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A young mother and child

Population issues, gender must figure high in sustainable development talks – UN

16 December 2010
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is stepping up its efforts to ensure that gender, reproductive health and other population dynamics figure high on the agendas of upcoming global environmental and sustainable development discussions.
A woman gives a toddler a spoonful of oral rehydration salts to treat diarrhoeal dehydration.

UN forms commission on use of resources for women’s and children’s health

16 December 2010
The United Nations is establishing a high-level commission charged with developing an accountability framework that will link resources committed to women and children’s health with the results they are intended to achieve.
Anne-Marie Goetz

UN official calls for greater attention to justice for women

7 December 2010
Access to justice for women is often not given enough attention in both national and international judicial systems, a United Nations official said today, adding that the newly-created UN entity for women will play an important role in promoting justice for women especially in post-conflict situations.

Ending rampant violence against women is everyone''s duty – UN official

25 November 2010
Violence against women continues on a large scale across the world, much of it hidden, ignored or silenced, says the top United Nations human rights official, stressing that no country has come close to eliminating the vice, while urging every member of society to act to stop it.
A type of blade used to carry out the FGM operation

Community-based initiatives more effective against female genital cutting – UN

18 November 2010
Initiatives to encourage communities in Africa to abandon female genital mutilation or cutting are more effective when used to reinforce the positive aspects of local cultures and build trust by implementing development projects, the findings of a United Nations study released today show.
UN peacekeeper speaks with women refugees at Farchana camp, Chad

Security Council calls for ensuring women’s participation in building, sustaining peace

26 October 2010
The Security Council today marked the tenth anniversary of the landmark resolution on women and peace and security by calling for the full and effective participation of women at all stages of peace processes, and for ending the abuse of women and girls in armed conflict.
Female police officers serving in UN peacekeeping operations in Haiti

Women integral for peace, Ban stresses

21 October 2010
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today reiterated his pledge to empower women, underlining the crucial role they play in peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding.
Zou Xiaoquiau, vice-chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

Greater push needed to ensure women’s rights, says UN expert

12 October 2010
With one in three women around the world being beaten, coerced into sex or abused, more must be done to ensure the human rights of women, a member of the United Nations expert body monitoring compliance with the international pact on eliminating discrimination against women said today.

UN trust fund makes grants to initiatives against gender-based violence

6 October 2010
A United Nations trust fund today announced additional grants worth $10 million to 13 initiatives devoted to supporting local and national efforts to end violence against women and girls in 18 countries across the world.
Head of UN Women Michelle Bachelet

New UN entity to be ‘strong champion’ of gender equality, says its new chief

22 September 2010
The first head of the new United Nations super-agency on female empowerment today voiced hope that the body will be a “strong champion” of gender equality and hasten existing UN efforts to advance the cause of women and girls.