Other UN Gender-Related News
The following gender-related news headlines from other UN entities are pulled from the UN Gender Equality News Feed, provided courtesy of Womenwatch.
- UNFPA: Renewing Commitment to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (06.02.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Using Performing Arts to End Violence against Women in Papua New Guinea (06.02.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Audio: Female Volunteer Network Brings Life-saving Services to Rural Nepal (06.02.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Audio: Women-run Advocacy Organization Improves Lives in Nepal (06.02.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Audio: African Women Move to Abandon Female Genital Mutilation (06.02.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Audio: Political and Economic Empowerment Top UN Women Plans for 2012 (03.02.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Video: UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet Outlines Priorities for 2012, Emphasizes Economic Empowerment and Political Participation of Women (03.02.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Sudan: Campaign against Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Cutting Goes to School (03.02.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Two Districts in Ethiopia's Afar Region Officially Abandon Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (03.02.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Audio: UN Women to Push for Women's Empowerment in 2012 (02.02.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Michelle Bachelet Outlines Action Agenda to Advance Equality as UN Women Completes One Year (02.02.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Audio: Promoting Girls' Interest in the ICT field (02.02.12)
Source: (author unknown) - UN Secretary-General Visits Girls School in Gaza Strip During Trip to Middle East (02.02.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Remarks by Michelle Bachelet on the One Year Anniversary of UN Women (02.02.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Audio: Young Displaced Haitian Women Train in Fashion Design (02.02.12)
Source: (author unknown) - IEEE and UNESCO Sign Partnership to Promote Engineering Education in Africa (02.02.12)
Source: r.amelan@unesco.org - UN Women and UNDP to Partner with EU to Foster Women's Effective Participation in Peace-building and Post-conflict Recovery (01.02.12)
Source: UN Women - More Communities in Senegal Disavow Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting (01.02.12)
Source: UNFPA - Video: Former Haitian Dictator "Baby Doc" Should Be Tried for Torture, Rape and Killings, says OHCHR (01.02.12)
Source: OHCHR - Video: More Than 50 percent of Afghans Approve of Women's Participation in the Police Force (01.02.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Literacy Project Launched in Senegal in Collaboration with UNESCO and Procter and Gamble (01.02.12)
Source: UNESCO - Somalia: Sexual and Gender-based Violence on the Rise in Hargeisa IDP Camps (31.01.12)
Source: IRIN News - Rural Organizations in Focus for the International Year of Cooperatives (31.01.12)
Source: IFAD - Survivors of Violence in South Sudan Tell their Stories (31.01.12)
Source: WFP - Intel and UNFPA to Boost Health Workers' Skills around the World (31.01.12)
Source: UNFPA - Drought Affects Millions in The Sahel (30.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Italy Must Urgently Act to End Violence against Women, UN Rights Expert Says (29.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Women as the Way Forward, Remarks by Ms. Bachelet at the World Economic Forum (27.01.12)
Source: UN Women - Audio News Report: Harmonal Contraceptives Under the Spotlight; Lack of Decent Jobs for African Women; Egyptian Women Demand Reforms (27.01.12)
Source: UN Radio - Speech by Ms. Lakshmi Puri, Deputy Executive Director UN Women, on the Zero Draft of the Rio+20 Outcome Document (27.01.12)
Source: UN Women - India's Barefoot College and UNESCO Join Forces for Girls' and Women's Empowerment (27.01.12)
Source: UNESCO - UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet Addresses the Council of Europe on Advancing Women's Rights Worldwide (26.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Women's Education 'Smartest Global Investment,' Ban Tells World Economic Forum (25.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet to Address Council of Europe and Attend World Economic Forum in Davos (25.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Protest Anniversary Marked in Egypt, Women Call for More Political Reform (25.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Davos: Big Questions from Top Delegates to the World Economic Forum (25.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Every Woman, Every Child Side Event at the World Economic Forum (25.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - UN "Outraged" by Allegations of Sexual Exploitation of Minors in Haiti (24.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Michelle Bachelet Statement at 2012 First Regular Session of UN Women Executive Board (24.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Video: North Africa Employment Trends 2012 - An Interview with Dorothea Schmidt (24.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Haiti: UN Opens Probe into Cases of Alleged Child Sexual Exploitation (23.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - UN Launches Web Portal to Help Young Women Pursue Technology Careers (23.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Audio: Africa's Sole Female President Vows to Promote Equality (23.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Bangladeshi Micro-credit Model Helps Empower Zambian Women (23.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Kenya: Male Circumcision - Women Need Counselling Too (22.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Young Mother from Sudan's Blue Nile Recounts Struggle to Survive (20.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Land Rights for Women can Help Ease India's Child Malnutrition Crisis (20.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - A Boost for the World's Poorest Schools (20.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Eastern, Southern Africa Scale Up Efforts against High AIDS Prevalence - UN Official (19.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - In Brief: Southern Sudanese Women Face Multiple Risks - Report (19.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - In Haiti, an Unprecedented Expansion in Nutrition Services for Children and Women (19.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - One Year On: UN Women Widens Donor Base, Strengthens Partnerships (19.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - New Oxfam Report Argues 'Inclusive Growth' Must Include Women (19.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Health: Unsafe Abortions "On the Rise" (18.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - UN and South-east Asian Nations Partner to End Violence against Women and Children (18.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Prioritizing Education and Promoting Gender Equality in South Sudan (18.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - UNODC and London-based Watchmakers Backes and Strauss Partner to Help Victims of Human Trafficking (18.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - South Sudan Women Working to Overcome Food Insecurity (18.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Faudhia Regains Her Hope For The Future (18.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - UNFPA Joins the 'Hellosmile' Global Project to Prevent Cervical Cancer (18.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women Extends Application Deadline to 23 January 2012 (18.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Molly's World: A Girl Films Her Life In A Nairobi Slum (17.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Netherlands Provides US$10 Million for UNICEF Education Programme in Zambia (17.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Women: A Driving Force In Nuclear Power Programmes (17.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet Speech: Building Democracy, Reflections from Chile (17.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Report: Enabling Rural Women's Economic Empowerment (17.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - UNEP Report: Women at the Frontline of Climate Change - Gender Risks and Hopes (17.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Video: Closing the Gap between Men and Women in Agriculture (17.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Women in Azerbaijan Defend Property Rights (16.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - UNFPA Report: HIV Prevention Gains Momentum (16.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet Speech: From the Street to the Political Arena (16.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - UN Trust Fund: Breaking the Silence Around Violence against Women (16.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Kenya: The Downside of Male Involvement in the Prevention of Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV (15.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Violence against Women: Prevention, Protection and Empowerment in Haiti (13.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - For Haiti, Lighting Up the Camps and 'Smile Clinics' (13.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet Travels to Beirut to Discuss Women's Role in Transition to Democracy (13.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Survey Raises Alarm over Mother, Child Malnutrition in Sindh (13.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Food Insecurity in Pakistan Rises to 58%, National Nutritional Survey (13.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Millions of Children in Asia to Receive Quality Education (13.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Equity Investment in Rural Armenia: A Business Model with a Development Impact (13.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Congolese Girls and Boys Fight Discrimination (13.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - UN Agency Seeks Solution for Long-term Refugees in Eastern Sudan (12.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - At Bangladesh Drop-in Centre, UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake Visits a Bank Operated by Vulnerable Girls (12.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Iraq: New Research Highlights Link between FGM/C and Mental Disorders (12.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - New Climate Agreement Increases Gender Equality Commitments (11.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Pakistan: Threatened and Attacked for Venturing Outdoors (10.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Million Names, Million Voices: Break the Silence to End Violence against Women and Girls (10.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Jatun Sach'a – Benefiting Thousands of Farmers' Families in Bolivia (10.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Congolese Girls and Boys Fight Discrimination (10.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - More Funds Required to Continue Nutrition and Health Projects in Haiti (09.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - UNICEF helps young people address and prevent sexual violence in DR Congo (09.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Mexican women fight exploitation (09.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Dignity and determination of women to overcome abuses: Ban (06.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Safe Houses Provide Critical Support to Survivors of Violence in Haiti (06.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Three-fold increase in the number of executions in Saudi Arabia last year compared to 2010 "alarming" (06.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - UNFPA 2011 Maternal Health Highlights (06.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Thirty-five UNICEF-constructed schools inaugurated in flood-affected districts of Southern Punjab (05.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Leadership in Communities: Thai Women Preparing for Natural Disasters (05.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Secretary-General talks about his second term (05.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - In Mogadishu, Nothing Is Simple (05.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Exploring Linkages (05.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - House of Hope helps Afghan women prisoners to reintegrate into society (05.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - ECLAC Updates Economic, Social and Environmental Indicators in a New Edition of the Statistical Yearbook (05.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - DRC / BOYS YOUTH VIOLENCE
: UNICEF and AVSI (Association of Volunteers for International Service) have established single sex youth discussion groups throughout the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo to help reduce violent behaviour and gender inequalities. UNICEF (05.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Cash handouts for poorest Liberians (05.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Human Development Report 2011- Sustainability and Equity: a better future for all <span>[pdf 5.81 MB]</span> (04.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - UN Launches $3M Food Program in Urban Afghanistan (04.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - ETHIOPIA: New PMTCT plan needs men (03.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Women in the Pacific Islands promote their rights (03.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Olga's story: an account of sexual abuse in Guatemala (03.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Global Strategy to Stop Health-Care Providers from Performing FGM (03.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Engaging Men and Boys in Gender Equality (03.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - Delivering as One on Gender-Based Violence (03.01.12)
Source: (author unknown) - In Three Asian Countries, a Look at Ethnic Beliefs on Maternal and Child Health - 06 December 2011 (30.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - 2011 in review (30.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - UNFPA Helps Prevent Maternal and Newborn Deaths in Flood-Affected Areas in the Philippines - 23 December 2011 (30.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - HINDI #52: Antar Rashtriya Patrika (30.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - Youths Vow to Protect Themselves and Others - 22 December 2011 (30.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - UNFPA Chief Speaks About HIV, Maternal Health and Leadership - 09 December 2011 (29.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - 6,000 Ethiopian migrants stranded in Yemen (29.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - Report of the global meeting on skewed sex ratios at birth (29.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - MDGInfo 2011 available online! (29.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - Former President of Chile Michelle Bachelet presents report on Social Protection Floor to President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil (29.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - End gender-based violence, says UNRWA Commissioner-General (29.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - Empowering women who head households in the Gaza Strip (29.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - Afghan women make voices heard at Bonn Conference (29.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - Significant progress seen in education in 2011 (29.12.11)
Source: botadmin - BOSNIA / GENDER BASED VIOLENCE (25.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - PAKISTAN: Low awareness of hidden FGM/C practices (25.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - Women's Political and Civil Rights in Egypt (22.12.11)
Source: ONU Femmes - YEMEN: Unrest puts child marriage issue on back burner (21.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - MADAGASCAR: Legal aid clinics help rural women (21.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - Egypt: UN official deplores attacks against female protesters (20.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - UN envoy welcomes new measure to stop violence against children (18.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - Online volunteer for Delta Women in Nigeria (16.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - Gay and transgender human rights systematically violated (16.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - UN Announces SEED Award Winners, First Gender Equality Award Winner 2011 (16.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - Women in South Sudan want to help build their new nation (16.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - International Center for Women Artists to open in Amman under the auspices of UNESCO (16.12.11)
Source: r.amelan@unesco.org - UN-backed international centre for women in arts to open in Jordan (15.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - Viet Nam: UN-backed study shows well-being disparities for children, women (15.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - Women's Media in Albania Joins the 16 Days of Activism (14.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - UNEP: Women at the frontline of climate change - Gender risks and hopes (14.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - Ugandan woman elected to serve on UN World Court (14.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - South Sudanese Women Call for their Full Engagement in the Development Planning for South Sudan (14.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - Social Media Voices for Freedom and Justice (14.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - Rural Women Learn Modern Irrigation Technology in China (14.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - PAKISTAN / CHILD MARRIAGE (14.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - Paraguay will improve employment opportunities for youth and women with IDB support (14.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - UN issues first report on human rights of gay and lesbian people (14.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - UN officials urge eradication of sexual violence in Africa's Great Lakes region (14.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - Gazans Unite at Festival to Combat Violence against Women (14.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - Young women in India learn to express their views through film (14.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - CLIMATE CHANGE: Rural women make themselves heard in Durban (08.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - Investing In Bulls, Woman Begins To Escape From Poverty (07.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - India's widows get some hope (07.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - Women are at higher risk during climate disasters: UN (07.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - Volunteering to prevent and eliminate gender-based violence in Aceh, Indonesia (07.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - Why volunteering matters in gender-based violence intervention in Cambodia (07.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - UN Women Urges Full Participation of Afghan Women in the Road Ahead from Bonn (07.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - PAKISTAN: SWAT women face dual burden (07.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - Bicycle race highlights campaign against gender-based violence in Aida camp (07.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - #AskUNiTE and chat with Campaign Manager Aldijana Sisic! (07.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - Safe PLaCES help flood-affected children and women prevent child marriage in Pakistan (06.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - In Zimbabwe, school grants provide equal learning opportunities to girls (06.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - 10 December: Human Rights Day 2011 (06.12.11)
Source: a.trujillo-fernandez@unesco.org - UN agencies condemn violence against Mexican peace activists (05.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - Saying No: 16 Days Against Gender Violence - 02 December 2011 (05.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - Griots Help Reduce Cutting in Guinea (05.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - Michelle Bachelet Statement at the Second Regular Session of UN Women Executive Board (05.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - 'Love Journey' social media contest opens online site for submissions (05.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - Circle Painting 'Joining hands to end violence against women and girls in Viet Nam' (05.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - Calling for Stronger Action to Eliminate Violence Against Women (05.12.11)
Source: (author unknown) - 'Women can save the world' - Interview with Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (05.12.11)
Source: a.trujillo-fernandez@unesco.org
