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Call Me Dame Karen: UK’s Ambassador Dashes Style With Diplomacy

Laura E. Kirkpatrick

• June 12, 2019

Reporting on activists who work with the United Nations and other global institutions on issues related to the women, peace and security agenda is crucial, but it can be, admittedly, dry. So we decided to look at the diplomats and others working at the UN who are advancing women’s rights in what is still …

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More Women Sit on the UN Security Council, but What Does It Mean?

Mirva Lempiainen

• April 30, 2014

As increasing numbers of women embark on careers as diplomats, the United Nations headquarters in New York is slowly but surely undergoing a big change in demographics: the female-to-male ratio of diplomats is becoming — dare it be possible — more balanced. Of the UN’s 193 member countries, about 30 women currently represent their …

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