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/ 2008-05-01T22:22:09+01:00 United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) http://www.unifem.org/ http://www.unifem.org/feeds/unifem_logo.gif Copyright (c) 2008 United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) FeedCreator 1.7.2-ppt (info@mypapit.net) 2008-04-29T06:00:00+01:00 2008-04-29T06:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2008-04-29:en/stories/676

The UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women is accepting applications for its 13th grant cycle (2008) for projects that support the implementation of national policies, laws and action plans on ending violence against women. read application guidelines ...

2008-04-22T06:00:00+01:00 2008-04-22T06:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2008-04-22:en/stories/675

UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman today called for millions of people to raise their voices against violence against women. "I know that there are millions around the world who care deeply about the issue - and I urge all of them to come on board," said the Academy Award-winning actress ...

2008-04-17T06:00:00+01:00 2008-04-17T06:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2008-04-17:en/stories/673

This is an unfortunate anniversary. Fourteen years ago, in April 1994, news got out that ethnic violence in Kigali was spreading throughout Rwanda. Since then, the world community has struggled to explain how the genocide of 800,000 people happened in full view, but less discussed is the ongoing impact of the ...

2008-04-10T06:00:00+01:00 2008-04-10T06:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2008-04-10:es/stories/669

La nueva directora ejecutiva del Fondo de la ONU para el Desarrollo de la Mujer (UNIFEM) afirmo hoy que la institucion requiere flexibilidad para ayudar a promover cambios que beneficien a las mujeres en los paises con diferentes mentalidades y politicas. En una rueda de prensa, Ines Alberdi se manifesto ...

2008-04-08T06:00:00+01:00 2008-04-08T06:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2008-04-08:en/stories/668

The appointment of Ines Alberdi of Spain as the new Executive Director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women, UNIFEM, has been announced by UNDP Administrator Kemal Derviş. Ines Alberdi has worked for over 25 years on gender issues and in politics. She comes to UNIFEM from her previous position ...

2008-04-03T06:00:00+01:00 2008-04-03T06:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2008-04-03:en/stories/667

UNIFEM's Gender Budgets Programme has begun publishing Gender Responsive Budgeting Newsletter, a quarterly publication that seeks to encourage knowledge sharing from gender budget initiatives around the world, share news on progress made in incorporating a gender perspective into budgeting, and inform practitioners of new resources and publications on gender-responsive budgeting (GRB). ...

2008-04-01T06:00:00+01:00 2008-04-01T06:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2008-04-01:en/stories/665

Participants of a high-level conference organized by UNIFEM and the Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) have issued a declaration calling for programmed increases of the proportion of women in recruitment and training for peacekeeping operations, proactive gender training programmes for peacekeepers and their organizations, integration of mission-specific gender training in pre-deployment ...

2008-03-31T06:00:00+01:00 2008-03-31T06:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2008-03-31:en/stories/666

The March 2008 issue of UNIFEM's electronic newsletter reports on the outcome of the 52nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women, which focused on "financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women." It also provides an update of UN activities to combat violence against women. ...

2008-03-27T06:00:00+01:00 2008-03-27T06:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2008-03-27:en/stories/670

Two United Nations agencies have joined forces with a local non-governmental organization (NGO) in Sierra Leone to heighten awareness of three new gender laws, passed by the West African nation's Parliament, in a bid to reduce the level of violence and abuse against women. The UN Integrated Office in Sierra Leone ...

2008-03-17T06:00:00+01:00 2008-03-17T06:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2008-03-17:en/stories/664

The Icelandic National Committee for UNIFEM handed over US$1.1 million to Ms. Joanne Sandler, UNIFEM's Executive Director a.i., on International Women's Day, 8 March 2008, after a weeklong campaign to raise funds for the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, which is managed by UNIFEM. "This is ...

2008-03-08T07:00:00+01:00 2008-03-08T07:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2008-03-08:en/stories/671

Top United Nations officials commemorated this year's International Women's Day by calling on countries to invest more in women and girls, warning that failing to do so will undermine efforts to achieve global development targets. In his message for the Day, Secretary-General drew attention to the "serious" gap between ...

2008-03-06T07:00:00+01:00 2008-03-06T07:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2008-03-06:en/stories/663

The Austrian National Committee for UNIFEM, represented by Ms. Julia Girardi and Ms. Marlene Parenzan, presented a donation of EUR 10,000 to UNIFEM Deputy Director Moez Doraid on 3 March 2008. The donation comes in response to UNIFEM's Say NO to Violence against Women campaign and will benefit the ...

2008-03-06T07:00:00+01:00 2008-03-06T07:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2008-03-06:en/stories/662

More than 125,000 people in China have signed on to UNIFEM's Internet-based advocacy campaign, Say NO to Violence against Women (www.saynotoviolence.org). The signatures were collected on a separate web site created on a pro-bono basis by NetEase, one of China's leading Internet portals and content providers (http://go.lady.163.com/vow/sites). They ...

2008-03-05T07:00:00+01:00 2008-03-05T07:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2008-03-05:en/stories/661

Statement by Joanne Sandler, International Women's Day, 8 March 2008.

2008-03-04T07:00:00+01:00 2008-03-04T07:00:00+01:00 tag:unifem.org,2008-03-04:en/stories/660

The Government of Senegal, led by President Abdoulaye Wade, has signed on to UNIFEM's Internet campaign, Say NO to Violence against Women (www.sayNOtoviolence.org). Today, during a ceremony in New York, Mrs. Awa Ndiaye, Minister of the Family, Women's Entrepreneurship and Microfinance, formally handed over the signatures to UNIFEM. Besides President ...