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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

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

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.

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

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.

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

The first UN conference, a two-day meeting in Thimphu saw senior government officials, mostly women, from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Norway and Nepal, discuss the promotion of women’s political leadership and governance in India and south Asia.

8 March 2012 — Against the backdrop of global geopolitical events and during a period of unprecedented transformation in the region, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet commemorated International Women’s Day in Morocco today.