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 Diouf, signed a framework cooperation agreement today aimed at mutually reinforcing the various initiatives and projects to promote women’s rights in Francophone countries – especially with regard to the fight to end gender-based violence (GBV).