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Empowering Women-Empowering Humanity: Picture it!
In 2015, the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women will undertake a third global review of progress (Beijing+20) made in the implementation of the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for...
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THE SURVIVOR STORIES PROJECT, VAW
THE SURVIVOR STORIES PROJECT: Christine Davis, 46, Germany and USA The Pixel Project is proud to present the Survivor Stories Blog Interview Project in honour of Mother’s Day 2014. The project runs...
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Uniting for youth beyond 2015
“You have the energy to transform the world,” said the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth Ahmad Alhendawi, encouraging youth worldwide to partner with the United Nations as the global community...
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World Pulse, Last Phase of the WWW Campaign!
Share Your Thoughts on Digital Empowerment! Today, we are excited to announce the launch of the third phase of our WWW: Women Weave the Web Campaign—Digital Empowerment! How has the Internet empowered...
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2014 Partners’ Forum – Johannesburg, (June 30/July1)
Violence against Women Intimate partner and sexual violence against women Introduction The United Nations defines violence against women as “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is...
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International Widow’s Day – June 23
International Widows Day takes place every year on 23rd June. It was initially launched by the Loomba Foundation at the House of Lords in London in 2005. The date, 23 June, was chosen because on this...
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Global Human Trafficking, a Modern form of Slavery
Steve McQueen, director of this year’s Oscar winner for best film “12 Years A Slave,” mentioned in his acceptance speech last month that 21 million people are living in slavery today. That quoted...
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The Dark Side of Brazil’s Love for Women’s Soccer
This summer’s World Cup will bring together two things for which Brazil is internationally renowned: soccer and beautiful women. While Brazil’s reputation for sexy ladies and futebol are mixed...
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World Urbanization Prospects Worldwide
Revealing urbanization trends worldwide The world’s urban population has grown rapidly since 1950 and the coming decades will bring further profound changes to its size and distribution. On 10 July,...
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Global Compact of 50, focusing on Post 2015
UN Post-2015 Development Agenda With the business contribution to UN goals and objectives at an all-time high, and the UN in a process of determining its development framework as targets of the...
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Beijing+20, Focus this Month: The Girl Child
As part of UN Women’s Beijing+20 Campaign, this month’s focus is on the Girl Child. Below is a preview of our latest line-up. As always, the content is available in Spanish and French. In Focus: The...
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International Youth Day, celebrated Aug 12
International Youth Day will be taking place on 12 August 2014. It will bring youth issues to the attention of the international community and celebrate the potential of youth as partners in today’s...
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Global Breast Feeding Week ~ celebrating AUG 1-7
This year’s WABA World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) theme asserts the importance of increasing and sustaining the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding – in the Millennium Development Goals...
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Every Girl Should Count, 230 million – no birth certificates
Millions of girls in countries around the world do not have a birth certificate, which can prevent them from going to school, seeing a doctor, and getting a job. In fact, nearly 230 million children...
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Women as Peace Keepers, needed to close Gap of Violence
Violence against women (VAW) is the most widespread and persistent violation of human rights. According to a 2013 study from the World Health Organization (WHO), at least one in three women worldwide...
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What is ‘Human Trafficking’ ?
Human Trafficking Trafficking in persons is a serious crime and a grave violation of human rights. Every year, thousands of men, women and children fall into the hands of traffickers, in their own...
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Realizing population/development commitments beyond 2014
Civil society, the UN system and other partners will join Governments at UN Headquarters in New York on Monday, 22 September, for the Special Session of the General Assembly on Population and...
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UN Foundation, Elizabeth Gore
Can becoming an entrepreneur help a refugee live a better life? I recently had the opportunity to join the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) for a visit to the Nakivale Refugee Settlement in...
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World peace?
These are the only 11 countries in the world that are actually free from conflict As new wars and civil unrests seem to be flaring up every week, we look for the only countries in the world that could...
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Global Update: Special UN General Assembly Edition
As the General Assembly began the general debate of its sixty-ninth session, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon presented to the Assembly his annual report on the work of the Organization. UN Photo/Mark...
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