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A Hand Up: UN Women and Coca-Cola South Africa Partner to Economically Empower Women short blurb to link can say: Fifty-one-year-old restauranteur Ayda Ramatsiba Maphefo and 36-year-old food vendor…
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World Leaders Gather for 68th Session of the General Assembly
From September 24 to October 4, 2013, global leaders will be gathering in New York for the two-week meeting of the 68th Session of the General Assembly. The Millennium…
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UN Women Launches Knowledge Gateway
Remarks by UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, at the Launch of the Knowledge Gateway for women’s economic empowerment, New York, 23 September 2013. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I’m…
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UN Women Executive Director attends event for Clinton Global Initiative
Remarks by UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka at the Clinton Global Initiative Girls and Women Track Strategy Session, New York, 23 September 2013. Good afternoon and thank you for…
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UN Women Deputy Executive Director highlights need to mainstream gender in the disability agenda
UN Women Deputy Executive Director Lakshmi Puri statement for roundtable on “International and regional cooperation and partnerships for disability inclusive development” at the High-Level Meeting on Disability and Development,…
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UN Women Addresses Climate Change through Women’s Empowerment
Remarks by Lakshmi Puri, Deputy Executive Director of UN Women, at a side event organized by the UNFCCC, UN Global Compact and Rockefeller Foundation, New York, 19 September 2013. Ms….
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The UN Women National Committee Canada’s Report “Victim and Perpetrator: Canada’s Approach to Juvenile Delinquency” was Publishd and Almas Jiwani was recognized with an Award of Excellency in Istanbul Turkey
The UN Women National Committee Canada’s report “Victim and PerpetratorL Canada’s Approach to Juvenile Delinquency” was published in 1100 page Academic Textbook. The Committee President Almas…
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President Almas Jiwani Supports Project for Single Mothers and Children in Ethiopia
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Sept. 16, 2013) – Almas Jiwani, President of UN Women National Committee Canada, will provide the keynote address at the Addis Life Design’s project to support…
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Almas Jiwani and the National Committee launch an online campaign to empower women worldwide in partnership with Zanis & Co.
Zanis & Co. and UN Women National Committee Canada share the common belief that empowering women means empowering a nation. This is why they partnered up…
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Almas Jiwani to Deliver Keynote Address & Present Canada’s Country Report on Juvenile Justice at Dean of the Faculty of Law, Istanbul University
ISTANBUL, TURKEY–(Marketwired – Sept. 8, 2013) – Almas Jiwani, President of UN Women Canada National Committee will be attending the Istanbul International Crime and Punishment Film Festival. As an…
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