News

Format: 2010-03-13
Format: 2010-03-13
Virtual Knowledge Center Startscreen (Photo: UNIFEM)
4 March 2010

UNIFEM Launches a Global Virtual Knowledge Centre to End Violence against Women and Girls

Today UNIFEM is launching a Global...

CSW 2 March 2010 (Photo: UNIFEM)
2 March 2010

183,132 actions registered showcasing efforts to end violence against women and girls globally

Today, at the 54th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (...

2 March 2010

First benchmark far surpassed. Global constituency spans participants from 190 countries.

The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) today announced...

Photo: UN/Sophia Paris
19 February 2010

The Chilean President, Michelle Bachelet traveled to Haiti on 20th February to meet with Haitian authorities and women’s organizations and express her solidarity with the nation. The devastating January...

photo: Women Thrive Worldwide
4 February 2010
UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman applauds U.S. Congressional support to combat violence against women globally - Landmark Legislation on Ending Violence against Women Introduced in the United States Congress...
Photo: World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
3 February 2010

All over the world, people are mobilizing: collecting signatures, holding vigils and reaching out to youth. A theatre performance on violence against women in a Pakistani village prevents a...

27 January 2010

In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, UNIFEM is working to raise 7 million USD to provide urgently needed services for the protection of women and their families. In particular, UNIFEM seeks...

Maldives Parliament signs on to Say NO - UNiTE
15 January 2010

On 25th November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the entire parliament of Maldives with  77 members signed on to Say NO - UNiTE, a global call to end violence against...

Family Violence Prevention Fund presents new Headquarter (photo: FVPF)
8 January 2010

Unifem Goodwill Ambassador and Say NO Spokesperson Nicole Kidman joins to celebrate the new international centre to end violence in San Francisco

January 8, 2010...

The Heller School says no to sexual violence in conflict
15 December 2009

From a New York shelter to a village in Kenya: A group of men travel to remote Kenyan villages to talk about how to stop violence against women; Youth in East and Southeast Asia attend workshops on how to...