UN Women [to 21 June 2014]

UN Women [to 21 June 2014]
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‘Ending all forms of discrimination and violence against women by 2030 is the mission of our time’ – Executive Director
Posted on June 19, 2014
Closing remarks of UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka at the Executive Board Annual Session, 19 June 2014, New York.

UN organizations call for an end to forced, coercive and involuntary sterilization
Posted on June 18, 2014
The World Health Organization (WHO), along with OHCHR, UNAIDS, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and UN Women, have issued a statement on “Eliminating forced, coercive and otherwise involuntary sterilization”.

“It is not mission impossible; it is a mission of our time” – UN Women Executive Director
Posted on June 17, 2014
Opening Statement of UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka at the Annual Session of the UN Women Executive Board, 17 June 2014, New York.

Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights: Unfinished Business
Posted on June 16, 2014
In her speech at the first global event as part of UN Women’s Beijing+20 campaign, held as a side event to the Nordic Forum in Sweden, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka states that now is the time to transform gender relations.

Placing women’s human rights, women’s empowerment and gender equality at the centre of the global agenda
Posted on June 16, 2014
In her key note speech at the Nordic Forum in Sweden, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka says women’s collective action plays a critical role in holding decision-makers to account and advancing women’s rights.