“Suffering from poverty is much better than early marriage,” says Karima, a bold young Egyptian woman who was forced into an early marriage with a cousin at the age of 15.
She was born and married in Al Tod, a small village in the Luxor...
Speech by Michelle Bachelet at a women’s training on mediation and conflict management at national, international and community level. Bamako International Conference Center, Mali. 9 January, 2013. [ Check against...
“The rebels were just at the corner and watching me,” recalls one young Malian girl. “When I came out, they forced me in their vehicle and chained my two arms. They were four in the vehicle and they took me to a dark area. Three other girls were...
Opening remarks of Michele Bachelet, UN Women Executive Director on the occasion of a dinner with women parliamentarians, women leaders and women from the civil society, Dakar, Senegal [Check against deliver] ...
Thank you all for being here today. This is my first trip to Senegal as the Executive Director of UN Women and I have been looking forward to this visit.
I just had a very fruitful meeting with the President. I thank him very much for his...
Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women Michelle Bachelet will highlight the urgent need for increasing women’s participation as the foundation for nation building and economic progress during her forthcoming trip to...
The Secretary-General expresses deep sorrow at the death of the 23-year old Delhi student who was gang-raped by six men in a moving bus in New Delhi on 16 December. He offers his sincerest condolences to her parents, family and friends, and...
From the ratification of a United Nations convention on domestic worker rights to landmark laws on harassment, this timeline, produced by UN Women, is a snapshot of some of the gender equality milestones in 2012.
