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16 January, 2008
UN-INSTRAW participated in the Workshop organized by the Swiss Campaign to Ban Landmines that was held on 15 January 2008 in Geneva, Switzerland. The objective of the workshop was to obtain inputs from the participants for the preparation of a training kit on gender and mine action.
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23 November, 2007
 From November 19th to 21st 2007, UN-INSTRAW participated in the High-Level Dialogue on the National-Level Implementation of Resolution 1325 (2000) in Latin America and the Caribbean. This event was organized by the Office of the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women (OSAGI) and the Women and Development Unit of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) at the UN regional commission headquarters in Santiago de Chile.
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26 November, 2007
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon issued a statement for 25 November 2007, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, condemning violence against women and announcing a system-wide multi-year campaign through 2015. The campaign will focus on three key areas: global advocacy; United Nations leadership by example; and strengthened partnerships at the national and regional levels to support the work of Governments, civil society, the private sector and others. |
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30 November, 2007
 The United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW) is participating actively in the provision of emergency response of Tropical Storm Noel in the Dominican Republic. The storm left the country in a state of national emergency where response and recovery efforts continue. According to the latest reports from the National Emergency Committee (CNE), 87 people have been killed, 48 are still unaccounted for and approximately 3,400 have been rescued from dangerous situations. Some 16,700 houses have been completely or partially destroyed and 26 out of 32 provinces (80 % of the country) have been seriously affected.
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