Job Vacancy: Assistant Secretary-General, Policy and Programme Bureau December 2010 | Job Vacancies Application Deadline: 15 January 2011 UN Women is seeking candidates for the post of Assistant Secretary-General (ASG), Policy and Programme Bureau. The ASG is responsible for establishing the direction and exercising leadership in providing the substantive content of documentation produced to support the intergovernmental process, as well as proposing new strategic approaches for UN … [Read more...]
Un Women – seeking Assistant Secretary-General, Policy and Programme Bureau – JOB VACANCY!
December 20, 2010 by
High-level UN Commission established: Women + Children's Health
December 18, 2010 by
High-level UN Commission established to track results and resources for women’s + children’s health DECEMBER 2010 | NEW YORK -- The United Nations is establishing a high-level commission charged with developing an accountability framework that will link resources committed to women's and children's health with the results they are intended to achieve. Read the full press release on UN High-Level Commission on Information and Accountability for Women's and Children's Health UN … [Read more...]
Dina Krauskopf – LATIN AMERICA YOUTH COLLECTIVE
December 17, 2010 by
“In confronting the crisis, we must make youth a priority” Interview with Dina Krauskopf ____________________________ Project Director at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) and consultant to many international organizations on issues related to adolescent development, Dina Krauskopf emphasizes the opportunity that the celebration of International Youth Year offers to young people to enable them to take part in the development of all programmes and policies … [Read more...]
'Population issues, gender issues must figure high in sustainable development talks' – UN
December 17, 2010 by
'Population issues, gender issues must figure high in sustainable development talks' – UN A young mother and child December 2010 – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is stepping up its efforts to ensure that gender, reproductive health and other population dynamics figure high on the agendas of upcoming global environmental and sustainable development discussions. Agency officials met with representatives from 20 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on Wednesday to build … [Read more...]
‘Population issues, gender issues must figure high in sustainable development talks’ – UN
December 17, 2010 by
'Population issues, gender issues must figure high in sustainable development talks' – UN A young mother and child December 2010 – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is stepping up its efforts to ensure that gender, reproductive health and other population dynamics figure high on the agendas of upcoming global environmental and sustainable development discussions. Agency officials met with representatives from 20 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on Wednesday to build … [Read more...]
UNESCO – 50 Years of Combating!
December 13, 2010 by
50 years of combating discrimination in education © UNESCO /Brendan O'MalleyYoung girl, India Half a century ago, on 14 December 1960, UNESCO’s General Conference adopted the Convention against Discrimination in Education. It was, and is, the first international instrument with binding force in international law which develops the right to education in all its dimensions. A key pillar of Education for All (EFA), the Convention, which came into force on 22 May … [Read more...]
MDG Progress Chart 2010 – NEW!
December 13, 2010 by
MDG Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Progress Chart 2010 launched - NEW! The MDG Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Progress Chart 2010 was launched in New York on 20 September 2010. The chart presents an assessment of the situation of women in a number of indicators used to monitor progress towards the MDGs, The presented data were compiled by the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on MDG indicators led by the Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social … [Read more...]
Bosnia: Legacy of Sexual Violence
December 13, 2010 by
Dealing with the Legacy of Sexual Violence in Bosnia The war in Bosnia was the first time the United Nations had been faced with mass rape as a weapon of war. Fifteen years after the Dayton Accords peace agreement, Sophie Arie talks to doctors in Sarajevo and discovers a culture of denial. 13 December 2010 In the summer of 1992, Sreko Simic, one of Bosnia’s leading gynaecologists, worked without electricity, anaesthetics, or oxygen and with only a skeleton staff, to keep delivering … [Read more...]
Georgette Gagnon, UNAMA’s Director of Human Rights: PRESS CONFERENCE
December 12, 2010 by
Press conference - Georgette Gagnon, UNAMA’s Director of Human Rights; and Ahmad Fahim Hakim, Deputy Chairman of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) PRESS CONFERENCE (near verbatim transcript) Kabul – 9 December 2010 UNAMA: "Good morning. Thank you all for coming. Today's launch of UNAMA's human rights report: Harmful Traditional Practices and Implementation of the Law on the Elimination of Violence against Women in Afghanistan coincides with … [Read more...]
HUMAN RIGHTS DAY – December 10, 2010
December 9, 2010 by
HUMAN RIGHTS DAY December 10, 2010 Human Rights Day is celebrated annually across the world on 10 December. The date was chosen to honor the United Nations General Assembly's adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global enunciation of human rights. The formal establishment of Human Rights Day occurred at the 317th Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on 4 December 1950, when the General Assembly declared … [Read more...]
UNESCO Beirut is marking this day by launching a gender based violence pilot study in Lebanon.
December 6, 2010 by
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November is declared by UN resolution as International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, inviting governments, international organizations and NGOs to organize activities designed to raise public awareness of the problem on that day. UNESCO Beirut is marking this day by launching a gender based violence pilot study in Lebanon. December 6 is declared by Canada as the National Day of Remembrance and … [Read more...]
The Human Rights of Women – Take Action!
December 6, 2010 by
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...]
Celebrate International Volunteer Day (IVD) 2010! – December 5, 2010
December 4, 2010 by
Celebrate International Volunteer Day (IVD) 2010! December 5, 2010 International Volunteer Day (IVD) - (December 5) is an international observance designated by the United Nations since 1985. The declared aim of this activity is to thank the volunteers for their efforts and increase public awareness on their contribution to society. The day is celebrated in majority countries of the world. The International Volunteer Day is marked by many non-governmental organizations, including Red … [Read more...]
VIENNA – Celebrating "16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence"
December 3, 2010 by
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women celebrated in Vienna December 3, 2010 During the event The event, organized by UN Information Service (UNIS) in cooperation with Frauenhäuser Wien, UN Women’s Guild, Vienna NGO Committee on the Status of Women, and the 1st Women’s Chamber Orchestra of Austria, featured workshops for high-school students, a book lecture, music and performance, all calling for an end to violence against women and children. In her welcome … [Read more...]
