Jurgita Sereikaite

@UN RCO | Programme Coordinator | Spotlight Initiative | Pacific | Based in 🇫🇯| Violence against women and children | Hopeless optimist | Restless hiker

[Pacific Islands Forum @ForumSEC]

[RE-ADVERTISED] WORK WITH US!

The Pacific Islands Forum invites suitably experienced and qualified candidates to apply for the position of Team Leader - Governance.

For more information and to apply, visit: https://t.co/ByVfwor5aj

#OneBluePacific #Regionalism

[PassBlue @pass_blue]

ADOPTED:
UN Security Council draft rez 2817, led by Bahrain (with Gulf countries) on ME:
Yes 13
Abstain 2 (Russia, China)
Bahrain: The rez shows a "clear stance to reject attacks against our countries [text never mentions instigated attacks by Israel/US]

[Jurgita Sereikaite @JSereikaite]

What counts? The state of funding for the prevention of gender-based violence against wom… https://t.co/hcc2i3jhpF via @reliefweb

[Jurgita Sereikaite @JSereikaite]

How women in Israel and Palestine are pushing for peace — together https://t.co/7OxyCmSHi8 via @ConversationCA #WPS

[נשים עושות שלום @WomenWagePeace]

1/20 It took us a week to formulate this statement. We are a movement of Jewish and Arab women with diverse opinions. We found ourselves in a threatening, horrifying reality. Words can't convey our past week's experience. We're searching for the right words to share.

[Spotlight Initiative @UNSpotlight]

.@GlobalSpotlight has been selected as one of 12 High-Impact Initiatives of the @UN for the upcoming #SDGs Summit in September 2023.

It was chosen from more than 120 applications as the only cross-cutting High-Impact Initiative!
🔗 https://t.co/JlHGaXxt4P

#WithHer

[Jurgita Sereikaite @JSereikaite]

🇵🇬🇫🇯🇹🇴🇰🇮🇻🇺🇸🇧Survivors who come before the courts are typically between the ages of 6 and 17, pointing to the need for support for children and youth as they access the #justicesector #VAC #VAWG #GBV #Pacific

[ICAAD @ICAADglobal]

🚨 We've published our #TrackGBVReports, which analyze 20 years of data from GBV cases in Pacific Island Countries.

We found that almost 80% of cases raised some form of bias in court proceedings, with a discriminatory impact in over 50%.

Read more: https://t.co/gJajyViry3

[Jurgita Sereikaite @JSereikaite]

@OECD_Centre can play a vital role to #decolonize #developmentresearch by supporting long-term grants to universities in low-income countries, paired with support for individual scholars https://t.co/MLco41L4iF

[UN Women Papua New Guinea @unwomenPNG]

This year's #InternationalWomensDay theme, "DigitALL: Innovation and technology for #GenderEquality," highlights the importance of digital empowerment for women. In honor of this special day, sharing the story of a inspiring woman in PNG https://t.co/UJYLZk686K

[PassBlue @pass_blue]

This is an incredibly great look at how few women have led multilateral institutions over 45 years
Including @UN

[Jurgita Sereikaite @JSereikaite]

@ForumSEC @palaugov pawa meri

[Jurgita Sereikaite @JSereikaite]

Following elections in #Tonga for the first time there is at least 1 #womenMP in every #Pacific #parliament. #PNG and #Vanuatu elected 1 or more, but losses in #Fiji resulted in overall decline & stands at just 6⃣.5⃣%. #VAW remains structural tactics to dominate & silence women

[IPUparliament @IPUparliament]

For the first time in history, not a single functioning #parliament in the world is male-only, based on 4️⃣7️⃣ #elections held in 2022, according to #IPU's latest report, Women in Parliament.

Which areas saw the most growth in #WomenMPs?

Read #IPU's PR🗞️
➡️https://t.co/eUiMpZd7OQ

[Jurgita Sereikaite @JSereikaite]

As discussions are undergoing at #CSW67 on creating a safe digital environment for women and girls @Twitter insiders are telling it is no longer able to protect users from trolling, state-coordinated disinformation and child sexual exploitation https://t.co/6mRkiUXt3O

[Åsa Regnér @regner_asa]

Thrilled to kick off #CSW67 today with record in person attendance. Critical discussions start today on how innovation and technology can promote gender equality. Looking forward to a robust outcome that upholds the rights of all women and girls.

[Jurgita Sereikaite @JSereikaite]

@newsroom_the https://t.co/Ai3VjQXDQ8 risk mitigation through the provision of essential information to survivors, victims and those who wish to support them 4/4

[Jurgita Sereikaite @JSereikaite]

@newsroom_the 1.Promote positive social and gender norms (https://t.co/VPThQ5ZMz1 sporting initiative in one of Madang’s settlements under the leadership of Awok Awok) 3/4

[Jurgita Sereikaite @JSereikaite]

@newsroom_the But it also has immense potential to combat the root causes of VAWG. Instead .. 2/4

[Jurgita Sereikaite @JSereikaite]

@newsroom_the @Post_Courier please do better. The media industry has an unprecedented influence on how society perpetuate gender inequality and normalization of violence against women and girls 🧵1/4

[Jurgita Sereikaite @JSereikaite]

@newsroom_the @Post_Courier But it also has immense potential to combat the root causes of VAWG. Instead .. 2/4

[Jurgita Sereikaite @JSereikaite]

@pswandas Thinking of everyone in Vanuatu. Stay safe Polly!

[Jurgita Sereikaite @JSereikaite]

Four years ago, Palu was hit by natural disasters. Devex visited the communities to document how the humanitarian response evolved into successful community ownership leading to improved health care and gender-based violence reporting systems. https://t.co/Zxgcy6hDxM @devex #GBV