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24 May 2012
From 22 to 24 May, the Global UNiTE Youth Forum brought together youth activists from around the world to meet in Bangkok, and create a unique network to end violence against women and girls. A truly global space, the Forum incorporated workshops... |
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24 May 2012
UNiTE to End Violence against Women: Statement of the Global UNiTE Youth Network
We, the participants of the first Global UNiTE Youth Forum, seek to create a safe, gender equitable, and violence free present and future for all women and... |
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22 May 2012
The Sistren Theatre Collective, a grantee of the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women, has been internationally honoured with the Otto Rene Castillo Award for Political Theatre, given to organizations globally that “extend humanity’s... |
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21 May 2012
Michelle 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
The 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
In 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
Throughout 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
From 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
In 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
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... |
