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Parliamentarian delegates to the IPU's 120th Assembly in Addis Ababa discussed the issue of women in politics on Monday, while a study conducted by the international body during the past two years found out that men are still better positioned in the political arena.
The Executive Director of UN-HABITAT, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, and the Executive Director of UNIFEM, Mrs. Ines Alberdi, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to join efforts to make cities and towns free from violence against women and girls.
The National Democratic Institute (NDI), an iKNOW Politics Partner, is seeking a Director of Women's Programs: Women's Political Participation, based in Washington, D.C.
The United Nations Development Programme is seeking a Gender Practice Leader for its regional centre in Bangkok, Thailand.
An overview of UNDP's engagement at the 54th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), to be held from March 1 to March 12, 2010.
BEIJING+ 15 OPENS; LEADERS AND ACTIVISTS GATHER TO REVIEW PROGRESS ON GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT The 54th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women opened at UN Headquarters in New York on Monday, bringing together UN senior officials, ministers, heads of delegations, activis
The Commission on the Status of Women was in full swing on Tuesday, with countries continuing to report on progress since Beijing and UNDP participating in side events on HIV/AIDS, the Beijing Platform for Action’s links to achieving the MDGs, and considerations of gender in the mitigation of and
Women Must Be Involved and Funded in Post-Crisis Responses“Women are not heard, not respected and not funded,” said Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland, at the UNDP/UNIFEM panel discussion, “The Price of Peace: Financing Gender Equality in Post-Conflict Recovery and Reconstruction.” Robins
New York/Geneva, 3 March 2010 - No. 336Taking stock of women’s political participation today gives cause for guarded satisfaction. Fifteen years after the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, overall improvements have been registered in parliamentary and executive spheres of government.