Yearly Archives: 2012

Statement of UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet at the Open Debate of Security Council on Women and Peace and Security

Speech by Michelle Bachelet, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director, at the Open Debate of Security Council on Women and Peace and Security, 30 November 2012.

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At UN Security Council, UN Women calls for leadership for inclusive peacebuilding

New York, 30 November  – Today at the UN Security Council Open Debate to mark the 12th  anniversary of Security Council resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet called on world leaders to provide determined leadership, dedicated resources and direct opportunities to enable women to contribute to the maintenance [...]

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Remarks by Michelle Bachelet on the occasion of the Official Commemoration of the International Day to Eliminate Violence against Women

Remarks by Michelle Bachelet on the occasion of the Official Commemoration of the International Day to Eliminate Violence against Women. A Promise is A Promise. 28 November 2012.

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Escaping the scourge of female genital mutilation in Tanzania: a Maasai girls’ school provides scholarships for those at risk

“You need to be circumcised to be married, so that if you get pregnant you don’t bring shame to your family,” explains Nengai, a proud, 26-year-old school teacher. In Gelai, the rural village where she grew up, all of the girls she knew were circumcised, usually after they completed primary school. Her own mother came [...]

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Michelle Bachelet acceptance speech at the Gabarron International Award for Lifetime Achievement 2012

Michelle Bachelet acceptance speech at the Gabarron International Award for Lifetime Achievement 2012. New York, 27 November 2012.

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Remarks by the Executive Director of UN Women, Michelle Bachelet at the Second regular session of UN Women Executive Board

Remarks by the Executive Director of UN Women, Michelle Bachelet at the Second regular session of UN Women Executive Board. New York, 28 November 2012.

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UN Women is welcomed as the 100th publisher on the International Aid Transparency Initiative

UN Women has been welcomed as the 100th publisher on the open data registry of the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI).

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Setting the scene: using audio-visual tools to train peacekeepers to respond

“There were six soldiers; they came into my house,” recalls one Congolese woman, her gaze fixed and sad. “Immediately they pointed their guns at me,” says another survivor, holding her infant son in her arms. “They asked me ‘do you want to live or die?’”

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Join the latest e-discussion on indigenous peoples and inequalities

The e-discussion on indigenous peoples and inequalities begins on 27 November and will continue for three weeks. To be co-moderated by by the Secretariat of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, this discussion will look at the causes and trends in inequality affecting indigenous peoples and how they are addressed in the post-2015 [...]

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Say yes to women’s participation in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change – UN Women engagement at COP-18 in Doha

Dubbed ‘Gender Day,’ women’s role in climate change agreements was in the spotlight on this second day of the 18th Conference of Parties (COP-18) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

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