News
Media Advisory: UN Women Forum to focus on strategies to end the pandemic of violence Survivors’ voices to be at the centre of the dialogue
UN WOMEN MEDIA ADVISORY For immediate release 11 December 2012 Media Contacts: Sharon Grobeisen, sharon.grobeisen[at]unwomen.org +1 (646)781-4753 WHAT: In the lead up to the 2013 Commission on the Status of Women, from 13-14th December, UN Women will host a high-level Stakeholders Forum to build consensus and identify common strategies on ending the pandemic of violence [...]
Posted in Media Advisories
Comments Off
Speech by Michelle Bachelet at the launch of the ILO report on Global Employment Trends for Women 2012
Speech by Michelle Bachelet at the launch of the ILO report on Global Employment Trends for Women 2012, at a press event on 11 December, in Geneva.
Posted in Economic Empowerment, Executive Director Michelle Bachelet, News, Speeches and Statements
Comments Off
COP 18 adopts a decision promoting gender balance in climate change negotiations
The 18th Conference of the Parties (COP-18) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in Doha, Qatar, concluded on 8 December with a long-awaited decision on gender equality and women’s empowerment in the context of climate change.
Posted in Environment, Governance, Leadership and Political Participation, News
Comments Off
Policymakers and survivors take centre stage at Stakeholders’ Forum on ending violence against women
From 13-14 December, UN Women will host a forum in New York to engage a range of stakeholders in preparation for the 57th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW57), which will focus on the “Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls.”
Posted in Ending Violence against Women, Governance, Leadership and Political Participation, News
Comments Off
Michelle Bachelet, Irina Bokova and Tarja Halonen condemn murder of Women’s Affairs leader in Afghanistan
The Executive Director of UN Women, Michelle Bachelet, the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, and the former President of Finland, Tarja Halonen, have jointly condemned the assassination of Nadia Sidiqi, the acting Director of the Women’s Affairs Department in Province of Laghman, Afghanistan. Ms. Sidiqi was shot and killed by two unidentified gunmen while on [...]
Posted in Ending Violence against Women, Executive Director Michelle Bachelet, Human Rights, News, Press Statement
Comments Off
Remarks by the Executive Director of UN Women, Michelle Bachelet at the “Stand up for Malala: Girls’ education is a right” event at UNESCO Headquarters
Remarks by the Executive Director of UN Women, Michelle Bachelet at the "Stand up for Malala: Girls' education is a right" event at UNESCO Headquarters. Paris, France,10 December 2012.
Posted in Education, Ending Violence against Women, Executive Director Michelle Bachelet, Speeches and Statements
Comments Off
Message of Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women for Human Rights Day 2012: inclusion and the right to participate in public life
Message of Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women for Human Rights Day 2012: Inclusion and the Right to Participate in Public Life.
Violence against Women Living with HIV in South Africa: research on perceptions and experiences
Gender inequality and violence against women constitute one of the key drivers of the HIV epidemic. Violence against women and HIV are also mutually reinforcing.
Posted in Africa, Ending Violence against Women, Interviews, UN Trust Fund
Comments Off
Press statement by Michelle Bachelet in Bangkok, Thailand
Press statement by Michelle Bachelet at Press Briefing at UN Building, Bangkok, Thailand.
Posted in Executive Director Michelle Bachelet, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, Press Statement
Comments Off
Indigenous women leaders in Southeast Asia unite against development-based violence
The sound of helicopters still makes Soi Tonnampet shake, years later. It takes her back to the first time she and others from her indigenous community, the Karen, fled from an operation to clear areas of national parkland in Northern Thailand.
