The Human Rights of Women Numerous international and regional instruments have drawn attention to gender-related dimensions of human rights issues, the most important being the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), adopted in 1979 (see box). In 1993, 45 years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted, and eight years after CEDAW entered into force, the UN World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna confirmed that … [Read more...]
Purnima Mane, UNFPA Deputy Executive Director (Programme), in Hague
November 3, 2010 by
Building Peace and Human Security Keynote Statement by Purnima Mane, UNFPA Deputy Executive Director (Programme), at the Leiden University College Research Centre, in Hague "Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am so pleased to join you today in The Hague as we reflect on the 10‐year anniversary of Security Council resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. I would like to thank the Leiden University College Research Centre, the Dutch chapter of the Society for … [Read more...]
UNFPA – Statement @ Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, UNFPA Executive Director
October 30, 2010 by
32nd Annual Forum of Parliamentarians for Global Action - UNFPA - Progress and Challenges: Women’s Health and Education for Girls Keynote Address of Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, UNFPA Executive Director, at the 32nd Annual Forum of Parliamentarians for Global Action: Empowering Women – Building Human Security ______________________________________________________________________________ "Thank you very much for the kind introduction and thank you for inviting me here. … [Read more...]
GENDER: Ignoring women with guns with Megan MacKenzie, Helen Basini
October 28, 2010 by
Photo: Sagar Shrestha/IRIN A female Maoist rebel in 2005 Johannesburg, 27 October 2010 (IRIN) - The perception that women are only ever victims of conflict ignores the large numbers of female combatants, which can result in their exclusion from disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) programmes. The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) report, State of the World Population 2010: From Conflict and Crisis to Renewal: Generations of Change, released on 20 October 2010, acknowledges the … [Read more...]
Afghanistan, Empowering Women for Rural Health
October 8, 2010 by
Empowering Women for Rural Health More than 21,000 community health workers provide better access to health services for rural families in Afghanistan. Istalef, Kabul Province, Afghanistan Empowering Women for Rural Health Success Story Dr. Suraya Dalil, Acting Minister of Public Health and Dr. Laurent Zessler, UNFPA Representative to Afghanistan at a joint press conference held in 2010 on UNFPA's US$6.1 million assistance to the Ministry of Public Health for support to … [Read more...]
It Is Time to Deliver for Women – Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, UNFPA
September 21, 2010 by
It Is Time to Deliver for Women Statement of Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, UNFPA Executive Director, at the MDG Summit Roundtable on Health and Education "Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Just last week we heard the good news that the number of maternal deaths globally has dropped by a third since 1990. Now we need to build on this progress and redouble efforts to achieve MDG5 to improve maternal health and to reach the other Millennium Development … [Read more...]
