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Presentation by Ms Carolyn Hannan, Director, DAW at the forty-fourth session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 21 July 2009, United Nations Headquarters, New York
Statement by Carolyn Hannan, Director, DAW at the International Working Group on Gender, Macroeconomics and International Economics, 13-14 July 2009, United Nations Headquarters, New York
Paper prepared by Ms Carolyn Hannan, Director, DAW at the International Conference on Gender and Disaster Risk Reduction, 20-22 April 2009, Beijing, China
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