UN Women Releases Information Booklet on Gender Equality for Post-2015 Agenda Discussions

UN Women developed an information booklet for distribution to national delegations at the October 15-18 XII Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean. The booklet includes…

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Post-2015 development agenda and SDGs

As the 2015 target date for reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) approaches, a wide range of activities are being undertaken by UN Member States, the UN system, civil…

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Mayor of Kigali, Rwanda Visits Quito, Ecuador to share experiences from UN Women “Safe Cities Free of Violence Against Women and Girls” Program

On October 28-November 2, 2013, Deputy Mayor of Kigali, Hope Tumukunde, was in Quito, Ecuador to share experiences from the Kigali City Initiative. The Initiative was part of UN…

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UN Women Canada National Committee President Almas Jiwani gave keynote address at model united nations SSUNS in Montreal, Canada

UN Women National Committee Canada President Almas Jiwani gave keynote address at McGill University’s Model united nations, which organizes, for high school students from across the country to come…

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Global Gender Gap Report reveals slow progress on economic equality and political participation

New York To mark the launch of the World Economic Forum’s 2013 Global Gender Gap Report – which measures inequality of outcomes between men and women in health and…

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UN Women Fund for Gender Equality announced two new projects to empower grass-roots women

Much attention has gone into increasing the number of women elected to office at the national level and numbers are slowly rising. Yet in local government, percentages of women…

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Sakai, Japan to join Safe Cities Global Initiative

The City of Sakai, Japan is poised to become the second city from a developed country to join the Safe Cities Global Initiative, which includes two flagship programmes led…

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Colombia and Peru receive UN awards for innovative green enterprises that empower women

Nairobi Biodegradable plates that are implanted with seeds and provide food after use in Colombia, a social media website that promotes car-sharing in Viet Nam and sanitary pads made…

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UN Women Canada President Almas Jiwani presented report at the Third International Crime and Punishment Film Festival in Istambul, Turkey

Building upon the success of the first two Film Festivals held by Istanbul University in 2011 and 2012, the Third International Crime and Punishment Film Festival took place in…

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UN Women Executive Director, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka Speaks at Global Fund for Women 25-Year Gala

Speech by UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka at the Global Fund for Women 25-Year Gala on 30 October, 2013, in San Francisco Good evening! It is wonderful to be here…

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