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Better lighting, wider pavements: steps towards preventing sexual violence in New Delhi

As the UN marks Global Road Safety Week, a Safe Cities programme in New Delhi is conducting safety audits, whose findings are being adapted to make the crucial link between the public’s needs, urban planning and safety.

Posted in Asia and the Pacific, Ending Violence against Women, National Planning and Budgeting, News, Stories from the Field | Tagged Criminal Law, India, Justice Verma Committee, New Delhi, rape, road safety, Safe Cities, safety, security, toilets, UN, UN Women, urban planning | Comments Off

Experts call for increased efforts to improve maternal and newborn child health in Africa

Posted on April 29 2013 | Africa | News

More than 50 government, civil society, academic and United Nations experts came together for a meeting coordinated by the African Union (AU) in partnership with UN Women from 24 to 26 April in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to review key frameworks and initiatives on maternal and newborn child health and recommend actions for reduction of maternal and child deaths in Africa.

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In Timor-Leste, communities mobilize to confront domestic violence

Posted on April 26 2013 | Asia and the Pacific | Ending Violence against Women | Peace and Security | Stories from the Field

Police and community-based networks in Timor-Leste are working to prevent and respond to sexual and gender-based violence by helping survivors get counseling and judicial assistance. They also raise awareness of the domestic violence law.

Posted in Asia and the Pacific, Ending Violence against Women, Peace and Security, Stories from the Field | Tagged domestic violence, police, Timor, UN, UN Women, violence | Comments Off

Latin American and Caribbean women chart their priorities for the new global development agenda

To give women more voice in the United Nations post-2015 development agenda, UN Women is organizing various consultations globally. Recently they took place in the Americas and the Caribbean, bringing forth the priorities of the region.

Posted in Americas and the Caribbean, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, Millennium Development Goals, News, Stories from the Field, Sustainable Development | Tagged agenda de desarrollo, Colombia, después de 2015, development agenda, Guatemala, Maya, MDGs, México, mujeres, Naciones Unidas, ODMs, ONU, ONU Mujeres, post-2015, UN Women, United Nations | Comments Off

UN Women deplores the rape of a 5-year-old and calls for greater accountability of service providers

Posted on April 24 2013 | Asia and the Pacific | Ending Violence against Women | Press Statement

In a statement, UN Women India strongly deplores the continuing cases of sexual violence against women and girls, including the recent barbaric rape of a girl child in New Delhi. The urgent need to promote and protect the rights of women and girls in India and punishment for perpetrators is strongly urged.

Posted in Asia and the Pacific, Ending Violence against Women, Press Statement | Tagged 5-year-old, criminal, India, Justice Verma, law, New Delhi, police, rape, safety, security, UN, United Nations, women | Comments Off

UN Women opens Nordic Liaison Office in Copenhagen

Posted on April 24 2013 | Europe and Central Asia | Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment | News

The new UN Women presence in Copenhagen provides a strategic opportunity to liaise with Nordic governments, parliamentarians, the private sector, civil society and UN Women National Committees in Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

Posted in Europe and Central Asia, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, News | Tagged Copenhagen, Denmark, Nordic, UN, UN Women | Comments Off

New Horizons: Ethiopian women join efforts to escape poverty

Posted on April 23 2013 | Africa | Economic Empowerment | Stories from the Field

In Ethiopia, impoverished women are earning an income, developing new skills, and starting collective savings thanks to a nation-wide economic empowerment programme benefitting approximately 10,000 women in the Ethiopian countryside.

Posted in Africa, Economic Empowerment, Stories from the Field | Tagged Ethiopia, savings, sheep, UN, women | Comments Off

Zimbabweans say yes to new Constitution strong on gender equality and women’s rights

With general elections approaching, Zimbabwean women hope to see women’s representation grow in Parliament, which is also mandated by the new Constitution approved by referendum in March.

Posted in Africa, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, Governance, Leadership and Political Participation, Human Rights, News, Stories from the Field | Tagged Constitution, elections, equality, gender, Parliament, rights, UN, UN Women, women, Zimbabwe | Comments Off

Syrian Women Refugees Stitch Together Trust and Hope

At one of the largest refugee camps in Jordan, Syrian refugees are attending tailoring workshops and taking part in a programme to sew baby outfits for new mothers at camp hospitals. While earning an income, they are bonding with others and speaking up about gender-based violence.

Posted in Arab States, Economic Empowerment, Ending Violence against Women, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, News, Peace and Security, Stories from the Field | Tagged gender-based violence, Jordan, refugees, Syria, Syrian refugees, UN, UN Women, United Nations, Zaatari | Comments Off

Women peace advocates put forth key recommendations for Sahel region

UN Women calls for greater participation of women to achieve peace in Sahel and urge world leaders to protect and advance women’s rights

Posted in Africa, Economic Empowerment, Ending Violence against Women, Governance, Leadership and Political Participation, News, Peace and Security | Tagged Africa, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Catherine Ashton, Chad, ECOWAS, Lakshmi Puri, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, peace, Romano Prodi, Sahel, Senegal, UN, UN Women | Comments Off