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20 August 2010
Young women from around the world will “be the change” by voicing their ideas about empowerment at the Young Women’s Forum on 24 August 2010. The forum,... |
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30 July 2010
Urgent measures to end gender-based violence and advance women’s livelihoods are integral to rebuilding Haiti after its devastating 2010 earthquake. That was the message of Inés Alberdi, Executive Director of the UN Development Fund for Women (... |
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12 July 2010
Twenty women peace leaders met with UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry last week as part of the Open Days on Women and Peace, which have been taking place around the world. UNIFEM Executive Director Inés Alberdi... |
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2 July 2010
A new UN publication for the first time highlights the best tactics employed by international peacekeepers to stop sexual violence as a tactic of war. Addressing Conflict... |
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24 June 2010
The UN-organized “Global Open Day for Women and Peace” continued in mid-June with senior UN officials and women peace advocates engaging in vibrant exchanges of proposed... |
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11 June 2010
Senior officials began meeting in the first week of June with women peace advocates as part of the UN-organized “Global Open Day for Women and Peace.” Discussions between the two groups have centred on increasing women’s participation in... |
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7 June 2010
Women hardly ever fight the world's wars, but often suffer the most, and are targets of systematic sexual violence. Yet, fewer than 10 percent of the people who negotiate peace deals are women. Starting on 7 June, the Global Open Day on... |
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4 June 2010
UNIFEM programmes in Haiti to assist survivors of gender-based violence received a boost from a recent donation of US $50,000 by OMEGA. The watch manufacturer,... |
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20 May 2010
United Nations, New York — United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)’s Goodwill Ambassador and Say NO Spokesperson Nicole Kidman raised more than US$175,000 today for programmes to address violence against women and women’s empowerment... |
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12 May 2010
Taekwondo World Champion Shakhlo Mukhammedrakhimova, 20, is also a champion of ending violence against women. In her native Tajikistan, she regularly visits crisis centres and speaks out on radio and television as a spokesperson for the... |










