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Domestic workers’ rights move closer to becoming reality worldwide
Friday, June 14, 2013
As the International Labour Organization Convention 189 on domestic work turns two, a look at how Governments, unions and the private sector supported by UN Women are working towards ensuring that this female-dominated profession is regulated and worker’s rights are protected.
Presentation by Michelle Bachelet and Julia Duncan Cassell at a side event on the COMMIT Initiative
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Presentation by Michelle Bachelet and Julia Duncan-Cassell at the high-level side event on the COMMIT Initiative, 5 March, 2013, in New York.
COP 18 adopts a decision promoting gender balance in climate change negotiations
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
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 celebrated decision on gender equality.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Dubbed ‘Gender Day,' women's role in climate change agreements was in the spotlight on this second day of the 18th Conference of Parties (COP-18) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Meeting in Doha, Qatar from 26 November to 7 December, governments are gathered to reach agreement on the continuation of the Kyoto Protocol and decide on outstanding issues under the Convention.