UN Gender Focus: first woman to be appointed UN Under Secretary-General and empowerment” of women in Zimbabwe
Conflicts and "disillusionment" hampering the UN, says distinguished former official
PM of Argentina to the UN
UN Gender Focus: Sexual Violence in Conflict, Disaster Management and Disabled Women Fight for Equal Rights
Uniting political will and theatre to end wartime rape
UN Radio/Laura Jarriel
UN Gender Focus: LBTI people and High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS
“Huge numbers” of LBTI people “killed and injured around the world”
UN Gender Focus: reproductive rights, women police officers and solar energy
Zimbabwe activist champions sexual reproductive rights for women
UN Photo/Loey Felipe
UN Gender Focus: poverty eradication, female peacekeepers and drug abuse by women
“Virtuous” not “vicious” cycle needed to tackle poverty, gender equality
UN Photo/Loey Felipe
“Virtuous” not “vicious” cycle needed to tackle poverty, gender equality
The “vicious cycle” where poverty feeds gender inequality within the world’s Least Developed Countries, LDCs, can become a “virtuous” one, if everyone embraces sustainable development.
That’s the view of Lakshmi Puri, Deputy Executive Director of UN Women, speaking just after the latest High Level review of LDCs’ progress, in Antalya, Turkey.
She stressed the importance of integrating gender equality, women’s empowerment, and poverty eradication efforts among the group of 48 nations.
UN Gender Focus: safe birth, indigenous women and LGBTI community
Safe Birth” during emergencies campaign launched in Istanbul
UNICEF/Catherine Ntabadde
UN Gender Focus: FGM, women's health and LGBTI gala
New guidelines to improve care for FGM survivors
UN Photo/Evan Schneider
UN Gender Focus: wartime sexual violence, indigenous peoples and refugee mothers
Sexual violence in conflict crimes “so bad” in South Sudan
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UN Gender Focus: gender equality in natural disasters, no women, no peace and women farmers
“Gender equality saves lives when disaster hits”
When natural disasters strike, a lack of gender equality can mean the difference between life and death. That’s according to Robert Glasser, head of the UN’ s disaster risk reduction office UNISDR. He’s one of more than 100 heads of UN agencies and international organisations who’ve signed up to the International Geneva Gender Champions initiative. Mr Glasser told Daniel Johnson why the issue is so important both within his organisation and in the field.