UN Youth Champion, Monique Coleman After touring the world during six months as UN Youth Champion, Monique Coleman arrived in South America, for the last leg of the most successful trip to convey the values of the United Nations to youngsters from different continents, in the framework of the International Year of Youth. Three days, from 13 to 15 July, seemed little for the number of activities carried out by Monique in Lima, but she proved to have the zest and the energy required for this … [Read more...]
UNO Baku on Child Marriages
May 11, 2011 by
UNO Baku teams up with national partners in addressing the issues of Early Marriages and Gender-based Violence A UN-initiated roundtable debate on early marriage and gender-based violence was conducted in Lenkaran, near the Azerbaijani southern border with Iran on 5 May 2011. The discussion took place within a series of advocacy and information exchange events that are taking place in rural areas of Azerbaijan. The roundtable was led by the State Committee for Family, Women … [Read more...]