GENDER EQUALITY

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UN reaffirms importance of women's empowerment for global peace, security

28 October 2014
As the world is swept by unparalleled levels of displacement, festering conflicts, and a convergence of crises, the international community must fully endorse the role of women's empowerment and gender equality in ensuring global peace, security and development, the Security Council and top United Nations officials declared today.
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New UN initiative taps private sector leadership to advance women’s rights

3 June 2014
The United Nations has teamed up with leading businesses to advance women’s rights and empowerment through a new advisory council comprised of private sector chiefs with a strong commitment to supporting women and girls.
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UN expert heads to UK to investigate violence against women

31 March 2014
Domestic and sexual violence, sexual bullying and harassment, forced and early marriages, and female genital mutilation – all these issues and more will be on the docket as the United Nations expert tasked with monitoring violence against women launched her first mission in the United Kingdom.
UN Women/Ashutosh Negi

Senior UN official hails outcome of forum devoted to empowering women and girls

22 March 2014
The head of the United Nations office focusing on the world's women has welcomed the outcome of a two-week meeting in New York that she says represents a “milestone” towards a transformative global development agenda that puts the empowerment of women and girls at its centre.
UN Women/Jashim Salam

UN commission on women opens annual session, to focus on development

10 March 2014
Women’s human rights have come a long way but there is still much to do and little time to do it in, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today opening the 2014 session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), which this year will focus on development, particularly education and reproductive rights.
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Gender equality must be enshrined in all post-2015 development goals – UN rights chief

10 February 2014
The United Nations committee mandated to ensure compliance with the global treaty to end all forms of discrimination against women opened a new session today with a call for gender equality to be fully integrated into the post-2015 agenda.
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Ban pledges UN commitment to advancing gender equality, women’s empowerment

4 February 2014
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today pledged to root for women everywhere ahead of his departure for the Winter Olympics in Sochi, while stressing the need for the United Nations and its partners to lay the groundwork to enable all women to enjoy their rights and be empowered.