UN Women  [to 15 March 2014]
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Press release: UN Women and Cherie Blair Foundation for Women form new partnership to accelerate women’s economic empowerment
Posted on March 14, 2014
At the 58th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, UN Women and the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women today announced a new partnership which will see the collaboration between UN Women’s Knowledge Gateway for Women’s Economic Empowerment and the Cherie Blair Foundation’s Mentoring Women in Business Programme. More

“What matters gets measured, and what we measure is what ends up mattering” – Deputy Executive Director John Hendra
Posted on March 13, 2014
Remarks by UN Women Deputy Executive Director Policy and Programme John Hendra, at the CSW58 side event on “Indicators for monitoring gender equality: Lessons learned from the MDGs”, New York, 12 March 2014. More

UN Women Arab States office launches Arabic version of the UN Women “One Woman” song
Posted on March 13, 2014
As part of this International Women’s Day commemoration on 8 March, UN Women Arab States office unveiled to the public the Arabic version of the UN Women “One Woman” song. More

Media advisory: CSW side event “Voices of African Women and Girls for the Post-2015 Development Agenda”
Posted on March 13, 2014
UN Women, the Agency for Cooperation and Research in Development (ACORD) and the World YWCA is co-hosting this event during the 58th session of CSW to amplify the voices of African women and girls in the post-2015 discussions. More

Remarks by Executive Director at the Nordic Council of Ministers’ side event on Promoting Gender Equality and Empowering Women and Girls through Education
Posted on March 12, 2014
Remarks by UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, at the Nordic Council of Ministers’ side event on Promoting Gender Equality and Empowering Women and Girls through Education, New York, 12 March 2014 More

Opening remarks by UN Women Executive Director at High-level event on MDG progress
Posted on March 12, 2014
Opening remarks of UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka during the High-Level event with Heads of UN Agencies “Accelerating progress on the MDGs for women and girls”, New York, 11 March. A joint statement by the Heads of UN organizations was also adopted at the event. More

I Got Flowers Today: Ending violence against women – the missing MDG
Posted on March 12, 2014
At a 11 March reception in honour of Mr. Stavros Lambrinidis, the European Union Special Representative for Human Rights, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka highlighted the importance of ending violence against women and read adapted excerpt from the poem “I Got Flowers Today”. More

Remarks by Executive Director at a side event on How the Sirleaf Market Women’s Fund of Liberia is Spearheading the Market Women’s Movement across Africa
Posted on March 12, 2014
Remarks by UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, at a side event on How the Sirleaf Market Women’s Fund of Liberia is Spearheading the Market Women’s Movement across Africa, New York, 12 March 2014 More

Remarks by Executive Director at the a side event on Engaging Men and Boys to achieve the Millennium Development Goals for Women and Girls
Posted on March 12, 2014
Remarks by UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, at a side event on Engaging Men and Boys to achieve the Millennium Development Goals for Women and Girls, New York, 12 March 2014 More

UN Women congratulates Michelle Bachelet on her inauguration as President of Chile
Posted on March 12, 2014
UN Women congratulates Michelle Bachelet for her inauguration as President of Chile on 11 March in a ceremony held in the Chilean Congress in Valparaiso. More

“We can get to ZERO!” – UN Women Executive Director
Posted on March 11, 2014
Remarks by UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UNAIDS special event on HIV and gender equality as part of the post-2015 agenda, New York, 11 March 2014 More

Remarks by John Hendra at a side event on Women and Water: Multipliers of Development
Posted on March 11, 2014
Remarks by UN Women Deputy Executive Director Policy and Programme John Hendra, at a side event on Women and Water: Multipliers of Development, New York, 11 March 2014 More

Progress for women in politics, but glass ceiling remains firm
Posted on March 11, 2014
The Women in Politics Map 2014 launched by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UN Women today shows that while progress on women’s political participation continues to be largely positive across the world, glass ceilings remain firmly in place for women at the highest levels. More

Women in Politics Map 2014 – Statement by John Hendra
Posted on March 11, 2014
Statement by UN Women Deputy Executive Director Policy and Programme John Hendra, New York, 11 March 2014 More

Opening statement by UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka at CSW58
Posted on March 10, 2014
In her opening statement at the 58th session of UN Commission on the Status of Women, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka outlined gaps and progress towards achieving the MDGs, and highlighted the #HeforShe campaign as part of an upcoming global campaign entitled “Empowering women empowering humanity – Picture it”. New York, 10 March 2014. More