From UN WOMEN A new partnership focused on reforming gender-discriminatory laws was unveiled today at an event co-hosted by UN Women, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and Equality Now, in New York. The “Roadmap for Substantive Equality: 2030” aims at repealing or amending laws that discriminate against women and girls, and ensuring that laws are grounded
From UN WOMEN Opening statement by UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka at the UN Women Executive Board First Regular Session for the year 2017 Date: 14 February 2017 [As delivered] Madame Vice President, Members of the Executive Board, Distinguished delegates, Colleagues and friends, Please allow me to thank and recognize our
Via UNESCO The Promising Practices Database presents initiatives from around the world that help contribute in a meaningful way to improving TVET in their context, whether it be local, national or regional. Four new Promising Practices have been added to the ever-growing database and can now be accessed online. Promising Practices have a board scope
From UNFPA “I’ve been married for five years – since I was 12 – but I haven’t gone to live with my husband yet,” said Rupali Kurmi, from Kapilvastu district, in Nepal. “That’s happening in about three weeks’ time.” This Valentine’s Day, for its annual #IDONT campaign, UNFPA is partnering with artists to raise awareness
Via UNESCO Baghdad, 12 February 2017 – On 9 February, UNESCO, together with the Ministry of Education of Iraq, launched the piloting of a national Student Information Management System (SIMS). The SIMS aims at providing accurate and up-to-date information on the education system in Iraq, immediately available for effective decision-making. “The piloting of the
As Mr. Ahmad Alhendawi brings to a close his tenure as the first-ever Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, a position he held since January 2013, see below some of the highlights of his last week at the United Nations. Mr. Alhendawi’s last week at the United Nations was kicked off with the official opening of the
Watch video on webtv.un.org Ladies and Gentlemen, It’s an enormous pleasure and an enormous honor to be here. I am very grateful to your Highness [Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum] for your very kind invitation. If one looks at today’s governance problems at the country level, between countries or at multilateral governance in the
Via UNDP Helen Clark became the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme in 2009, and is the first woman to lead the organization. She also chairs the United Nations Development Group. 12 February 2017 - I am pleased to join you at this World Government Summit Side Event on Youth and Governance: Perspectives on
To mark this International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we bring you the story of Katherine Jin - a young female scientist and how her scientific invention helps safeguard health workers.
10 February 2017 – In his second term in office, former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon established the Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, subsequently appointing Mr. Ahmad Alhendawi of Jordan as his first-ever Envoy on Youth – the youngest senior official in the history of the Organization. “I think with my appointment, the
