Yearly Archives: 2011
Enabling Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment: Institutions, Opportunities and Participation
In accordance with its multi-year programme of work for 2010-2014, the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will consider ‘The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges’ as its priority theme during its fifty-sixth session in 2012. In order to contribute to a fuller understanding [...]
Advancing Women’s Political Participation
Speech delivered by UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet at a high-level gathering of women political leaders titled “Women’s Political Participation – Making Gender Equality in Politics a Reality,” held on the occasion of the 66th session of the UN General Assembly, 19 September 2011.
World Leaders Draw Attention to Central Role of Women’s Political Participation in Democracy
At a high-level event today, during the 66th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, women political leaders will strongly call for increasing women’s political participation and decision-making across the world. Stressing that women’s participation is fundamental to democracy and essential to the achievement of sustainable development and peace in all contexts — during peace, through conflict and post-conflict, and during political transitions — the leaders will sign on to a joint statement with concrete recommendations on ways to advance women’s political participation.
Media Advisory: Empowering Rural Women for Food and Nutrition Security
You are cordially invited to an interactive luncheon co-hosted by the World Food Programme (WFP), the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), the Government of Bangladesh and the Netherlands Mission to the United Nations. The discussion will be moderated by award-winning ABC News anchor Christiane Amanpour and will focus on the urgent need to empower rural women for food and nutrition security.
National Sexual Assault Conference
Message by Michelle Bachelet, UN Women Executive Director at the National Sexual Assault Conference in Baltimore, USA, 16 September 2011.
Michelle Bachelet’s Remarks at the APEC Women and the Economy Summit Reception
Speech delivered by UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Women and the Economy Summit Reception, San Francisco, 15 September 2011.
Preventing and Responding to Violence against Women and Girls: From Legislation to Effective Enforcement
Video message delivered by UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet during IPU and the Parliament of India sponsored event on Preventing and responding to violence against women and girls in New Delhi, India, 15-17 September, 2011.
Media Advisory: World’s Top Women Leaders to Draw Attention to Central Role of Women’s Political Participation in Democracy
At a high-level event next week during the 66th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, women political leaders will strongly call for increasing women’s political participation and decision-making across the world. Stressing that women’s participation is essential in all contexts — during peace, through conflict and post-conflict, and during political transitions — the leaders will sign on to a joint statement, as a call to action, with concrete recommendations on ways to advance women’s political participation.
Gender Equality in the Tourism Industry
Message of Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women on the occasion of the First Conference on Ethics and Tourism, Madrid, Spain, 15-16 September 2011.
Sustaining Responses on Gender Equality in the ECOWAS Region
Address of Executive Director Michelle Bachelet to the High-Level Regional Symposium: Sustaining Responses on Gender Equality in the ECOWAS Region, Accra, Ghana, 13 September 2011.
