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World Survey on the Role of Women in Development (2009)
The UN Secretary-General's database on violence against women
53rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (2 - 13 March 2009)
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Paper prepared by Ms Carolyn Hannan, Director, DAW at the International Conference on Gender and Disaster Risk Reduction, 20-22 April 2009, Beijing, China
Opening Remarks by Carolyn Hannan, Director, DAW at the viewing and discussion of the film “Heroic Girlz”, 6 March 2009
Remarks by Ms Carolyn Hannan, Director, DAW at the Performance of MIKA, a theatrical production on violence against women, 5 March 2009
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53rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women
(2 to 13 March 2009, in UN Headquarters, New York)
News & Announcements
newClick here for important information about the communications procedure of the Commission on the Status of Women and the approaching 14 August 2009 deadline for submissions for CSW54.
Ms. Helvi Sipilä, the first woman to hold the rank of Assistant Secretary-General at the United Nations, passed away on 15 May 2009 at age 94. »Read more
Download the full Inventory of United Nations system activities to prevent and eliminate violence against women (May 2009)
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Latest VAW E-newsletter (Issue No. 3)
(April 2009)
Report of the online discussion on "Women in Leadership Roles"
Report of the online discussion on "Women, political participation and decision-making in Africa"
The final report from the Expert Group Meeting on good practices in legislation on violence against women is now available (October 2008)
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»Read the official press release
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