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Prostitution: A Word That UN Women Does Not Want to Hear

Barbara Crossette
• March 31, 2015

On the eve of a speech Ruchira Gupta was to give on International Women’s Day in New York as the recipient of a Woman of Distinction award, she got a strange email. Gupta, who has collected numerous awards for…

Categories: Gender Violence, Human Trafficking, Poverty, Women

Minding Your Pronunciations and Protocols at That ‘Women’s Conference’ [Video]

Laura E. Kirkpatrick
• March 26, 2015

Are you wondering what happened at that “women’s conference at the United Nations,” as one (male) writer at The New York Times called it? Here is a recap of things to think about from the annual Commission on the…

Categories: Gender Violence, Women

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

Dulcie Leimbach
• March 8, 2015

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….

Categories: Gender Violence, Women

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Women’s Voices Must Stay ‘Alive’ in ISIS-Controlled Regions

Yermi Brenner
• August 31, 2014

The extremist Sunni militant group called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, which recently declared a caliphate in parts of the Middle East, now controls an area of 13,000 square miles in Iraq and Syria. Testimonies coming out about…

Categories: Gender Violence, Human Rights, Middle East

GOINGS-ON

Major New Staff Appointments at the UN and Departures

Dulcie Leimbach
• June 16, 2014

Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary-general, has appointed at least a dozen new people to high-level positions — including five women — primarily in Africa in the last few months, while the organization also loses some executives. Three new…

Categories: GOINGS-ON

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

Dulcie Leimbach
• 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…

Categories: Women

At Geneva II Talks in January, It Is Not Enough to ‘Add Women and Stir’

Dulcie Leimbach
• December 26, 2013

The campaign to ensure women’s equal participation at the peace talks on Syria in January has become more urgent, as certain parties recognize that women are vital in rebuilding and reconciling Syrian society. Yet only a few weeks before…

Categories: Middle East, Secretary-General, Women

Signs of Transformation From the ‘Pink Ghetto of Gender’

Dulcie Leimbach
• October 31, 2013

One question about women’s rights that may never go away is how to ensure that women are represented fairly in large organizations, like the United Nations. For now, work on “gender mainstreaming” may suffice by concentrating on small steps…