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World Water Day celebrated MAR 22
March 22 is World Water Day – a day to celebrate and protect water. I’d like to extend a personal invitation to you and your family to take part in this global day of action. With water slowly...
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Women’s Health is Everyone’s Health, UN Women
Melinda Gates is co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Along with Bill Gates, she shapes and approves the Foundation’s strategies, reviews results, and sets the overall direction of the...
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World Malaria Day, April 25
On April 25th people across the globe take part in a wide range of activities to mark World Malaria Day. For half the world every day is malaria day – a day to keep up the fight against this killer...
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The Incheon Declaration, the Future of Education
World Education Forum adopts Declaration on the Future of Education INCHEON, Republic of Korea, May 2015 – A transformative vision for education over the next 15 years has been adopted at the World...
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‘Where is the Money for Women’s Rights?’
20 years of Shamefully Scarce Funding for Feminists and Women’s Rights Movements For decades, the women’s rights movement and women’s rights organizations have been severely underfunded. AWID research...
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Water, Women required to Manage
The ‘Water Crisis’ is the #1 global risk based on impact to society (as a measure of devastation), and the #8 global risk based on likelihood (likelihood of occurring within 10 years) as announced by...
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Understanding the ZIKA Virus
For many mothers, expecting or not, the rapid spread of the Zika virus in the Americas has been, frankly, pretty frightening. Yesterday the World Health Organization (WHO) held an emergency meeting...
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World Day of Social Justice, FEB 20
2016 Theme: A Just Transition – environmentally sustainable economies and societies Social justice is an underlying principle for peaceful and prosperous coexistence within and among nations. We...
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Hillary Clinton Celebrates Breaking Largest Glass Ceiling-Shattering Win
Tonight, President Obama called both Secretary Hillary Clinton and Senator Sanders. The President congratulated both candidates for running inspiring campaigns that have energized Democrats, brought a...
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World Refugee Day 2016, June 20
“Our responses to refugees must be grounded in our shared values of responsibility sharing, non-discrimination, and human rights and in international refugee law, including the principle of...
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2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
The adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development last year marked a watershed year for sustainable development. Its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets are expected to...
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Action For Her Future, Kathy Calvin
This year, as the world turns to action to make the new global goals for sustainable development a reality, we’ve seen that girls and women have the power to drive progress for all the goals — from...
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A world on the move: Refugees and Migrants
For a world on the move: The UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants The world is on the move, and the number of international migrants today is higher than ever before. In 2015, 244 million people lived...
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UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson
UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson shines spotlight on need to end child marriages New York/Lilongwe—On the eve of International Day of the Girl Child, UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson...
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Disarmament Week, OCT 24-30
The annual observance of Disarmament Week, which begins on the anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, was called for in the Final Document of the General Assembly 1978 special session on...
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Tracking gender statistics in pursuit of SDG 5
To deepen the understanding of the different challenges women and men face in today’s world, statisticians use disaggregated data and gender statistics to allow for a unique insight into gender...
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Take Action – #OrangeDay FEB 25, Isabella Poeschl, UN Women
This month, #OrangeDay explores the links between economic empowerment and violence against women and girls by highlighting Goal 8 of the Sustainable Development Agenda: Promote sustained, inclusive,...
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UN Women: International Women’s Day 2017
The 2017 theme for International Women’s Day, 8 March, focuses on “Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030”. The United Nations observance will call upon all actors to Step It Up for...
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Canada launches new Feminist International Assistance Policy
June 9, 2017 – Ottawa, Ontario – Global Affairs Canada The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, today launched Canada’s new Feminist International...
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UN Women Executive Director visits Ukraine
During her first official visit to Ukraine, from 8-10 June, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is meeting with government officials, parliamentarians, donors, women’s groups,...
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