May 30, 2012
UN Women:Joint Statement of the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children
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May 30, 2012
UN-WOMEN: Reparations for Women Survivors in Northern Uganda
Following decades of civil strife and insurgency in northern Uganda, there has been much discussion on how to achieve lasting reconciliation. High on this agenda is reparations for its victims.
May 30, 2012
UN Women: Rural Women Take on a New Role in Delivering Services in Tajikistan
In Northern Tajikistan, in the village of Qal’achai Mazor in Isfara district, the story of Savrukhon Kholmatova is all too common. A mother of four children, she is also the primary care provider for her three disabled nieces and nephew.
May 30, 2012
UN Women–Sponsored Film Premieres at the Berlin Film Festival
A documentary film commissioned by UN Women has premiered at the prestigious Berlin International Film Festival in Germany. In the Shadow of a Man is the first film from young female Egyptian-British filmmaker Hanan Abdalla, and is the first to be commissioned by UN Women in Egypt.
May 30, 2012
UN Women: Breaking the Cycle of Violence and HIV in Liberia
A project supported by the UN Trust Fund in Liberia combats discriminatory traditional justice systems, low awareness of protection laws, and defines better what constitutes violence against women.
May 30, 2012
UN Women: Rural Women, Their Contributions and Challenges, to Be Highlighted at UN Commisssion on the Status of Women, 27 February – 9 March
United Nations, New York — The 56th session of the Commission on the Status of Women will open on 27 February at United Nations headquarters, focused on the theme of empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, sustainable development and current challenges.
May 30, 2012
UN: Women, Victims of War, Have No Seat at Negotiating Table
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 23, 2012 - When the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) held its inaugural meeting in London back in 1946, the U.S.
May 30, 2012
NDI: Nigeria- Statement on the Cross River Gubernatorial Elections held Saturday February 25, 2012
Ladies and gentlemen of the press, on behalf of the National Steering Committee (NSC) of Project Swift Count, it is our pleasure to welcome you to this press conference to report on our observation findings for the February 25, 2012, Cross River gubernatorial election.