bulgarian authorities have exposed a major case of espionage on behalf...

(Bangladesh) Bangladesh: International relief needed on Bhasan Char Island (IFRC)

International support is needed to maintain humanitarian services for more than 13,000 people who have been relocated to Bhasan Char island from Cox’s Bazar. https://media.ifrc.org/ifrc/press-release/bangladesh-international-relief-needed-bhasan-char-island/

(Syria) Pledges are not enough – the world must not fail the people of Syria (IFRC)

As we mark the tragic milestone of a decade of conflict in Syria, the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement calls upon the international community...

(Myanmar) Myanmar: IFRC calls for greater protection of health workers and warns of a deepening humanitarian crisis (IFRC)

Two months following the military takeover in Myanmar, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is deeply concerned about the...

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