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Foresters, like doctors of medicine, are men - that is a common perception. March seems a perfect timing to shed some more light on this misconception.
Last autumn Pamela Coke-Hamilton took over as ITC’s Executive Director. She sat down with UN Today to talk about growing up in Jamaica, her different jobs, how Geneva has and hasn’t changed, and her still-far-off retirement plans.
Sacrée « Woman who makes a difference » par l’International Women Forum, un puissant réseau international féminin.
One of the most persistent staffing problems in the United Nations system has been the search for gender parity. While the General Assembly has regularly emphasized their desire to see gender parity achieved, progress has been slow. For example, according to the annual Composition of the Secretariat report, when considering posts from P2 to USG, the gender parity rate was […]
Since gender is attached to the noun in many languages, some non-native speakers of English presume that English is similar Or they simply may be unaware of the importance of gender neutrality, especially in today’s world. Thus, they may write: When a student enrols in the course, he needs permission from his supervisor. Every conference participant must […]
The view of a forecaster from Geneva My job as an operational weather forecaster – at the western regional forecasting office of MeteoSwiss in Geneva –, entails analyzing the atmospheric conditions to formulate forecasts for the next 7 days for the French-speaking part of Switzerland. This includes interpreting satellite/radar imagery and surface observations for the […]
We are living in the golden age of female empowerment. Never before have so many women around the world been in positions of power as now. Everywhere we turn, we see more and more women in leadership roles taking center stage and making ‘herstory’. Our time has finally come. As a professional speaker coach who […]
The following is an analysis marking International Mother Language Day, which was commemorated on February 21, on “How Technology Can Promote Multilingualism While Being Realistic — & How it Cannot”
Last month, the UN Pension Fund launched a new app for annual recertification of pension eligibility.[1] This app is an alternative to the current paper recertification process, allowing retirees to use electronic facial recognition technology (FRT) for biometric identification. The Fund portrays this app as a “convenience” for retirees that will “simplify their experience”.[2] However, […]
Remote internships explained: watch the video An open letter to the Secretary-General on “remote” unpaid internships Fair Internship Initiative On 11 March 2020, the WHO assessed COVID-19 as a pandemic, and the UN, like the rest of the world, prepared to contain the spread of the Coronavirus. One of UN’s early responses to the developing […]