UN Women [to 14 June 2014]
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UN Women calls for women’s meaningful engagement with ICTs to become the rule, not the exception
Posted on June 13, 2014
At the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)+10 held in Geneva on 10 June, UN Women Deputy Executive Director Lakshmi Puri called on stakeholders to invest and undertake interventions and special measures to ensure women’s digital empowerment.

At ECOSOC UN Women calls for the mainstreaming of a gender perspective into all policies and programmes
Posted on June 13, 2014
Statement by Deputy Executive Director Lakshmi Puri, at the ECOSOC Coordination and Management Session of 2014, 12 June 2014, New York.

Major global event for Beijing+20 campaign in Sweden
Posted on June 12, 2014
On Saturday 14 June 2014, UN Women will host the first in a series of global events as part of the Beijing+20 Campaign, which commemorates the 20-year anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and the visionary Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Focused on ensuring the human rights of women, the event will be held in collaboration with the Government of Sweden and the Nordic Forum in Malmö, Sweden.

World Cup Fans to be greeted with new app: ending violence against women is the goal
Posted on June 12, 2014
Posters, billboards and ads on public transit will promote a new smartphone app that provides information for women who’ve experienced violence.

Press release: Turning the tide on sexual violence in conflict, new UN guidance on reparations launched
Posted on June 11, 2014
At the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict being held in London, U.K., UN Women today launched along with OHCHR the UN Secretary-General’s Guidance Note on Reparations for Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, a blueprint for promoting gender-sensitive approaches to the design and delivery of reparations for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence.

UN Egypt calls for firm stand on violence against women
Posted on June 11, 2014
The United Nations in Egypt has been following with deep concern the recent reports and statistics indicating the high prevalence of sexual harassment in Egypt. The UN calls upon authorities, civil society and stakeholders to join forces and take a firm stand against all forms of gender-based violence in Egypt.

UN Women to push for concrete action at the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict
Posted on June 10, 2014
British Foreign Secretary William Hague and Special Envoy for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Angelina Jolie are co-chairing the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict on 10-13 June 2014 at ExCel, an exhibition and conference centre in London, United Kingdom. UN Women Executive Director, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, will attend the summit to advocate for greater global action and to continue to advance the work of UN Women in this area at a global level.