Yearly Archives: 2011

Young People at the Forefront of the Fight for Equality and against Gender Violence in Ecuador

Freddy Calderón and Damián Valencia could have chosen an easier route. At 18 years of age, they could have followed the conventional path for young men their age in Ecuador: going to school, studying and going out with friends. However, Freddy and Damián understood that things could be done differently and that their chosen path was [...]

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Women’s Engagement in Economic Recovery

Remarks of Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women at High Level Meeting of the Peacebuilding Commission and the Executive Board of UN Women. 18 November 2011.

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Advance Women’s Rights, Change the World

Keynote message of Michelle Bachelet Executive Director of UN Women at the Ford Foundation event; The XX Factor: Advance Women’s Rights. Change the World. New York, 17 November 2011.

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Delivering as One in Middle Income Countries

Opening Remarks of Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women at panel event on the relevance of the UN One Programme in Middle Income Countries. Montevideo Uruguay, 9 November 2011.

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Delivering as One for Women

Remarks of Michelle Bachelet, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women at the Plenary Session on “Sustainability of Delivering as One in the framework of a new modality for international cooperation for development”. Montevideo, Uruguay, 8 November 2011.

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Women Leaders in Economics and Politics

Video Message of Michelle Bachelet for the International Summit of Women Leaders in the Spheres of Economics and Politics. Saint-Petersburg, 17 November, 2011.

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Empowering the Women of Uruguay through Gender-Sensitive Budgeting

Fifteen years ago, Aurora Castro, along with other women she knew in the Carrasco Norte district of Montevideo, dreamed of having a place where women could come together to discuss their problems and concerns.

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UN Women Partners with One Day on Earth; Captures Gender Issues on Camera

On 11 November 2011 (11-11-11), UN Women joins 20,000 filmmakers worldwide to capture the human experience in a 24-hour period. The collaborative effort — that brings together a number of UN agencies and non-profits — is part of the second annual One Day on Earth initiative aimed at forming a geo-tagged shared film archive that [...]

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(Español) Prevención de la violencia con cohesion social, hacia un modelo integral de seguridad cuidadana

Discurso pronunciado por la Directora Ejecutiva de ONU Mujeres, Michelle Bachelet, durante el seminario internacional “Prevención de la violencia con cohesión social, hacia un modelo integral de seguridad ciudadana”, organizado por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo el 8 de noviembre de 2011.

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(Español) Actívate Uruguay para poner fin a la violencia contra mujeres y niñas

Discurso de la Directora Ejecutiva de ONU Mujeres en el evento “ÚNETE: Actívate Uruguay para poner fin a la violencia contra mujeres y niñas”. Montevideo, 8 de noviembre de 2011.

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