Fight against FGM in Africa succeeding The fight to end female genital mutilation or FGM in Africa is succeeding, despite deep-rooted cultural and social pressures, according to a new study by the UN Children's Fund, UNICEF. Woman holds scarf as symbol for campaign against FGM The report says the practice of FGM remains high in Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan. Marixie Mercado from UNICEF says that reversing the practice, which has endured for centuries, is a … [Read more...]
Rural Women and Development ~ Cope with High Food Prices
October 16, 2011 by
Supporting Rural Women to Cope with High Food Prices International Day of Rural Women Worldwide, 15 October 2011UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Message on the International Day of Rural Women 2011UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet’s Message on the International Day of Rural Women 2011 Fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women: Priority theme: The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current … [Read more...]
OCTOBER ~ UN Month of Events !!!
October 16, 2011 by
October is UN Month! For the first time in the history of the United Nations Association of the National Capital Area, we are proud to say we have extended our usual UN Week to UN Month 2011.This year marks the 66th anniversary of the United Nations. We have over 15 planned events spread over the 31 days of October. From happy hours to career dinners to discussions on women, international voting, Libya and the right to protect - this year's UN Month has it all! We have … [Read more...]
ICT training Opens Windows of Opportunity for Rural Women
October 15, 2011 by
It’s the century of the tablets and androids. But nearly 50 percent of the world population live in rural areas, and they have very limited access to what the other half considers a basic necessity to work, learn or manage social relations: the computer. The digital divide faced by developing countries is closely linked to poverty, illiteracy and language barriers. The gap widens even further when we measure women’s access to these technologies of information and communication … [Read more...]
Irina Bokova ~ 6,000,000 Teachers needed to achieve MDGs
October 11, 2011 by
6,000,000 Teachers needed to Achieve World Primary Education Goals Seeking a Career, Take Action NOW !!! 5 October 2011 – The United Nations marked World Teachers’ Day today with a warning that 6.1 million more teachers are needed to meet the internationally agreed Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of attaining universal primary education by 2015. Two million of these are additional posts, with sub-Saharan Africa alone accounting for more than half. But the … [Read more...]
Young women leaders celebrated in Gaza
October 11, 2011 by
October 2011 Gaza Almost 200 young women in Gaza last week celebrated their graduation from an UNRWA programme that provides young female graduates with the skills needed by the labour market in Gaza – and helps prepare them to be leaders in their communities. The 172 participants were the first graduates of UNRWA’s Young Women Leaders Programme (YWLP), which the Gaza gender initiative launched in January 2011. With the unemployment rate in Gaza at unprecedented levels, particularly … [Read more...]
Why Empowering Women Farmers Will Help Fight Hunger
September 27, 2011 by
Why Empowering Women Farmers Will Help Fight Hunger Giving poor women warmers more tools can bring down the number of hungry in the world by 150 million, said WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran on Thursday, highlighting a central theme at Empowering Rural Women, an event organized by WFP and UN Women on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. Other speakers at the event also highlighted the role that women farmers can play in defeating … [Read more...]
Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health
September 27, 2011 by
A Week of Progress for Women and Children NEW YORK — When a woman dies in pregnancy or childbirth, a family is devastated and a community suffers an irreplaceable loss. And when her options are narrowed for lack of health, education or equity, her family, community and country suffer as well. This week, which marked the first anniversary of the UN Secretary-General's Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health, world leaders took notice and Took Action. What made this … [Read more...]
PMO: Canada-Kuwait Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement
September 26, 2011 by
PM announces signing of new investment agreement with Kuwait Government delivers on commitment to create the right conditions for Canadian businesses to compete globally Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, right, make their way to a signing ceremony on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Monday, Sept. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Adrian Wyld) September 26, 2011 Ottawa, … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: Celebrating Women Now Allowed To Vote!
September 26, 2011 by
Hooray for Women! Saudi Arabian Women Now Allowed To Vote Saudi Arabian King Abdullah has granted women in his country the right to vote and run for public office. Not so much hooray- in order to participate in public life, women still need permission from a male relative. They also won't be able to start participating in the democratic process until the next election cycle, which won't happen until 2015. Despite the delay in implementation, Saudi Women … [Read more...]
