Monthly Archives: July 2012

UN Women calls for more women and social protections in the workplace as key to global economic recovery

As the global economy struggles to recover from the impacts of the financial crisis, UN Women is calling for the urgent enforcement of policies and practices that ensure more women enter the labor market in jobs with decent working conditions and social protections.

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The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women turns 30

To mark the 30th anniversary of the creation of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, UN Women and OHCHR will host an event to celebrate its work.  The event will highlight the Committee’s work on the protection and promotion of women’s human rights under the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms [...]

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