Latest news items from the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). UNIFEM is the women's fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies to foster women's empowerment and gender equality. http://www.unifem.org/news_events/ 2010-03-16T16:10:00+01:00 United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) http://www.unifem.org/ http://www.unifem.org/feeds/unifem_logo.gif Copyright (c) 2010 United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) FeedCreator 1.7.2-ppt (info@mypapit.net) 2010-03-10T07:00:00+01:00 2010-03-10T07:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2010-03-10:en/stories/1052

Speech by Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), 54th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, Plenary Session, 10 March 2010.

2010-03-08T07:00:00+01:00 2010-03-08T07:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2010-03-08:en/stories/1049

Speech by Inés Alberdi, Press Conference on the Launch of the Women’s Empowerment Principles, 8 March 2010.

2010-03-08T07:00:00+01:00 2010-03-08T07:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2010-03-08:en/stories/1048

The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the UN Global Compact (UNGC) today called on the business community to implement recruitment and retention practices that advance women’s empowerment and inclusion and urged them to proactively appoint women as managers, executives and board members. The call for action is ...

2010-03-05T07:00:00+01:00 2010-03-05T07:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2010-03-05:en/stories/1054

The March 2010 issue of UNIFEM’s electronic newsletter focuses on the 54th session of the Commission on the Status of Women. The Commission is reviewing the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 15 years after its adoption at the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995. UNIFEM ...

2010-03-04T07:00:00+01:00 2010-03-04T07:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2010-03-04:en/stories/1051

Speech by Inés Alberdi, Women Thrive Worldwide and UNIFEM Co-Host Second Annual International Women’s Day Legislative Breakfast Event in Washington, DC — "Lessons from the Frontline: Haiti, Afghanistan, and the Challenge to Build a More Secure World".

2010-03-04T07:00:00+01:00 2010-03-04T07:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2010-03-04:en/stories/1045

Statement by Inés Alberdi, International Women’s Day, 8 March 2010.

2010-03-04T07:00:00+01:00 2010-03-04T07:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2010-03-04:fr/stories/1045

Déclaration par Inés Alberdi,

2010-03-04T07:00:00+01:00 2010-03-04T07:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2010-03-04:es/stories/1045

Declaración de Inés Alberdi,

2010-03-04T07:00:00+01:00 2010-03-04T07:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2010-03-04:en/stories/1044

UNIFEM has launched a Global Virtual Knowledge Centre to End Violence against Women and Girls. The one-stop centre will support practitioners around the world in effective design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes. The web-based site brings together lessons learned to date and recommended practices gleaned from ...

2010-03-03T07:00:00+01:00 2010-03-03T07:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2010-03-03:en/stories/1046

The voices of Haitian women and their families were highlighted at a side event in relation to the Commission on the Status of Women on 3 March, hosted by the Permanent Mission of Haiti to the United Nations along with UNIFEM, UNDP and the Huairou Commission. The panel addressed ...

2010-03-03T07:00:00+01:00 2010-03-03T07:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2010-03-03:en/stories/1043

Women are key to rebuilding Afghanistan and Haiti and putting both nations on the path to secure and sustainable development, according to two prominent women leaders from those nations. Suraya Pakzad, Director of Voice of Women in Herat, Afghanistan, who was named by TIME magazine as one of the world’s ...

2010-03-03T07:00:00+01:00 2010-03-03T07:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2010-03-03:en/stories/1042

Statement by Inés Alberdi, Presented at a Reception by the UN Interagency Task Force on Adolescent Girls during the 54th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, 3 March 2010.

2010-03-02T07:00:00+01:00 2010-03-02T07:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2010-03-02:en/stories/1039

The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) today announced that it has recorded 183,132 actions to end violence against women through its Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women initiative. This tally far surpasses the initial goal for Say NO of stimulating more than 100,000 actions by ...

2010-03-01T07:00:00+01:00 2010-03-01T07:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2010-03-01:en/stories/1037

Speech by Inés Alberdi, 54th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, 1 March 2010

2010-02-26T07:00:00+01:00 2010-02-26T07:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2010-02-26:en/stories/1035

The 54th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will be held 1–12 March 2010 at UN Headquarters. The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) invites you to several press conferences and parallel events in the context of the meeting and the fifteen-year review of ...

2010-02-22T07:00:00+01:00 2010-02-22T07:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2010-02-22:en/stories/1032

UNIFEM co-sponsored an event hosted by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on 22 February at UN Headquarters in New York, on the theme of Engaging Philanthropy to Promote Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment. Coinciding with International Corporate Philanthropy Day, the special event highlighted expanding and new ...

2010-02-22T07:00:00+01:00 2010-02-22T07:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2010-02-22:en/stories/1031

Speech by Inés Alberdi, Engaging Philanthropy to Promote Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, Press Conference, 22 February 2010