Yearly Archives: 2011
Bachelet Inaugurates El Salvador’s First Comprehensive Support Centre for Women
La Libertad—UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet together with El Salvador’s President and First Lady on 28 March inaugurated the first “Ciudad Mujer” service centre in Lourdes, Colón. (Read Ms. Bachelet’s speechat the ceremony, in Spanish.) An El Salvador government initiative with support by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the centre is the first of [...]
(Español) Palabras inaugurales de la Sra. Bachelet en la Reunión Extraordinaria del Consejo de Ministras de la Mujer de Centroamérica y República Dominicana
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(Español) Intervención de la Sra. Bachelet durante la inauguración de la primera sede de Ciudad Mujer en El Salvador
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Survivors of Sexual Violence Testify Before the African Union Peace and Security Council
Addis Ababa — Survivors of sexual violence from across Africa took to the floor 28 March to speak of their personal experiences and put forward their recommendations for action at the African Union Peace and Security Council’s Second Open Session on Sexual Violence, Women and Children in Armed Conflict. At the UN Women-supported event, women [...]
(Español) Michelle Bachelet confirma el apoyo de la ONU en pro de la igualdad de género en El Salvador
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Bachelet Addresses Challenges, Provides Recommendations for Pathway to Democracy in Egypt
Cairo—During a high-level UN delegation led by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Egypt 19-21 March, UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet engaged with women activists, youth leaders and civil society at interactive roundtables to discuss the challenges ahead in light of the country’s recent political uprising as well as the practical and strategic role [...]
Executive Director Michelle Bachelet Addresses European Parliament
UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet is in Brussels 24–25 March 2011 to discuss strengthening the partnership between the European Union and UN Women. [Check against delivery.] Ms. Eva-Britt Svensson, Ms. Eva Joly, Mr. Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Members of the European Parliament, Thank you for this opportunity to address you as the first Executive Director [...]
Address to the French National Assembly – Delegation on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
Speech delivered by UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet before the French National Assembly, Paris, on 23 March 2011. [Check against delivery.] Merci beaucoup, Madame la Présidente. C’est un honneur pour moi d’avoir l’opportunité de m’adresser à l’Assemblée nationale française et spécialement à sa Délégation aux droits des femmes et à l’égalité des chances entre [...]
UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women Releases Annual Report 2010
The 2010 Annual Report of the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Trust Fund) highlights innovative programmes and promising practices in the field of ending violence against women and girls. Results described in this report focus on the UN Trust Fund’s investments in three priority areas: prevention, expanding access to survivor services, [...]
UN Women Awards Nearly $1.5 million in Small Grants towards Realizing Women’s Property and Inheritance Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS
United Nations, New York — UN Women, under the Fund for Women’s Property and Inheritance Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS, today announced approximately US$1.5 million in small grants to twenty grassroots and community-based organizations in sub-Saharan Africa to strengthen women’s property and inheritance rights as a critical strategy for addressing women’s vulnerability to HIV/AIDS. [...]
