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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.
May 30, 2012
NDI: In Kosovo, Women Reach Beyond ‘Soft’ Issues in the Media
20 Mar 2012 - When the Kosovar government released its ambassadorial nominations last fall, there was a glaring omission — no women were on the list.
May 30, 2012
IDEA: A Year of Cry for Life: The Syrian revolution after one year
19 Mar 2012 - On 15 March 2011 a group of children of the sadly now famous city of Deraa, on their way out of school, wrote the first slogans on street walls calling for democracy and change of the authoritarian regime in Syria.
May 30, 2012
UN: Thailand - PM Yingluck discusses women role development with UN Sec-Gen in Seoul
26 Mar 2012 - SEOUL, March 25 - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Sunday met United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, exchanging views on the development of women roles while the latter showed his support on the matter both in Thailand and in the region.