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July 25, 2019
Inclusive peace in Afghanistan means ‘women at the centre’ urges UN deputy chief in Kabul

The UN deputy chief issued an impassioned plea on Sunday for Afghans to reconcile with the past and put “women at the centre” of all efforts to forge a durable peace, and a truly inclusive political process where women’s voices are truly heard.

July 24, 2019
Cameroon: Legislative, municipal elections 2020 - heightened efforts to increase number of women

A two-day capacity building workshop is ongoing at the Yaounde Mont Fébé Hotel.

July 23, 2019
Women facilitators prepare to build female candidates' capacities

In order to strengthen the performance of women candidates who will participate in the General Elections in Bolivia in 2019, women facilitators in different regions had a training on strategic knowledge to replicate this knowledge in as a broad manne

July 19, 2019
‘No hope’ global development goals can be achieved without women, says UN Assembly President

“This is an obvious point to make, but it is, sadly, one that we cannot repeat enough”, she said, opening the day-long discussion a

July 12, 2019
Barriers to election remain high in quest for gender equality in Japan

Why hasn’t Japan been able to eliminate the perception that politics is a man’s world?

July 5, 2019
UN Women to release report about progress of world's females

JOHANNESBURG  - United Nations Women executive director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, will on Tuesday launch the organisation's flagship report about the current status of females in the world.

July 5, 2019
Is Ramaphosa’s Cabinet truly ‘gender-equal’?

While half the ministers in Ramaphosa’s Cabinet are women, this Cabinet as a whole is still slightly skewed towards men.

July 3, 2019
To accelerate gender equality, UN Women launches a Call to Action to parliamentarians

(Tokyo, 27 June)—In the lead up to the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (Beijing+25) and UN Women’s ground-breaking campaign commemorating the anniversary, “Generation Equality: Realizing women’s rights for an equal

June 7, 2019
Women's rights a pillar of UAE foreign policy, says minister

Women’s rights are a pillar of the UAE’s foreign policy, Minister of State Zaki Nusseibeh told a conference on sexual and gender-based violence in Oslo on Thursday 23th.