Lakshmi Puri

Three Ways to Help Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls

May 3, 2017

Everyone has a fundamental right to live free of violence. Yet violence against women and girls is a health epidemic and a leading cause of injury and disability for women across the globe. In many regions, it kills as many women and girls from ages 15 to 44 as cancer and surpasses injury from …

Gender-Based Violence, Health and Population, Human Rights, WORLDVIEWS

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TOPIC: WOMEN

Was the US a Bad Host at the UN Women’s Conference?

March 25, 2017

by Laura E. Kirkpatrick

The annual women’s conference at the United Nations may have encountered severe weather on its second day, when a blizzard swept through the region and events had to be canceled at the UN, but the real storm originated with the actions of the host country, the United States. Indeed, the role that the US …

US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations, Women

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TOPIC: WOMEN

US Immigration Ban Stirs Controversy at the Annual UN Women’s Forum

March 13, 2017

by Laura E. Kirkpatrick

Despite fears that efforts by President Trump to bar visitors to the United States from a number of Muslim majority would limit attendance at this year’s annual United Nations conference on women in New York, UN officials have kept saying there will be record participation. On the first day, however, people were more worried …

Gender-Based Violence, Terrorism, UN Agencies, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations, Women

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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 …

Africa, Secretary-General, Women

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India’s UN Ambassador Is Retiring

February 12, 2013

by Dulcie Leimbach

Hardeep Singh Puri, 60, the Indian ambassador to the United Nations, has announced his retirement, which will take effect at the end of February. Ashoke Mukherji, The Times of India reported, is likely to be Puri’s replacement at the UN. Puri has been ambassador to the UN since 2009. He led the country through …