UN-HABITAT Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka UN-HABITAT Executive Director Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka on Monday handed over to a women group a model housing project built as a partnership between the agency and several other actors. She at the same time also officially opened the Moonbeam Youth Training Centre. Mrs. Tibaijuka whose term as the head of UN-HABITAT comes to an end on Tuesday expressed satisfaction that the project which was close to her heart was reaching such a successful … [Read more...]
Margot Wallström – Sexual Violence: Constituted War Crimes against Humanity under International Criminal Court (ICC).
September 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Press Conference by Special Representative Margot Wallström Sexual Violence in Conflict In the wake of the latest incidents of mass sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, perpetrators must be held to account and the response of the United Nations must be improved, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict said this afternoon. "The time when sexual violence is tolerated and sidelined as a product of war is over," Margot … [Read more...]
UNIFEM to Prep Women Candidates in Lead-Up to 2010 Tanzanian Elections
September 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
UNIFEM supporting Women in Government. In the run-up to Tanzania’s general elections 31 October, the United Nations Development Fund for Women, UNIFEM (part of UN Women), will conduct workshops throughout September for women candidates in seven electoral zones to strengthen their election strategies. The trainings seek to Empower Women Candidates by improving their skills in public speaking, media engagement, campaign planning, presentations, community … [Read more...]
Rebels in the Congo go on rampage, commit mass rapes
August 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Women: a weekly 14-minute news magazine that looks at issues affecting women around the world. - excerpt. Congolese Women On July 30th, elements of the Rwandan Hutu rebel group, the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwandan or FDLR, and the Congolese Mai-Mai rebel group seized a remote town in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and went on a rampage, pillaging and raping women. The UN Chief, Mr. Ban Ki-moon expressed his outrage at the tragic incident. UNICEF and … [Read more...]
Singapore – Inaugural Youth Olympic Games inspires youth to Take Action!
August 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Inaugural Youth Olympic Games provide Competition and Inspiration SINGAPORE, August 2010 – As the first-ever Youth Olympic Games comes to a close, a young female athlete quietly traces the outline of her hand on a piece of paper and writes, “I have a right to be educated and to play any sports I like.” She is one of some 3,600 young athletes aged 14-18 – representing over 200 countries – that competed at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore this month. The … [Read more...]
JOHANNESBURG – Antiretroviral Gel Lowers HIV Infection
August 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Antiretroviral Gel Lowers HIV Infection and Offers Hope to Women JOHANNESBURG, 2010 (IPS) - When women from the predominantly rural Vulindela district in KwaZulu-Natal first began participating in an HIV-prevention trial many were unable to negotiate the use of condoms or even discuss safe sex with their partners. But as they used the discreet antiretroviral (ARV) microbicide gel, for the first time women - who bear the brunt of the HIV epidemic in Africa - were in control of an … [Read more...]
ZIMBABWE: Pregnancy need ‘Not put an End to Education’.
August 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
ETHIOPIA – Empower Women with Education
August 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
ETHIOPIA: Empowering Women to fight FGM/C Photo: UNICEF Egypt/Pirozzi 2005 Longer-term effects of FGM include infections of the urinary and reproductive tracts, infertility and obstetric complications (file photo) AWASH, August 2010 (IRIN) - In the northeastern Ethiopian region of Afar, more than 91 percent of women undergo one of the most severe forms of genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). Reproductive health education however, seems to be paying off, with the number … [Read more...]
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