ILO

Broken Progress for Women in Politics; More Trafficking of Men; Diverse New York

March 28, 2017

New numbers from the Inter-Parliamentary Union and UN Women show that progress of women in politics has stalled in parliaments and at executive levels of government or advanced marginally. The data form the basis of an elaborate Women in Politics 2017 map launched during the recent session at UN headquarters of the Commission on …

Africa, Asia, Gender-Based Violence, Human Trafficking, Take a Look

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What Do UN Staff Members Want From the Next Secretary-General?

August 24, 2016

by Maurizio Guerrero

While the United Nations approaches a major change at the top in selecting a new secretary-general for the next five years and conflicts across the globe continue to erupt, criticisms of UN management seem only to grow. The topic of management skills of the next secretary-general came up repeatedly during the public hearings held …

Secretary-General, UN Agencies

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At UN, Momentum Is Gaining to End Modern-Day Slavery and Human Trafficking

April 11, 2016

by Lori Silberman Brauner

Experts on human trafficking and slavery are calling for strong involvement by the private sector in tackling the enormous challenge of these abuses, particularly with girls and women. At the same time, the experts, who spoke at a recent panel discussion held at the United Nations, recognized the daunting task in asking industry to …

Asia, Human Rights, Human Trafficking, Poverty, Sustainable Development Goals, UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Women

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The Situation for Women and Girls Around the World? Stark.

September 24, 2015

by Tendai Musakwa

As the United Nations prepares to formally accept the new Sustainable Development Goals at midday at a summit meeting on Friday, here is a close look at one of the main resources that helped inform the long debate on creating the goals — the UN Development Program’s Human Development Report for 2014. What do …

Governance, Health and Population, Latin America, Middle East, Poverty, Sustainable Development Goals, Women

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The Many Global Currents Undermining Gender Equality

March 29, 2015

by Florencia Giordano

How much does the economic environment of a country generate inequalities for women? A new report on wage gaps says that disparities are only partly explained by differences in experience, education and/or occupation, proving there is much more work to be done before the world offers both genders equal pay for equal work. The …

Gender-Based Violence, Migration, Women

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At the UN’s Yearly Meeting on Women, Scrutinizing the Slow, Patchy Gains on Equality

March 8, 2015

by Dulcie Leimbach

Two decades after the world’s largest gathering of women adopted an ambitious plan to improve if not legalize gender equality, women are marginally better off in many walks of life, depending on the country and urban versus rural regions. Progress has been documented across a range of categories, but setbacks have spoiled overall advances. …

Gender-Based Violence, Women

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Obscured by a Diplomatic Dispute, Slavery Persists in India

January 13, 2014

by Barbara Crossette

Over the last year, as India and the United States headed for an impasse over how to deal with an Indian deputy consul-general in New York indicted for visa fraud for bringing a domestic worker into the country — and then abusing the employee’s rights — numerous reports were emerging on the prevailing extent …

Asia, Human Trafficking, Women

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WORLDVIEWS

An American in Europe: The UN, Who Cares?

February 12, 2013

by Thomas G. Weiss

BRUSSELS — George Gershwin certainly would not have been inspired to write a symphonic tone poem about an American academic on sabbatical attempting to interpret European reactions to the United Nations. Ten years ago, Robert Kagan wrote that “Americans are from Mars and Europeans from Venus.” Perhaps, but not regarding the UN. After years …

Development, US-UN Relations, WORLDVIEWS

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For a Job at the UN, Start by Making Contacts

December 10, 2011

by Simon Minching

In January 2011, the International Labor Organization projected the global unemployment rate to be approximately 6.1 percent, equivalent to 203.3 million people, and developed economies such as the United States and the euro zone consistently hover around 9 and 10 percent, respectively. Given such anemic labor market conditions and the long reach of the …