UN Women [to 5 December 2015]
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Selected Press Releases
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“Women and girls are essential climate actors” —Lakshmi Puri in Paris
Date: 04 December 2015
Remarks by UN Women Deputy Executive Director Lakshmi Puri at GLOBE International’s annual legislators’ summit dubbed “Towards Coherence and Impact” at the Assemblé Nationale of Paris, 4 December 2015.
Empowering and including women and girls with disabilities
Date: 02 December 2015
Women and girls with disabilities remain at the margins of decision-making and work on gender equality. For too long, the specific needs of women with disabilities have been invisible, both to the advocates of women’s rights and those of disability rights
Statement by UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka for World AIDS Day
Date: 01 December 2015
In her statement for World AIDS day, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka highlights the importance of breaking down barriers that stop women and girls demanding health care services and realizing their rights
UN launches regional programme to eradicate child marriage
Date: 30 November 2015
In Panama City on 24 November, on occasion of the beginning of the 16 days of activism and the commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the regional offices of UN Women, UNFPA, UNAIDS, UNICEF and the Pan American Health Organization, presented a new joint programme for the eradication of child marriage.