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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.

May 30, 2012
UN Women to provide $10.5 million in grants for empowerment projects

1 March 2012 – The United Nations agency mandated to promote gender equality today announced it will give out $10.5 million in grants to organizations working to advance economic and political empowerment of women in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Europe and C

May 30, 2012
UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality Issues New Call for Proposals and Announces Grantees from the Arab States

United Nations, New York, 1 March 2012 — At a high-level event at the Commission on the Status of Women in New York, Michelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director, issued a new call for proposals for UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality from organizations working to a

May 30, 2012
International IDEA: Launch of the Constitution Building Knowledge tools

A Practical Guide to Constitution Building, a first-of-its kind in the field of constitution building, is to be launched by International IDEA in New York on 5 March 2012, with the participation of former President Cassam Uteem of Mauritius.

May 30, 2012
NDI: New Guide Helps Break Glass Ceiling for Women in Political Parties

5 Mar, 2012 - “Parties that take women’s political participation seriously benefit from stronger electoral positions, access to new groups of voters an

May 30, 2012
UN Women: African Countries Send Representatives to the Summit of Mount Kilimanjaro

5 March 2012 - Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Today, 75 men, women and youth commenced their three day trek to the top of Africas highest mountain Mt. Kilimanjaro, standing at 5,895m or 19,341-ft above sea level with an extraordinary humanitarian objective.

May 30, 2012
International IDEA: Nepal- Has democracy delivered for Dalit women?

7 Mar 2012 - To honor the struggle of the Dalit women of Nepal, International IDEA has published three stories of the current Constituent Assembly members who are featured in the “Women Members of the Constituen