UNIC Support Women in Sports For Peace and Development To promote the International Year of Youth and the UN efforts to empower women and "Sports for Peace And Development", the UN Information Centre (UNIC) Manama held a press conference to launch a football tournament for female students from Six Bahrain’s universities in cooperation with Ajial Youth Organisation, under the patronage of Princess Hessa Bint Khaled Al Khalifa, Chairperson of the Bahrain & Arab Women’s Football … [Read more...]
Top 10 Wins in 2010 for WOMEN'S HEALTH & RIGHTS ~ A Time of Celebration~
December 21, 2010 by
A Time of Celebration ..... From the halls of the United Nations to the streets of Nigeria, the International Women’s Health Coalition and our partners worldwide have made important progress this year. As we release our Top Ten Wins for Women in 2010, we hope you will join us in celebrating: Breakthrough research on a new technology to prevent new HIV infections among women--a technology that IWHC and its partners originally conceptualized more than 20 years ago A … [Read more...]
Top 10 Wins in 2010 for WOMEN’S HEALTH & RIGHTS ~ A Time of Celebration~
December 21, 2010 by
A Time of Celebration ..... From the halls of the United Nations to the streets of Nigeria, the International Women’s Health Coalition and our partners worldwide have made important progress this year. As we release our Top Ten Wins for Women in 2010, we hope you will join us in celebrating: Breakthrough research on a new technology to prevent new HIV infections among women--a technology that IWHC and its partners originally conceptualized more than 20 years ago A … [Read more...]
Women ‘Watching and Waiting’: Security Council Concludes Debate on Sexual Violence in Conflict
December 18, 2010 by
Women 'Watching and Waiting', Special Representative Says as Security Council Concludes Debate on 'Sexual Violence in Conflict' Date: 17 Dec 2010 SC/10126 Security Council 6453rd Meeting (Resumed) (AM) "Women now are watching and waiting," Margot Wallström, the Secretary-General's Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, told the Security Council today as it concluded its debate on that subject. … [Read more...]
Women 'Watching and Waiting': Security Council Concludes Debate on Sexual Violence in Conflict
December 18, 2010 by
Women 'Watching and Waiting', Special Representative Says as Security Council Concludes Debate on 'Sexual Violence in Conflict' Date: 17 Dec 2010 SC/10126 Security Council 6453rd Meeting (Resumed) (AM) "Women now are watching and waiting," Margot Wallström, the Secretary-General's Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, told the Security Council today as it concluded its debate on that subject. ______________________________________ Pledging not to rest until … [Read more...]
WikiLeaks: Stop the crackdown
December 9, 2010 by
The chilling intimidation campaign against WikiLeaks (when they have broken no laws) is an attack on freedom of the press and democracy. We urgently need a massive public outcry to stop the crackdown -- let's get to 1 million voices and take out full page ads in US newspapers this week! The massive campaign of intimidation against WikiLeaks is sending a chill through free press advocates everywhere. Legal experts say WikiLeaks has likely broken no laws. Yet top US … [Read more...]
REFUGEE MIGRATION – Africans and Asians attracted to Latin America, Mariana Echandi
November 14, 2010 by
Africans and Asians attracted to Latin America as a migration route MEXICO CITY, Mexico, November 10 (UNHCR) - Yakpaoro is part of a new trend in South America. The refugee from Guinea is one of a growing number of Africans and Asians, many of them refugees, making their way to the continent before joining mixed migration routes from the south to the north. UNHCR statistics show that so far this year between five and 40 per cent of total asylum applications submitted in various Latin … [Read more...]
UN Women – United Nations Elects Executive Board
November 13, 2010 by
A Celebration of Women is pleased to announce... United Nations Elects Executive Board of New Agency for Women’s Empowerment ECOSOC President Hamidon Ali (left) chairs election of members of the Executive Board of UN Women. (UN Photo/Ryan Brown.) Member States today took the next step in enabling the newly-created United Nations agency on gender equality and women’s empowerment to begin its work by electing countries to serve on its Executive Board. The elections, held in the … [Read more...]
UNIFEM-UNFPA: No Rest for the Weary – Women Declare War on Gender Violence
November 13, 2010 by
No Rest for the Weary – Women Declare War on Gender Violence High-level Consultation on 'Delivering as One on Violence Against Women' ____________________________________ UNITED NATIONS — Women from a dozen countries convened in New York this week to share their struggles to implement state legislation and empower women at the grassroots level to put an end to gender- based violence worldwide. Hosted by UNFPA, the Nov. 4-5 high-level consultation entitled 'Delivering as One on Violence … [Read more...]
UN – Gender Disparities in Education urged to 'end'…
September 19, 2010 by
New UN report urges push to 'end' Gender Disparities in Education Girls learn to read in Bubel village in Orissa, India September 2010 – Girls and boys in only 85 countries will have equal access to primary and secondary education by 2015 if present trends continue, according to a new United Nations report, which calls for greater efforts to reduce gender disparities in education. The annual edition of the Global Education Digest, published by the UN Educational, Scientific and … [Read more...]
UN – Gender Disparities in Education urged to ‘end’…
September 19, 2010 by
New UN report urges push to 'end' Gender Disparities in Education Girls learn to read in Bubel village in Orissa, India September 2010 – Girls and boys in only 85 countries will have equal access to primary and secondary education by 2015 if present trends continue, according to a new United Nations report, which calls for greater efforts to reduce gender disparities in education. The annual edition of the Global Education Digest, published by the UN Educational, Scientific and … [Read more...]
Haiti: UN launches new campaign against Rape and Gender-based Violence.
September 15, 2010 by
HAITI Rape and Gender-based Violence Edmond Mulet, head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti September 2010 – The United Nations has launched a new operation to combat rape and gender violence in Haiti, where some 1.3 million people were made homeless by January’s devastating earthquake, with the majority still living in camps. Police and soldiers from the UN peacekeeping mission (MINUSTAH) and Haitian national police (PNH), who are often the first responders, are being … [Read more...]
