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Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN Women Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, 13 July 2012. In recent weeks, the Afghan nation has witnessed cases of extreme abuse and appalling violence against women.
The number of female elected parliamentarians in Senegal’s National Assembly has almost doubled thanks to the impact of new parity laws on the July elections
Distinguished panelists and colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, Today we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. What a great day this is!
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At a high-level event today at the Rio+20 Conference, women Heads of State and Government signed a Call to Action with concrete policy recommendations on integrating gender equality and women’s empowerment in all sustainable development frameworks.
Remarks of Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women at panel discusion on the Rio Conventions. Rio de Janiero, Brazil, 20 June 2012.
In a dynamic panel discussion at the Rio+Social Summit, UN Women’s Executive Director, Michelle Bachelet spoke of women’s pivotal role in sustainable development, to an offline audience of more than 600 bloggers and key digital influencers, and an online audience of many thousands more.