Monthly Archives: December 2012
Timeline: Gender Equality, 2012 Year in Review
From the ratification of a United Nations convention on domestic worker rights to landmark laws on harassment to the conviction of a former president for war crimes, this timeline is a snapshot of some of the gender equality achievements in 2012. View timeline »
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on death of Delhi student
UN Women joins Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in expressing deep sorrow at the death of the Delhi student who was gang-raped on a bus on 16 December and utterly condemning this brutal crime.
“From Campaigning to Monitoring”: Making Domestic Violence Laws Meaningful to Women in India
Indira Jaising, Executive Director of Lawyer’s Collective-Women’s Rights Initiative, a UN Trust Fund grantee, discusses a new documentary about the Domestic Violence Act in India.
How women and girls are faring: Charting progress on the Millennium Development Goals
With new statistics and colourful graphs, the newly launched Gender Chart 2012 tracks progress and the gender equality dimensions of each of the eight Millennium Development Goals.
United Nations bans female genital mutilation
The United Nations General Assembly today passed unanimously a resolution banning the practice of Female Genital Mutilation. This significant milestone towards the ending of harmful practices and violations that constitute serious threat to the health of women and girls was taken by the 194 UN Member States, who approved five General Assembly resolutions today on advancing women’s rights, including one on intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilations (FGM).
Wipro, UN Women partner to strengthen women’s role in business
New Delhi and Bangalore, India — Wipro Limited has pledged its support to strengthening women’s role in the organization and has joined six other leading Indian firms as a signatory to the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs). CARE India, Global Compact Network and UN Women are leading the charge in India to encourage private sector companies [...]
UN Women condemns gang rape of Delhi student
Statement by Anne F Stenhammer, Regional Programme Director, UN Women South Asia, on the gang rape of a Delhi student.
Supporting women workers towards a safer migration journey
“I could not eat the remaining food that had been eaten by all of the family from the same big plate, so I survived on bread and black tea for 15 days,” recalls Maya Gurung, a Nepalese migrant worker, describing her first job as a domestic worker in Kuwait.
Stakeholders’ Forum concludes with a call to Governments to commit to ending violence against women and girls
“The time is now for Governments to translate international promises into concrete national action. We all must do better to protect women and prevent this pervasive human rights violation, but Governments and leaders must lead by example”, said Michelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, at the closing session of the Stakeholders’ Forum for preventing and eliminating violence against women, held at UN headquarters from 13–14 December, 2012.
