Statements
Remarks of UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet at the “Soulaliyat Women Entitled to Land Property Rights” event.
Remarks of UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet at the “Soulaliyat Women Entitled to Land Property Rights” event, Morocco, 9 March 2012.
Women’s Equal Participation Fundamental to Democracy and Justice
Remarks delivered by Michelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director UN Women Joint IPU/UN Women meeting,29 February 2012 New York.
A Comprehensive Response to Rural Women and Girls’ Economic Empowerment
Speech delivered by UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet’s at CSW Side Event on ‘Accelerating progress towards the economic empowerment of rural women’, co-organized by UN Women, FAO, IFAD and WFP, Tuesday 28 February 2012.
Women’s Political and Civil Rights in Egypt
Statement of Michelle Bachelet Executive Director of UN Women, following the attacks on women and children in Egypt. Wednesday, 21 December 2011.
Statement by Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women Michelle Bachelet on the Famine in Somalia
UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet addresses the famine in Somalia. UN Women urgently calls donor countries and political and military factions in Somalia to ensure that special attention be given to the critical needs of women and children and ensure that this assistance reaches those most acutely in need.
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples – 9 August 2011
Message from UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet on the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, 9 August 2011.
UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet’s Message to the Women of South Sudan on the Occasion of the Country’s Independence
UN Women’s Executive Director Michele Bachelet welcomes the addition of South Sudan as the United Nation’s 193rd Member State.
Joint Statement of the UN Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development
On the occasion of the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Youth, we [the UN Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development] pledge to increase the effectiveness of the United Nations in advocating for and supporting national efforts to accelerate the implementation of international agreements and development goals as they relate to adolescents and youth.
International Widows’ Day – 23 June 2011
Message from Michelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN Women, on the occasion of the first commemoration of International Widows’ Day, 23 June 2011.
Statement by UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet on the Adoption of the ILO Convention and Recommendations on Decent Work for Domestic Workers
This is a historic moment for domestic workers worldwide. The ILO Convention and Recommendations on Decent Work for Domestic Workers is precedent-setting, as it is the first Convention solely on domestic work and defines domestic work as “work,” making it integral to development. It lays out the human rights standards for domestic workers in the [...]
