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UN WOMEN'S CONFERENCE 2014

Putting Women and Girls at the Center of the Future Development Goals

March 24, 2014

What happened at the annual United Nations women’s conference this year? Over 10 days of both mercifully brief and far-too-long speeches by policy people, government ministers, UN staff members and a wide array of other experts, the 58th session of the Commission on the Status of Women ended on a hush. It was as if …

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It’s Down to Latin America v. Africa to Lead UN Women

June 29, 2013

by Dulcie Leimbach

After several months of public speculation at the United Nations, two candidates are now in tight contention for the executive director post of UN Women, the main agency tasked with promoting the treatment and rights of women worldwide since it began operating in January 2011. Rebeca Grynspan, 57, is one contender. Since 2010, she …

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UN Women's Conference 2014

A Place for Women at the Table

November 28, 2012

by Mirva Lempiainen

A dozen years have passed since the United Nations Security Council made history by adopting a resolution that addressed women’s rights during conflicts and required their participation in preventing wars and in peace talks. Until Resolution 1325was approved, post-conflict reconstruction had been mostly the realm of those possessing the Y chromosome in the …