Partner News

During Burkina Faso’s first-ever country-wide municipal elections in April 2006, more than 5,000 women were elected as local councilors. Women will now be an important part of the local decision-making process and assume an unprecedented role in local government.

UNIFEM supported the Gender Justice Workshop for South Sudan held from 12-14 February 2007, and participants came from government ministries, civil society organizations, the donor community and the media.

UNIFEM co-sponsored the Symposium on Gender and Development in Liberia in Washington, DC, from 13-14 February 2007. Participants included 18 Liberian women and took place in conjunction with the Liberia Partners' Forum.

UNIFEM, Zimbabwe's National AIDS Council and other partners launched an advocacy dialogue on 30 January 2007 with the parliament's portfolio committees on Gender and Health: "Facing the Challenges of Home-Based Care

The IPU is organizing its Third Annual Meeting of Women Speakers of Parliament on the occasion of the 51st Session of the Commission on the Status of Women

In a meeting with UN Heads of Agencies in Kenya, the incoming United Nations Secretary-General Mr. Ban Ki-Moon concluded his first visit to Africa with a strong message on promotion of women's leadership and zero tolerance for sexual violence and exploitation.

Women from 17 different political parties in Sri Lanka united on March 8th to create a declaration printed in newspapers for the International Day of the Woman.

International IDEA has organized a meeting of female parliamentarians from six countries who will meet in Lima on June 4-5, 2007 to analyze their experiences as members of women’s parliamentarian caucuses.

In less than two months Papua New Guineans will go to the polls to elect their new national leaders. Parliamentarians will be elected to replace the current ones who have been in office since 2002.