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Ahead of the 2015 polls in Nigeria the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Democratic Governance for Development (DGD) held a five-day training of not fewer than 40 civil society organisations across the country, on the BRIDGE (Building Resources in Governance and Elec

A record number of women MPs attended the 128th IPU Assembly in Quito, Ecuador, breaking the 200 mark for the first time ever. The 210 women MPs at the Assembly represented 33 per cent of all MPs attending.

For the very first time, two women members of the Shura Council formed part of a Saudi Arabian delegation to an IPU Assembly. Dr Lubna Al-Ansary and Dr. Hanan Al-ahmadi attended the IPU’s 128th Assembly in the Ecuadorian capital of Quito this week.

NAIROBI, Kenya, 26 March 2013 / PRNewswire Africa / - The women's movement in 

Remarks by Rebeca Grynspan

UN Under-Secretary-General and UNDP Associate Administrator

The IPU Assembly (formerly known as the Inter-Parliamentary Conference) is the 

Michelle Bachelet: “UN Women stands ready to support countries to turn agreement into action”

15 March 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said that Michelle Bachelet had informed him of her intention to step down as head of the United Nations entity mandated to promote gender equality.The Secretary-G

At the conclusion of the 57th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, UN Women welcomes the outcome of the meeting.