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UN Women and the Women’s Self Worth Foundation join forces to work on Women’s Empowerment and gender equality
A new partnership between UN Women and the Women’s Self Worth Foundation will promote women’s empowerment and gender equality over a period of three years, from 2013 to 2015.
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Press release: We have to move forward, we owe it to the millions of women fighting for their rights globally, says UN Women Executive Director on International Women’s Day
Press release: At the International Women’s Day commemoration at the United Nations in New York today, UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet made a rallying call to the international community to move forward on gender equality and women’s rights.
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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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The Knowledge Gateway to help entrepreneurs, workers and experts network and share information
UN Women Deputy Executive Director John Hendra introduced the new Knowledge Gateway for Women’s Economic Empowerment, currently being developed by UN Women in partnership with the Government of Canada during a side event on 6 March at the 57th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW57).
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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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Child Marriages: 39,000 Every Day – More than 140 million girls will marry between 2011 and 2020
Press release by UNICEF, UNFPA, UN Women, WHO, United Nations Foundation and civil society organization. Between 2011 and 2020, more than 140 million girls will become child brides, according to United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
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Speech by Michelle Bachelet : Reclaiming Public Spaces for the Empowerment of Women and Girls
Speech by Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women: Reclaiming Public Spaces for the Empowerment of Women and Girls.CSW Side Event. 07 March 2013.
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Shining a spotlight on national commitments to end violence against women
At a high-level side event on 5 March, UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet and Liberian Minister for Gender and Development Julia Duncan-Cassell highlighted the commitments of the 49 Governments that had already joined UN Women’s COMMIT initiative.
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Press Release: “One Woman: A song for UN Women” to launch on International Women’s Day
"One Woman: A song for UN Women" will launch on International Women’s Day. The track will be globally available for download as of 8 March (EST 7 March, 12 noon) on http://song.unwomen.org, together with the full song video and behind-the-scenes videos chronicling the song’s year-long production.
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The Istanbul Convention: strengthening the response to ending violence against women
During a CSW side event on 4 March, UN Women Deputy Executive Director Lakshmi Puri commended the Istanbul Convention as a “gold standard” and welcomed it as an important addition to the evolving body of norms and standards for ending violence around the globe.
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