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In Davos, UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet participated with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg in a panel on "Women as the way forward," the first major public session of the World Economic Forum focused on women's leadership.
During a visit to Strasbourg, France, UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet addressed the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly on advancing women's rights worldwide.
ASG and Deputy Executive Director, UN Women, Ms. Lakshmi Puri calls on Member States for action-oriented inclusiveness of gender equality considerations at the initial consultations on the Zero Draft of the Rio+20 Outcome Document.
UN Women in collaboration with the Chumchon Thai Foundation, the Friends of Women Foundation, as well as government partners is supporting women’s leadership and capacity building in community-based disaster response, in the aftermath of the massive floods that hit the country in late 2011.