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The Political Participation of Youth

"I call on the members of the largest youth generation in history to face the challenges and consider what you can do to solve it. To control your destiny and translate your dreams into a better future for all." Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

January 5, 2014
Advice From Top Women Leaders About Finding a Mentor

I’m often surprised when young ambitious women ask me how to find a mentor.  It’s something that I think most professional women would not find challenging. Yet, this question persists.

January 3, 2014
Before Malala there was Asma Jahangir

She’s just 16, yet known worldwide — as the ultra-famous are — by a single name. She is Malala.

December 30, 2013
Women in South Asia: Looking back at 2013, and ahead to 2014

Swarna Rajagopalan takes a look at the events that shaped women's rights and gender issues in South Asia in the last year, and what changes and developments we might see in the new year.

Event

November 7, 2013
UN Women Executive Director to stress urgent need for protection of women and girls in emergencies and women’s empowerment and full participation

UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka will meet with key stakeholders and attend a series of high-level conferences during a week-long mission to London and Oslo from 11-15 November, 2013, on her first visit to Europe since her appointment.

October 27, 2013
Only Woman Running for Afghan President Gets Disqualified

Khadija Ghaznawi says she knows exactly how to end the long-simmering conflict in Afghanistan: build more factories.

October 20, 2013
Zimbabwe: Youth in Politics - Zimbabwe's Youngest Female Parliamentarian

No less than 35 percent of the newly elected MPs in Zimbabwe are women, thanks to a special electoral quota system to increase women's representation in Parliament. At age 29, Tionei Melody Dziva is the youngest of them.

October 16, 2013
Barillari: ‘Elect Her’ initiative supports need for women in politics on SU campus

Her: A simple pronoun and basic linguistic tool in the everyday English vernacular.

Interviews