Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
UN News Centre – Wednesday, 08 May 2013 (originally published 06 May) 6 May 2013 – Midwives can make the difference between life and death for hundreds of thousands of women every year, the United Nations population agency affirmed today, recognizing their crucial role in improving maternal health, family planning and assisting during humanitarian emergencies. [...]
Lakshmi Puri – UN Women – Monday, 06 May (originally published 02 May) A big step was taken at the United Nations in March when governments adopted an historic agreement in the Commission on the Status of Women to prevent and end violence against women and girls. The agreement, which breaks new ground with its [...]
UN News Centre – Wednesday, 24 April 2013 (originally published 18 Apr) 18 April 2013 – With women projected to comprise a majority of the world’s urban dwellers and head increasing numbers of households, gender equality in employment, housing, health and education is vital to ensure the prosperity of the cities of the future, according [...]
UN News Centre – Thursday, 10 January 2013 (originally published 07 Jan) 7 January 2013 – Women and girls run the risk of being left behind in scientific and technological fields if countries do not put measures in place to address discrimination and change traditional attitudes, the United Nations said today, warning that this gap [...]
Rossella Lorenzi - Discovery News – Friday, 14 Decemeber 2012 (originally published 10 Dec) United Nations Member States recently approved the first-ever draft resolution calling for a global ban on female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). Hailed by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as a major step forward in protecting women and girls and ending impunity for the harmful practice, [...]
