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A Mother's Day Mission

Francine LeFrak | Posted 05.14.2012

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Francine LeFrak

This Mother's Day, I am even more motivated to find what else we, as women, can do on this day to advance global womanhood and empower each other.

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Girls Advocating for Girls

Kathy Calvin | Posted 05.05.2012

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Kathy Calvin

Girls have the powerful potential to be innovators, entrepreneurs, and leaders in their communities, if given the chance and environment to thrive.

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Leadership: It's a Female Thing

Monika Mitchell | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Nada Jain, Women's Empowerment, Leadership, Women's Rights, ISIS Fund/Women's World Banking, Women's Leadership, C-Suite, Criterion Ventures, United Nations, Gender Diversity, Inclusion of Women, Jackie VanderBrug, Calvert Foundation, Financial Crisis, Jo-Ann Tan, Sally Boulter, Golden Seeds, Women, Acumen Fund, Economic Crisis, Anwarul Chowdhury, Christine Lagarde, Equal Pay, Winds of Change, Bangladesh, Women in the Boardroom, CJ Juhasz, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Resolution 1325, Multicultural Capital, U.N. Women, Georgie Benardete, Angela Merkel, Hillary Clinton, Noelle St. Clair, Women Leaders, Shamaya Gilo, Women News
Monika Mitchell

The event marked a shift in action -- we are tired of waiting for men to open the door for us. Ladies and gentlemen ... in the 21st century, we are opening the doors for ourselves.

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Hunger Can't Wait

Jose Graziano da Silva | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Fight Against World Hunger, Fao, Poverty, Fao Save and Grow, Women-and-Hunger, World Hunger, United Nations, Un Women, Fighting Hunger, World News
Jose Graziano da Silva

Today, some 1 billion people are still undernourished and many countries are far from achieving the first millennium development goal of halving the proportion of people living in hunger and extreme poverty by 2015.

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The Women Behind 'Peace Unveiled'

Kavita N. Ramdas | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Jirga, Peace Talks, Abigail Disney, Politics, Pbs, Brown vs. Board of Education, War, Eikenberry, Afghanistan, Hillary Clinton, Peace by Practice, Karzai, Un Women, Awn, Ail, Women News
Kavita N. Ramdas

"Where after all do human rights begin?" asked Eleanor Roosevelt many years ago. "In small places, close to home, so small you cannot see them on a map."

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United Nations Assignment: How Do You Create "We Are the World" for Women?

Beth Blatt | Posted 12.05.2011

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Beth Blatt

We also want women from villages all over the world to sing along on the refrain of the song, "We Shall Shine." No idea how to make that happen. But we will.

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Joshua Hersh

Clinton Promotes Women's Rights Treaty That U.S. Has Not Joined

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Women's Rights Treaty, Melanne Verveer, UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, Cedaw, Global Women's Rights, Hillary Clinton, Un, Un Women, Secretary of State Clinton, World News

NEW YORK -- On the eve of high-level meetings for the United Nations' general assembly, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attended an event on Monday...

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The World's Women and the Pursuit of Justice

Michelle Bachelet | Posted 09.07.2011

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Michelle Bachelet

Our report is a call for action -- setting challenges for national governments, civil societies and the international community. UN Women will work to support this agenda, with the benefits to be felt by everyone.

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Startling Facts From New U.N. Agency's Report On Women

Posted 09.05.2011

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The United Nations' newest agency -- UN Women -- takes an ambitious and sometimes startling look at gender equality and women's rights around the worl...

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An Inside Look at UN Women's First Year

Elizabeth Dickinson | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Michelle Bachelet, Women's Rights, Hillary Clinton Women's Rights, Liberia, Sex Crimes, Sexual Crimes, Un, Un Women, World News
Elizabeth Dickinson

UN Women is releasing its first annual look at the state of females worldwide. And it focuses on exactly that: peace and justice, a sector that underlies many of the areas in which women lag behind.

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Saudi Women's Driving Ban Rises to Critical Rights Issue

Sabria Jawhar | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Islam, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Women's Driving Ban, King Abdullah, Sheikh Al Al-Bani, Sheikh Ahmed Bin Baz, Manal Al-Sarif, Un Women, World News
Sabria Jawhar

There was a time when I believed the debate about women banned from driving cars was trivial. It distracted from the real problems of the denial of women's rights. The imprisonment of Manal Al-Sherif has changed all that.

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Muslim Women's Self-reliance and Clinton's Guidance Could Ensure Reforms

Ida Lichter, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Muslim Women's Rights, Muslim Brotherhood, President Ahmadinejad, Michelle Bachelet, Sharia Law, Tunisia Revolution, Un Women, Iran, Egypt Revolution, Middle East, Iranian Revolution, Muslim Women, Tunisia, Radical Islam, Tunisia Uprising, National Liberation Front Party, Afghanistan, Hillary Clinton, Algeria, World News
Ida Lichter, M.D.

In this crucial post-coup stage, women who fought for change should heed the betrayals of gender rights in Algeria and Iran during periods of crisis.

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Women's Empowerment Principles Make It Clear: Equality Means Business

Kiyotaka Akasaka | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kiyotaka Akasaka

Let's face it, while the glass ceiling may have hundreds of thousands or even millions of cracks, it is made of sturdy silica and has yet to crumble at our feet.

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Celebrating Women Who Forge Democracy In Liberia

Tabby Biddle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Empowerment, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Hillary Clinton, Women's Rights, United Nations, Michelle Bachelet, Liberia, International Women's Day, Women Leaders, Un Women, Women's Day, Impact News
Tabby Biddle

Liberia is not only the first country in Africa to democratically elect a woman as president, but the home to one of the first female peacekeeping units.

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The Party Is Just Starting for UN Women

Leslie Grossman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Women's Equality, Women's Rights, Women, Women's Healthcare, Un Women, World News
Leslie Grossman

If there is no gender equality here in the U.S., how can we possibly expect it in the rest of the world? Are we the example for the world to follow?

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Supporting a Real Women's Champion

Ritu Sharma | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ritu Sharma

Economies are strained worldwide, but economies will be the first to benefit if women are fully able to participate in all of their nation's activities.

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UN Women's 100-Day Plan: Vision, Ambition and Common Sense

Carol Peasley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carol Peasley

All of us who care about women's issues should applaud the path Michelle Bachelet is forging for UN Women.

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Can UN Women Reverse the United Nations' Absent-Minded Approach to Gender Equality?

Natalie MacNeil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gender Equality, Michelle Bachelet, Ban Ki-Moon, United Nations, Un Women, Leadership, Women's Rights, Women, World News
Natalie MacNeil

More alarming than the lack of hoopla surrounding the launch of UN Women is the fact that women are rarely appointed to leadership roles within the agency.

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A Bad Bargain for All

Roya Boroumand | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam Women, Islam, Womens Rights, Muslim Women, Human Rights, Iranian Women, Iran Un, Iran, Un Women, Muslim, World News
Roya Boroumand

Iran's influence on the board of UN Women is a threat to the progress achieved by women's rights movements in Muslim countries that still linger under centuries-old traditions and autocratic regimes.

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Iran to Defend Women's Rights and Philosophy? No, Unfortunately, it's Not a Joke

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, United Nations, Un Women, World News
Bernard-Henri Lévy

We are now nearing the moment when, from little arrangements to great back-downs, from cultural concessions to totalitarian power grabs, the United Nations institution itself will be ready for the scrap heap.

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Three Early Moves for Michelle Bachelet's UN Start-Up for Women

Nandini Oomman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, Un Women, United Nations, World News
Nandini Oomman

Given her financial constraints, Michelle Bachelet would do well to think of the new UN entity dedicated to women as a start-up, one with not a lot of money, but serious potential investors and plenty of energy and commitment.

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