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UN officials stress need to eliminate violence against women

25 November 2004
United Nations officials, led by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, today stressed the need for building a world in which women enjoy their rights and freedoms on an equal basis with men.

Women still excluded from peace table despite their pivotal role, says Annan

28 October 2004
Women remain overwhelmingly excluded from participating in peace talks and post-conflict reconstruction, and continue to suffer physical and sexual violence during war, Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in a report on women, peace and security.
USG Guéhenno briefs journalists

Senior peacekeeping official urges more involvement of women in UN operations

28 October 2004
Although the male-dominated world of peacekeeping is opening up to women, they still make up just a fraction of senior officials in the field, the United Nations' top peacekeeping manager said today.
Council President Amb. Jones Parry

Security Council urges stepped-up efforts to protect women from violence in war

28 October 2004
The Security Council today called on the United Nations to make a comprehensive, system-wide effort to end the continuing violence against women and girls in war and to give women a much stronger voice during post-conflict peace processes.
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Women still face obstacles in reaching senior staff positions at UN – report

21 October 2004
The United Nations has given itself a mixed report card for its efforts to reach the General Assembly’s target of equality between the numbers of men and women in professional and managerial staffing.

UN committee for women's rights treaty says no country has reached full equality

13 October 2004
Some 25 years after the adoption of a landmark global treaty on the rights of women, no country in the world has achieved total equality between the sexes both in law and in practice, the Committee overseeing the United Nations convention said today.

Women are vital to resolving armed conflicts and rebuilding peace – Fréchette

15 September 2004
Women are often the first victims of any armed conflict, but they must also be recognized as central to any solution of that conflict, instead of being marginalized or ignored, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette said today as she opened a conference in New York devoted to gender justice in post-conflict countries.
Noeleen Heyzer briefs journalists

UN conference to study why women in war-torn States suffer justice deficit

14 September 2004
Women living in war-torn countries suffer from a "gender deficit" when it comes to justice, exposed to more sexual violence and lacking the same protections as men, a senior United Nations official said today on the eve of a conference in New York about justice for women in post-conflict nations.
AIDS orphan

Annan blasts use of gender-based violence as weapon in Africa’s wars

7 July 2004
Underscoring the vital importance of Africa’s women for economic development, fighting HIV/AIDS and achieving peace, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has lambasted the use of sexual and gender-based violence as a weapon of war in the continent’s conflicts.

Women's anti-discrimination panel kicks off session at UN with focus on Spain

7 July 2004
Experts monitoring international compliance with the world's foremost treaty on women's rights have opened a three-week session at United Nations Headquarters in New York.