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Using performing arts to end Violence against Women in Papua New Guinea
Dramatizing violence! That’s the motto of the community-based Seeds Theatre Group to address violence against women and girls in the densely populated communities of the Lae District in the Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
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Remarks of Michelle Bachelet Under-Secretary-General, Executive Director of UN Women on One Year Anniversary of UN Women
Opening Remarks of Michelle Bachelet Under-Secretary-General, Executive Director of UN Women on One Year Anniversary of UN Women.
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Michelle Bachelet Outlines Action Agenda to Advance Equality as UN Women Completes One Year
At a press conference in New York today, UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet called for galvanizing greater commitment and action for women and gender equality, as political and economic upheaval threaten progress on women’s rights.
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UN Women and UNDP to Partner with EU to Foster Women’s Effective Participation in Peacebuilding and Post-conflict Recovery
Brussels — The European Commission, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today announced the launch of a multi-country initiative to enhance women’s participation in peace-building and post-conflict planning and economic recovery. UN Women, UNDP, and the European Union, will partner [...]
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Press Conference with Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director Michelle Bachelet on the One Year Anniversary of UN Women
To coincide with the one year anniversary of UN Women, Ms. Michelle Bachelet, the first Under-Secretary- General and Executive Director of the organization will speak at a press conference on Thursday 2nd February at UN Headquarters in New York. WHAT: Press Conference on the one year anniversary of UN Women WHEN: Thursday, 2nd February 11.00 [...]
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(Español) ONU Mujeres y la OMT presentan el informe mundial sobre las mujeres en el turismo
El turismo es uno de los sectores económicos más importantes y de mayor crecimiento del mundo. A nivel mundial, es una actividad que representa el 5 por ciento del PIB global y genera el 7 por ciento de empleo. El turismo genera oportunidades y desafíos para la igualdad de género y el empoderamiento de las [...]
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Women as the Way Forward, Remarks by Ms. Bachelet at the World Economic Forum
UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet participated in the panel, “Women as the way forward,” the first public meeting in Davos focused on women’s leadership, and moderated by Nick Kristof, columnist for The New York Times, including panelists Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook; Yingluck Shinawatra, Prime Minister of Thailand; and Desmond M. Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize winner, peace activist of South Africa, and president of The Elders, a non-governmental organization dedicated to peace and human rights.
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Speech by Ms. Lakshmi Puri, Deputy Executive Director UN Women, on the Zero Draft of the Rio+20 Outcome Document
Speech by Ms. Lakshmi Puri Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director UN Women at the initial consultations on the Zero Draft of the Rio+20 Outcome Document, New York, 25 January 2012.
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Advancing Women’s Rights Worldwide
Testimony by Michelle Bachelet Executive Director of UN Women at Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Strasbourg, France 26 January 2012.
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UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet to Address Council of Europe and Attend World Economic Forum in Davos
Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women, will travel to Strasbourg, France on 25 and 26 January to meet with officials of the Council of Europe and address the Parliamentary Assembly to strengthen collaboration for women’s rights worldwide. She will then travel to Davos, where she will meet with representatives of government, civil society and business, and participate with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg in a panel on "Women as the way forward".
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