Swimming against the tide: ‘Salmon’ police units assist women facing violence...
Under the new law against violence in El Salvador, a Specialized Institutional Police Unit to assist women in situations of violence has been created and is working to build a safer city. Its members...
View ArticleOpening Remarks by John Hendra at the Side Event: “Ending Abuse of Authority...
Opening Remarks by John Hendra, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director Policy and Programme, UN Women, at the Government of Tanzania Side Event: “Ending Abuse of Authority for...
View ArticleMs. Lakshmi Puri statement at the first session of the meeting of the open...
Statement by Ms. Lakshmi Puri Deputy Executive Director of UN Women at the first session of the meeting of the open working group on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). New York, 15 March 2013. I...
View ArticleTajikistan moves towards a law to prevent domestic violence
After more than 10 years of advocacy and legislative wrangling, on 19 December, 2012 Tajikistan’s Lower House of Parliament approved a bill to provide protection for survivors and prevent domestic...
View ArticleBolstering 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...
View ArticleMalian armed and security forces gear up to better protect women and children...
A programme run by UN Women and four other UN agencies aims to train 4,000 members of Mali’s defence and security forces and raise awareness among at least 20,000 armed forces personnel around the...
View ArticleTowards an inclusive and gendered post-2015 agenda
UN Women Deputy Executive Director John Hendra participated in a panel on the “Key gender equality issues to be reflected in the post-2015 development framework” on 7 March during the 57th session of...
View ArticleUN Women urges implementation of historic global agreement to end violence...
In the follow-up to the historic global agreement reached at the 57th Commission on the Status of Women to prevent and end violence against women and girls, UN Women today called for action to...
View ArticlePress Release: Priorities for the global development agenda shaped by...
New York, 21 March 2013 – The United Nations presented today the first findings from an unprecedented global conversation through which people from all over the world have been invited to help Member...
View ArticleTanzanian Women bring safe drinking water to their communities
With water cooperation as the focus of this year’s World Water Day (22 March), we highlight the experience of the Kingolwira village in Tanzania, where water is scarce but women’s leadership and the...
View ArticleOn World Water Day, UN Women spotlights the need to ensure access to drinking...
On World Water Day, UN Women is calling attention to the urgent need to increase access to clean water and basic sanitation and to support the initiative of UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson to...
View ArticleBringing drama into the streets: interactive theatre performances counter...
In parks, town halls and street corners across southern Bangladesh, nearly 200 children and youth are producing and performing street plays to actively engage and empower onlookers to take steps...
View ArticleMichelle Bachelet welcomes the appointment of Mary Robinson as Special Envoy...
The former UN High Commissioner and former President of Ireland will serve as Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region of Africa. Her appointment is an historic first and a...
View ArticleWomen elected to one-fifth of seats during Kenyan elections
After Kenya’s recent national elections on 4 March, an unprecedented 87 of the 416 seats in the National Assembly and Senate will be held by women. As a new Constitutional requirement to ensure...
View ArticlePress Release: UN Women in Afghanistan strongly condemns “honour killings” of...
Recently several cases of “Honour Killings” have been reported by the media and Afghan Women’s Network (AWN) recorded three cases of such killings across the country during the month of March. This...
View ArticleFemicide in Latin America: creating a regional protocol for ensuring justice
While women in El Salvador are working to implement a new law against gender-based killings of women, UN Women and OHCHR have come together to promote a regional protocol against such crimes throughout...
View ArticleUN calls for accelerated action with 1,000 days to go on Millennium...
The United Nations and its partners around the world will observe the 1,000 days to the end of 2015 – the target date for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – during the next week to...
View ArticleEnsuring mothers do not die when giving life
A programme in seven countries advances efforts to reduce maternal and child mortality highlighting the links between violence against women and maternal health, and training midwives and community...
View ArticleDomestic workers gain equal rights in Brazil
On the occasion of the enactment of a new law granting equal rights to domestic workers last week, UN Women launched a study on the positive impact of formalizing such employment, both for Brazil’s...
View ArticleSpeech by Lakshmi Puri at the High-level Conference on Women’s Leadership in...
Speech by Lakshmi Puri, Acting Head of UN Women, at the High-level Conference on Women’s Leadership in the Sahel, 9 April 2013, Brussels, Belgium
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