Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women

Headliners for 2003


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  • First Session of the Committee on Women opens at ESCWA on 4 December 2003

  • PRESS RELEASE: Mano River Women's Peace Network (MARWOPNET) has been awarded the United Nations Prize for Human Rights for 2003 by the UN General Assembly in recognition of its outstanding achievement in human rights.

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  • Message of the Secretary-General to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (25 November 2003)

  • Publication Announcement
    In recognition of the third anniversary of Security Council resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) has dedicated an issue of its journal Disarmament Forum to the topic of gender, disarmament and security. Issue 4, 2003, entitled Women, Men, Peace and Security, examines how gender relates to disarmament and security issues.

  • "Gender and post-conflict reconstruction: lessons learned from Afghanistan"
    The workshop was held on 10-11 July 2003 in Paris, France, and was a joint effort by the United Nations Inter-agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE) and OECD/DAC Network on Gender Equality.

  • Panel Discussion: "IMPACT OF 1325 --- REALITY OR FICTION?"
    Organized by the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAGI), Department of Political Affairs (DPA) and Inter-agency Taskforce on Women, Peace and Security to celebrate the 3rd anniversary of 1325, the panel discussion was held on 31 October 2003 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York

  • Panel Discussion: "Institutions and Change: Do Women Make a Difference?"
    Organized by the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, the panel discussion was held on Wednesday, 12 March 2003 at the UN Headquarters in New York

  • Preparatory meeting of National Women's Machineries
    was held on 1 March 2003 at the New York Helmsley Hotel to plan the 7th Meeting of Commonwealth Ministers Responsible for Women's/Gender Affairs. Ms. Angela E.V. King delivered the opening statement.

  • IANWGE Annual Meeting
    The annual meeting of the Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE) took place on 24 to 27 February 2003 at the UN Headquarters in New York. For more information, please visit the IANWGE website

  • Seven Women Elected to the International Criminal Court

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  • Women, Peace and Security
    Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) mandated the Secretary-General to carry out a study on the impact of armed conflict on women and girls, the role of women in peace-building and the gender dimensions of peace processes and conflict resolution. The study was launched in October 2002. Click on the image for the online version of the study. ORDER THE PUBLICATION ONLINE

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