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Domestic Workers Count too |
This 8th of March 2011-International Women's Day- UN
Women New York, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the
EC-UN Joint Migration and Development Initiative (JMDI) cordially inviteyou to
participate of the e-discussion "Domestic Workers Count too: Visibilising
and Protecting Women Migrant Domestic Workers through Legal and Social
Protections". Dr Jean D’Cunha, UN Women’s Global Migration Adviser,
together with Maya Gurung, a domestic worker and member of Pourakhi (an
organization of returnee women migrant workers in Nepal) guest launch the
e-discussion.To access and participate in the event, click here. |
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Former Chilean President to Head New High-Profile UN Women’s Agency |
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 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today named former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet to head United Nations Women (UN Women), a newly created entity to oversee all of the world body’s programmes aimed at promoting women’s rights and full participation in global affairs.
The new body — which will receive a large boost in funding and become operational in January — merges four UN agencies and offices: the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW), the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues, and the UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW).
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UN Creates New Entity for Empowerment of Women |
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In an historic move, the United Nations General Assembly voted unanimously on 2 July 2010 to create a new entity to accelerate progress in meeting the needs of women and girls worldwide.
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