Monthly Archives: July 2011
UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet’s Message to the Women of South Sudan on the Occasion of the Country’s Independence
UN Women’s Executive Director Michele Bachelet welcomes the addition of South Sudan as the United Nation’s 193rd Member State.
UN Women-Supported Project to Provide Legal and Medical Services to Rwandan Widows
UN Women is supporting a project in Rwanda to provide legal and medical services to widows who survived the 1994 genocide. The project specifically focuses on providing services to widows with HIV/AIDS, thousands of who were systematically raped by HIV-infected men during the genocide to spread the virus. The Association of Widows of the Genocide [...]
Joint Statement of the UN Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development
On the occasion of the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Youth, we [the UN Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development] pledge to increase the effectiveness of the United Nations in advocating for and supporting national efforts to accelerate the implementation of international agreements and development goals as they relate to adolescents and youth.
Increasing Accountability and Development Effectiveness through Gender-Responsive Planning and Budgeting
Video message delivered by UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet during the high-level global meeting Increasing Accountability and Development Effectiveness through Gender-Responsive Planning and Budgeting in Kigali, Rwanda, 26 July 2011.
Brazilian Athletes Join the Global Call to UNiTE against Violence
Rio de Janeiro—Men and women of the Brazilian delegation to the 5th Military World Games are saying no to violence against women and girls by joining the UN Secretary-General’s global UNITE to End Violence against Women campaign. They have called on people everywhere to take the same step. Jadel Gregório (triple jump), Denise Ocampos (marathon), [...]
UN Women Deputy Director John Hendra on Women’s Access to Justice
Speech delivered by UN Women Deputy Director and Assistant Secretary-General John Hendra, Tanoa International Hotel, Nadi, Fiji, Thursday, 21 July 2011.
Speech: UN Women Deputy Director John Hendra at the 4th Pacific Women Ministers’ Conference
Speech delivered by UN Women Deputy Director and Assistant Secretary-General John Hendra, Tanoa International Hotel, Nadi, Fiji, Thursday, 21 July 2011.
West African Women Leaders Train in Peacebuilding and Mediation
Abuja—This week UN Women and the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA) are training women leaders to strengthen their mediation capacities in peacebuilding processes to prioritize women’s specific needs. The training session, which runs from 19 to 23 July in Abuja, Nigeria, brings together 32 women from 16 West African countries and focuses on [...]
Mainstreaming a Gender Perspective into UN Policies and Programmes
Speech delivered by UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet at the ECOSOC Substantive Session, Geneva, 13 July 2011.
