Deputy Executive Director John Hendra

Opening Remarks by John Hendra at the Side Event: “Ending Abuse of Authority for Purposes of Sexual Exploitation (Sextortion): The Experience of the Judiciary in Tanzania”

Opening Remarks by John Hendra, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director Policy and Programme, UN Women, at the Government of Tanzania Side Event: “Ending Abuse of Authority for Purposes of Sexual Exploitation (Sextortion): The Experience of the Judiciary in Tanzania,” 12 March 2013

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Joint remarks from panel on “New evidence on men’s use of violence against women and girls and its uses for enhanced prevention”

Joint remarks from UN Women, UNDP, UNFPA and UNV during a CSW57 side event on “New evidence on men’s use of violence against women and girls and its uses for enhanced prevention”

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“Putting gender equality at the center of the post-2015 development agenda”: speech by John Hendra at the emerging issue panel

“Putting gender equality at the center of the post-2015 development agenda”, Speech by John Hendra, Assistant Secretary General and Deputy Executive Director Policy and Programme, UN Women, at the panel on an emerging issue: Key gender equality issues to be reflected in the post-2015 development framework, 7 March 2013

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How to achieve transformative justice for women through reparations in the wake of conflict

On March 7, 2013, during the 57th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW57), UN Women Deputy Executive Director John Hendra moderated a high-level side event titled “Achieving Gender Justice: The Case for Reparations”. The event, co-hosted by the Permanent Mission of Finland, the ICC Liaison Office to the UN and Global Action to Prevent War, addressed the question of “how to achieve transformative justice for women through reparations processes in the wake of conflict”.

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Opening Remarks by John Hendra at the Side Event “Achieving Gender Justice: The Case for Reparations”

Opening Remarks by John Hendra, Assistant Secretary General and Deputy Executive Director Policy and Programme, UN Women
at the Government of Finland, the International Criminal Court (ICC), and Global Action to Prevent War (GAPW) Side Event “Achieving Gender Justice: The Case for Reparations,” 7 March 2013

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Opening Remarks by John Hendra at the “Launch of the Knowledge Gateway for Women’s Economic Empowerment”

Opening Remarks by John Hendra, Assistant Secretary General and UN Women Deputy Executive Director, Policy and Programme, at the UN Women Side Event “Launch of the Knowledge Gateway for Women’s Economic Empowerment”. 6 March 2013.

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Speech by John Hendra at the Government of Canada Side Event “Engaging Men and Boys in Preventing Violence against Women and Girls”

Speech by John Hendra, Assistant Secretary General and Deputy Executive Director Policy and Programme, UN Women at the Government of Canada Side Event “Engaging Men and Boys in Preventing Violence against Women and Girls,” 5 March 2013, New York

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Speech by John Hendra at the Turkish Government Side Event “Legal Reforms and Best Practices”

Speech by John Hendra, Assistant Secretary General and Deputy Executive Director Policy and Programme, UN Women at the Turkish Government Side Event “Legal Reforms and Best Practices”
Monday 4 March 2013

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Enshrining Human Rights, Justice and Security in the Post-2015 Development Goals

Speech given by John Hendra Assistant Secretary General, And Deputy Executive Director, Policy and Programme of UN Women at Wilton Park Symposium on Integrating Transitional Justice, Security and Development. 17 January 2013.

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Gender-sensitive development cooperation hands-on: The success of gender-responsive budgeting and planning

Speech by John Hendra, Assistant Secretary General and Deputy Executive Director Policy and Programme of UN Women at Vienna Policy Dialogue: Preparing for the 2014 Development Cooperation Forum: “Advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women: the role of development cooperation”. 14 December 2012.

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