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October 8, 2012International Day of the Girl Child - October 11
From Say NO – UNiTE Team and UN Women
On 11 October, the world will celebrate the first International Day of the Girl Child. It’s a day to promote girls’ empowerment and address the challenges that girls worldwide face. Girls everywhere are coming together and taking action for the first International Day of the Girl Child. Join and support them!
July 24, 2012
Outcomes from the 56th Commission on the Status of Women
The Commission on the Status of Women has recommended that the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations approve draft language on the following topics:
- Ending female genital mutilation
- Situation of and assistance to Palestinian women
- Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts
- Gender equality and the empowerment of women in natural disasters
- Eliminating maternal mortality and morbidity through empowerment of women
- Indigenous women: key actors in poverty and hunger eradication
- Women, the girl child and HIV and AIDS
Detailed language on each of these areas are available in the full report ...
March 8, 2011
United Nations observes International Women’s Day
Video Message Transcript Written Message: International Women’s Day 2011: Time to Make the Promise of Equality a Reality Message from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Reports from the 55th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women AllWomen in the...
February 25, 2011
Reflections on statement by Ms. Michelle Bachelet, Under Secretary General and Executive Director of UN Women
Reflections on statement by Ms. Michelle Bachelet, Under Secretary General and Executive Director of UN Women « Ecumenical Women at the United Nations.
January 5, 2011
UN Women Begins Its Work
From the UN Women Web page: The United Nations made history today as UN Women, the UN agency dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women, has officially begun its work. This ambitious new organization consolidates and scales up...