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UN Women: A new UN entity focusing on women
Started by Nayana Dhavan on 06 Jul 2010
The UN announced a new UN entity focusing on women and bringing together the various UN bodies (ex. UNIFEM, DAW)who work on women's issues. What are the community's thoughts on this development?
http://www.unwomen.org/?utm_source=MHTF+Subscribers&utm_campaign=ee80151fc8-M...
"In an historic move, the United Nations General Assembly voted unanimously on 2 July 2010 to create a new entity to accelerate progress in meeting the needs of women and girls worldwide.
The establishment of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women — to be known as UN Women — is a result of years of negotiations between UN Member States and advocacy by the global women’s movement. It is part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact..."
Keywords: Human Rights International Partnerships
Maggie Sullivan
After reading the UN's "Facts and Figures on Women Worldwide," one wonders why it took years of negotiations to establish this entity. From poverty, to education, health, violence, power and the media, the UN describes how women are disproportionately negatively effected. It is also striking to me that gender equality is now considered to be a goal in and of itself, in addition to a means to acheive all the Millenium Development Goals. Thank you so much for posting this Nayana.
Facts and Figures on Women Worldwide:
http://www.unwomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/UNWomen_FactsAndFiguresOnWo...
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