May 30, 2012
UN Women: Women's Political Participation Must Be Accelerated Through Quotas
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May 30, 2012
UN Women: Quota to Seat Women in Politics
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.
May 30, 2012
UN Women: Executive Director Commemorates International Women’s Day in Morocco
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.
May 30, 2012
UN Women: International Women’s Day Observances and Events
13 Mar 2012 - The UN theme for International Women’s Day 2012, celebrated annually on 8 March, is “Empower Rural Women – End Hunger and Poverty.” Here are some of the events that took place during this year’s festivities throughout the world.
May 30, 2012
UN Women: Partnering to Close Data and Evidence Gaps for Women
13 Mar 2012 - There has been growing recognition that good development models are based on evidence and mutual accountability. Yet for years the lack of gender-related statistics has been used as a reason to not take bolder action on gender equality and women’s empowerment.
May 30, 2012
IDEA: IWD 2012 - Making democracy deliver on women’s empowerment
International IDEA joins the rest of the world in celebrating women on International Women’s Day 2012 with the theme, Making Democracy Deliver on Women’s Empowerment.
May 30, 2012
IDEA: from national uprising to international threat
15 Mar 2012 - At the United Nations 2005 World Summit, leaders of all nations agreed on two things highly relevant to today's situation in Syria. They reaffirmed democracy as a universal value. And they agreed on the doctrine of responsibility to protect.
May 30, 2012
UN Women: Impasse at Commission on Status of Women “deeply regrettable”
16 Mar 2012 -UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet comments on the ending of the 56th session of the Commission on the Status of Women without agreed conclusions.