Tag Archives: femicide

UN Women calls for urgent and effective action against femicide

In a statement, Acting Head of UN Women and Assistant Secretary-General Lakshmi Puri welcomes mounting global momentum to end gender-related killings and urges States to take bold and swift action to implement international agreements.

Posted in Americas and the Caribbean, Ending Violence against Women, Human Rights, News, Statements | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Bolstering efforts to end impunity for femicide and gender-motivated killings

During a CSW57 side event on “Gender-motivated killings of women,” UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet detailed UN efforts to end impunity through legal reforms to establish femicide as a specific crime – particularly in Latin America, where rates are highest.

Posted in Americas and the Caribbean, Ending Violence against Women, News | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off

Speech by Michelle Bachelet on “Gender-Motivated Killings of Women, Including Femicide”

Speech by Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women on “Gender-Motivated Killings of Women, Including Femicide” at a CSW57 side event on 8 March, 2013

Posted in Ending Violence against Women, Exclude from Frontpage, Executive Director Michelle Bachelet, Human Rights, Speeches and Statements | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off