“Women hold the key to doors that are closed to men.” So says Victor Nuñez, Commodore in Argentina’s Air Force, who has seen his female colleagues use such keys for the benefit of many communities while on peace...
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24 May 2012 Statement of the Global UNiTE Youth Network UNiTE to End Violence against Women: Statement of the Global UNiTE Youth NetworkWe, the participants of the first Global UNiTE Youth Forum, seek to create a safe, gender equitable, and violence free... |
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21 May 2012 UN Women and the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) sign a framework cooperation agreementMichelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women – the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women – with the Secretary-General of Organisation Internationale de La Francophonie (OIF), Abdou... |
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21 May 2012 Five Questions with UNiTE Global Youth Forum participants, Dhruv Arora and Bothaina QamarThe first UNiTE Global Youth Forum, in Bangkok from 22 to 24 May 2012, will see over 40 youth activists meet from across the globe to discuss preventing and ending violence against women and girls. Each represents a strong network that has helped... |
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17 May 2012 Circles of life: Women in Zimbabwe find safety in climate change responseIn one village not far from Zimbabwe’s capital, community initiatives to combat climate change have yielded benefits beyond economic empowerment and food security, to family health and women’s safety. “Our husbands’ consciousness has... |
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16 May 2012 UN Report on combating violence against Indigenous Women and GirlsThroughout the world, indigenous women and girls experience diverse forms of violence due to their marginalization within their own communities, and in society at large. While causing harm on a personal level, this also deters their ability to... |
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16 May 2012 First Global UNiTE Youth Forum to End Violence against Women and Girls to be held in Bangkok from 22 to 24 May 2012From 22 to 24 May 2012, over 40 youth activists from across the globe will meet in Bangkok for the first Global UNiTE Youth Forum. The Forum is being organized by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s global campaign UNiTE to End Violence against... |
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14 May 2012 Five Questions for Catherine SmithIn 2011 Catherine Smith, an Australian mother of six, saw her former husband jailed on 17 charges. Among the charges were three for attempted murder, and many others for assault, sex without consent and detaining with... |
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9 May 2012 Cities meet to discuss safer public spaces Municipal authorities from cities around the world are meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, this week to discuss how to make cities safer and more sustainable, particularly for women and children. The Safe Cities Global Programme, launched in 2010... |
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3 May 2012 Gender training for peacekeepers in Argentina |
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3 May 2012 No Woman’s Land: a new book recalls the frontline experiences of female reporters"I have never thought of myself as a female journalist. I think of myself as a journalist full-stop.” So says award-winning Egyptian journalist, Shahira Amin, in a new book on frontline reporting by female correspondents, supported by UN... |
