Michelle Bachelet, the Executive Director of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) reiterated that economic empowerment of women, political participation, ending gender-based violence and raising women’s involvement in post-conflict peacebuilding are the priorities of the UN Women.
To read the complete statement please visit UN News Centre.
UN Women observes progress in many areas, including expanding women’s leadership roles and enhancing women’s economic empowerment. For many women, poverty and violence are every day facts of life as they fight to acquire equal rights with men – in employment, family, property, as well as access to public services and security, says UN Women's program director for the sub-regional office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Damira Sartbaeva. She believes that the international and local community should invest adequate human and financial resources to the fight against gender inequality. Georgia Today interviewed Sartbaeva during her recent official visit to Georgia.
To read the complete interview please visit www.georgiatoday.ge
UN Women observes progress in many areas, including expanding women’s leadership roles and enhancing women’s economic empowerment. For many women, poverty and violence are every day facts of life as they fight to acquire equal rights with men – in employment, family, property, as well as access to public services and security, says UN Women's program director for the sub-regional office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Damira Sartbaeva. She believes that the international and local community should invest adequate human and financial resources to the fight against gender inequality. Georgia Today interviewed Sartbaeva during her recent official visit to Georgia.
To read the complete interview please visit www.georgiatoday.ge
UN Women observes progress in many areas, including expanding women’s leadership roles and enhancing women’s economic empowerment. For many women, poverty and violence are every day facts of life as they fight to acquire equal rights with men – in employment, family, property, as well as access to public services and security, says UN Women's program director for the sub-regional office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Damira Sartbaeva. She believes that the international and local community should invest adequate human and financial resources to the fight against gender inequality. Georgia Today interviewed Sartbaeva during her recent official visit to Georgia.
To read the complete interview please visit www.georgiatoday.ge
Justice remains out of reach for millions of the world’s women, a flagship report launched today by UN Women warns.
'Progress of the World’s Women:In Pursuit of Justice' is UN Women’s first major report, following the organization’s launch in early 2011. It recognizes the positive progress made – 139 countries and territories now guarantee gender equality in their constitutions, for example – but also shows that too often, women continue to experience injustice, violence and inequality in their home and working lives.
For more information, visit UN WOMEN
Justice remains out of reach for millions of the world’s women, a flagship report launched today by UN Women warns.
'Progress of the World’s Women:In Pursuit of Justice' is UN Women’s first major report, following the organization’s launch in early 2011. It recognizes the positive progress made – 139 countries and territories now guarantee gender equality in their constitutions, for example – but also shows that too often, women continue to experience injustice, violence and inequality in their home and working lives.
For more information, visit UN WOMEN
NDI announced today that it is awarding its 2011 Madeleine K. Albright Grant to Appropriate Communication Techniques for Development (ACT), a women's rights organization from Egypt.
Since 1990, ACT has worked to improve the skills of Egyptian women seeking to participate in the political process, achieve elected office, advocate for women's rights and promote legislation to better women's status.
When Egyptians took to the streets this spring to demand democracy and justice for their country, ACT called for peaceful and democratic political change. As the revolution was unfolding, the group co-founded a coalition of women's organizations that developed a statement of women's demands that was presented to the Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. Since the revolution, it has worked to ensure women's voices are included in the transition process.
For more information, visit NDI
NDI announced today that it is awarding its 2011 Madeleine K. Albright Grant to Appropriate Communication Techniques for Development (ACT), a women's rights organization from Egypt.
Since 1990, ACT has worked to improve the skills of Egyptian women seeking to participate in the political process, achieve elected office, advocate for women's rights and promote legislation to better women's status.
When Egyptians took to the streets this spring to demand democracy and justice for their country, ACT called for peaceful and democratic political change. As the revolution was unfolding, the group co-founded a coalition of women's organizations that developed a statement of women's demands that was presented to the Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. Since the revolution, it has worked to ensure women's voices are included in the transition process.
For more information, visit NDI
NDI announced today that it is awarding its 2011 Madeleine K. Albright Grant to Appropriate Communication Techniques for Development (ACT), a women's rights organization from Egypt.
Since 1990, ACT has worked to improve the skills of Egyptian women seeking to participate in the political process, achieve elected office, advocate for women's rights and promote legislation to better women's status.
When Egyptians took to the streets this spring to demand democracy and justice for their country, ACT called for peaceful and democratic political change. As the revolution was unfolding, the group co-founded a coalition of women's organizations that developed a statement of women's demands that was presented to the Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. Since the revolution, it has worked to ensure women's voices are included in the transition process.
For more information, visit NDI
Last year’s presidential elections in Côte d’Ivoire ended in a violent standoff between the incumbent, Laurent Gbagbo, and the internationally recognized winner of the vote, Alassane Ouattara. During the five-month crisis, which ended with Gbagbo’s arrest and Ouattara’s inauguration, more than 3,000 Ivorians died. We spoke with Charles Djrekpo, NDI resident director, about NDI efforts to help the reconciliation process, and how women and youth leaders are the key to a more a peaceful future for Côte d’Ivoire.
For more information, visit NDI
Last year’s presidential elections in Côte d’Ivoire ended in a violent standoff between the incumbent, Laurent Gbagbo, and the internationally recognized winner of the vote, Alassane Ouattara. During the five-month crisis, which ended with Gbagbo’s arrest and Ouattara’s inauguration, more than 3,000 Ivorians died. We spoke with Charles Djrekpo, NDI resident director, about NDI efforts to help the reconciliation process, and how women and youth leaders are the key to a more a peaceful future for Côte d’Ivoire.
For more information, visit NDI
Last year’s presidential elections in Côte d’Ivoire ended in a violent standoff between the incumbent, Laurent Gbagbo, and the internationally recognized winner of the vote, Alassane Ouattara. During the five-month crisis, which ended with Gbagbo’s arrest and Ouattara’s inauguration, more than 3,000 Ivorians died. We spoke with Charles Djrekpo, NDI resident director, about NDI efforts to help the reconciliation process, and how women and youth leaders are the key to a more a peaceful future for Côte d’Ivoire.
For more information, visit NDI
In September 2010, UN Women (former Division for the Advancement of Women), in cooperation with ECLAC/Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, organized an expert group meeting in Port-of-Spain, Trindad and Tobago, on good practices in national action plans on violence against women.
The Handbook for national action plans on violence against women is a result of that meeting. The Handbook presents a model framework for national action plans on violence against women, which sets out detailed recommendations, accompanied by explanatory commentaries and good practice examples.
The Handbook will be available in all UN official languages.
For more information, and for downloading the handbook, visit UN WOMEN
In September 2010, UN Women (former Division for the Advancement of Women), in cooperation with ECLAC/Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, organized an expert group meeting in Port-of-Spain, Trindad and Tobago, on good practices in national action plans on violence against women.
The Handbook for national action plans on violence against women is a result of that meeting. The Handbook presents a model framework for national action plans on violence against women, which sets out detailed recommendations, accompanied by explanatory commentaries and good practice examples.
The Handbook will be available in all UN official languages.
For more information, and for downloading the handbook, visit UN WOMEN
More than 300 Armenian women from different political parties, civic organizations, government agencies and geographic regions came together for a two-day conference in Yerevan last month to discuss policy solutions to the challenges they all face. Together, they called for increasing women’s political and economic participation, better access to health care and a reduction in domestic violence.
The “Women in Politics” conference, produced a draft policy platform that women’s groups and political parties can use as a blueprint for change. In the political and economic areas. In addition, all but a few conference participants signed a letter to the president of Armenia requesting a 30 percent quota for women on political party electoral lists.
To read the complete article please visit www.ndi.org
More than 300 Armenian women from different political parties, civic organizations, government agencies and geographic regions came together for a two-day conference in Yerevan last month to discuss policy solutions to the challenges they all face. Together, they called for increasing women’s political and economic participation, better access to health care and a reduction in domestic violence.
The “Women in Politics” conference, produced a draft policy platform that women’s groups and political parties can use as a blueprint for change. In the political and economic areas. In addition, all but a few conference participants signed a letter to the president of Armenia requesting a 30 percent quota for women on political party electoral lists.
To read the complete article please visit www.ndi.org
More than 300 Armenian women from different political parties, civic organizations, government agencies and geographic regions came together for a two-day conference in Yerevan last month to discuss policy solutions to the challenges they all face. Together, they called for increasing women’s political and economic participation, better access to health care and a reduction in domestic violence.
The “Women in Politics” conference, produced a draft policy platform that women’s groups and political parties can use as a blueprint for change. In the political and economic areas. In addition, all but a few conference participants signed a letter to the president of Armenia requesting a 30 percent quota for women on political party electoral lists.
To read the complete article please visit www.ndi.org
Hundreds of women whose husbands were killed or who experienced sexual violence during more than a decade of conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have started setting up small businesses to help rebuild their lives.
Some 25 women’s groups in DRC, made up of 1,025 individuals in South Kivu and more than 500 in North Kivu, have launched income-generating enterprises in farming, manufacturing, embroidery, cooking, baking and retail.
Hundreds of women whose husbands were killed or who experienced sexual violence during more than a decade of conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have started setting up small businesses to help rebuild their lives.
Some 25 women’s groups in DRC, made up of 1,025 individuals in South Kivu and more than 500 in North Kivu, have launched income-generating enterprises in farming, manufacturing, embroidery, cooking, baking and retail.
Hundreds of women whose husbands were killed or who experienced sexual violence during more than a decade of conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have started setting up small businesses to help rebuild their lives.
Some 25 women’s groups in DRC, made up of 1,025 individuals in South Kivu and more than 500 in North Kivu, have launched income-generating enterprises in farming, manufacturing, embroidery, cooking, baking and retail.
When South Sudan became the world’s newest country on July 9, it joined the community of nations with a new constitution adopted by the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly in an eight-hour session on July 6. Now it must work to develop a permanent constitution, and many citizens and civic groups are eager to lend a hand.
One such organization is the Southern Sudan Women’s Constitutional Coalition (SSWCC), which grew out of a gathering of Sudanese women leaders who were brought together in May by NDI and the Institute for Inclusive Security. They convened to review and weigh in on the transitional constitution as it awaited approval from the Legislative Assembly. While the review timeline was only the matter of a couple months, various civic groups -- including NDI partner the Sudanese Network for Democratic Elections -- voiced concerns about the transitional constitution that will likely factor into the drafting process for a permanent constitution, which is expected to take four years.
Read more at NDI, published 19 June
When South Sudan became the world’s newest country on July 9, it joined the community of nations with a new constitution adopted by the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly in an eight-hour session on July 6. Now it must work to develop a permanent constitution, and many citizens and civic groups are eager to lend a hand.
One such organization is the Southern Sudan Women’s Constitutional Coalition (SSWCC), which grew out of a gathering of Sudanese women leaders who were brought together in May by NDI and the Institute for Inclusive Security. They convened to review and weigh in on the transitional constitution as it awaited approval from the Legislative Assembly. While the review timeline was only the matter of a couple months, various civic groups -- including NDI partner the Sudanese Network for Democratic Elections -- voiced concerns about the transitional constitution that will likely factor into the drafting process for a permanent constitution, which is expected to take four years.
Read more at NDI, published 19 June
When South Sudan became the world’s newest country on July 9, it joined the community of nations with a new constitution adopted by the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly in an eight-hour session on July 6. Now it must work to develop a permanent constitution, and many citizens and civic groups are eager to lend a hand.
One such organization is the Southern Sudan Women’s Constitutional Coalition (SSWCC), which grew out of a gathering of Sudanese women leaders who were brought together in May by NDI and the Institute for Inclusive Security. They convened to review and weigh in on the transitional constitution as it awaited approval from the Legislative Assembly. While the review timeline was only the matter of a couple months, various civic groups -- including NDI partner the Sudanese Network for Democratic Elections -- voiced concerns about the transitional constitution that will likely factor into the drafting process for a permanent constitution, which is expected to take four years.
Read more at NDI, published 19 June
WASHINGTON, DC – The National Democratic Institute (NDI) today condemned the assassination attempt against President Alpha Condé of the Republic of Guinea at his residence in Conakry during the early hours of July 19.
"Violence and political assassinations have no place in democratic societies," said Chris Fomunyoh, NDI senior associate and regional director for Central and West Africa. "As Guinea engages in democratization efforts, its nascent institutions need to be strengthened through continued dialogue among representatives of all sectors of society."
He noted that close to 70 percent of Guineans participated in last November’s presidential election, a poll that was deemed transparent and fair by a majority of national and international observers, which was a first in the country’s history. The losing candidate in the presidential run-off, Cellou Dalein Diallo, accepted the result and congratulated President Condé on his victory.
Fomunyoh said that last year’s election was a powerful example of a desire for democratic change in a region that has suffered under authoritarian rule, stolen elections and election-related violence.
"This major achievement should be cherished and nurtured with the organization of legislative elections announced by the government to take place before the end of the year," Fomunyoh said.
NDI is partnering with Guinean democrats from across the political spectrum to support preparations for those elections. The Institute is assisting political parties to improve their ability to compete in the election process and to review and revise the country’s political party code of conduct. NDI is also helping the Consortium for Domestic Election Observation in Guinea (Consortium pour l’Observation Domestique des Elections en Guinee – CODE) to prepare a nationwide observation of the upcoming polls. Finally, NDI continues to support efforts to increase opportunities for women in politics.
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WASHINGTON, DC – The National Democratic Institute (NDI) today condemned the assassination attempt against President Alpha Condé of the Republic of Guinea at his residence in Conakry during the early hours of July 19.
"Violence and political assassinations have no place in democratic societies," said Chris Fomunyoh, NDI senior associate and regional director for Central and West Africa. "As Guinea engages in democratization efforts, its nascent institutions need to be strengthened through continued dialogue among representatives of all sectors of society."
He noted that close to 70 percent of Guineans participated in last November’s presidential election, a poll that was deemed transparent and fair by a majority of national and international observers, which was a first in the country’s history. The losing candidate in the presidential run-off, Cellou Dalein Diallo, accepted the result and congratulated President Condé on his victory.
Fomunyoh said that last year’s election was a powerful example of a desire for democratic change in a region that has suffered under authoritarian rule, stolen elections and election-related violence.
"This major achievement should be cherished and nurtured with the organization of legislative elections announced by the government to take place before the end of the year," Fomunyoh said.
NDI is partnering with Guinean democrats from across the political spectrum to support preparations for those elections. The Institute is assisting political parties to improve their ability to compete in the election process and to review and revise the country’s political party code of conduct. NDI is also helping the Consortium for Domestic Election Observation in Guinea (Consortium pour l’Observation Domestique des Elections en Guinee – CODE) to prepare a nationwide observation of the upcoming polls. Finally, NDI continues to support efforts to increase opportunities for women in politics.
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