Monthly Archives: February 2012
Rural Women, Their Contributions and Challenges, to Be Highlighted at UN Commisssion on the Status of Women, 27 February – 9 March
The 56th session of the Commission on the Status of Women will open on 27 February at United Nations headquarters, focused on the theme of empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, sustainable development and current challenges.
UN Women–Sponsored Film Premieres at the Berlin Film Festival
A documentary film commissioned by UN Women has premiered at the prestigious Berlin International Film Festival in Germany. Cutting across class and geography, the film is an intimate portrait of four very different Egyptian women as they tell their stories of marriage, divorce, work, love and resistance — and what it means to be a woman in the wake of their country’s revolution.
Women in the World of Sports
Speech delivered by UN Women Deputy Executive Director Lakshmi Puri at the panel discussion on “Leadership Views on Women in the World of Sports,” at the 5th IOC World Conference on Women and Sport, Los Angeles, 17 February 2012.
It Pays to Invest in Women’s Health
UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet has joined a prestigious reference group for a new research project on the economic benefits of investing in women’s health. The Norwegian-led research will build on existing studies that refer to the positive “ripple effects” for families and communities when women’s health, education and employment are promoted.
CSW56 – Participant Voices
Each year hundreds of organizations and civil society activists attend the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). They come from across the world to share and exchange ideas, make connections and push for change. Here are some of their voices on what they hope to achieve. Aristide Jean Francois Zongo, Burkina Faso Aristide Jean [...]
Women’s Empowerment Is Central to Global Sustainability, Says New UN Report
The UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability released its report, “Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing,” on 30 January 2012 in Addis Ababa. The report contains 56 recommendations to put sustainable development into practice and to mainstream it into economic policy.
