All 17 Global Goals interrelated, with strong links to gender equality – senior UN official
Nov 01, 2017, at 01:23 pm
New York, Nov 1(Just Earth News): Addressing challenges faced by women in the world of work is a key theme for a United Nations forum on leveraging the power of partnerships to drive the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Oct 28, 2017, at 09:47 am
New York, Oct 28(Just Earth News): At the Security Council on Friday, a senior United Nations official called on Member States, regional organizations and civil society for greater partnership to boost women’s participation at all levels and help ensure UN peace efforts are stronger and more sustainable.
UN reports slow women’s political parity; launches latest ‘Women in Politics’ map
Mar 16, 2017, at 01:50 pm
New York, Mar 16 (Just Earth News): Women’s voices are still missing from the executive branches of governments and parliaments worldwide, slowing achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the United Nations agency tasked with supporting gender equality on Wednesday said at the launch of a visual representation of women’s political empowerment.
UN statistics forum addresses efforts to support Global Goal on gender equality
Oct 25, 2016, at 02:33 pm
New York, Oct 25 (Just Earth News): On Monday marks the start of the 6th Global Forum on Gender Statistics, a two day event in Helsinki, Finland, that will highlight ways to improve data on gender in order to support better policies for women and girls and Goal 5 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
UN Women launches report spotlighting gender equality in global universities
Sep 21, 2016, at 12:24 pm
New York, Sept 21 (Just Earth News): On the sidelines of the 71st United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, UN Women unveiled a report by 10 global universities that lays out their concrete commitments and charts their progress towards achieving gender parity.
UN Commission on Status of Women opens with calls to ‘seize the day;’ ensure gender equality
Mar 15, 2016, at 02:27 pm
New York, Mar 15 (Just Earth News/IBNS):At the opening of the 60th session of the Comion on the Status of Women, United Nations officials on Monday highlighted the progress made in achieving gender equality, while calling on the world to do much more to fight for women and girls’ rights.
Valuing women's work key to achieving new global goal on gender equality: UN agency
Oct 27, 2015, at 02:00 pm
New York, Oct 27 (IBNS): Applauding the decision by Member States to include gender equality as a key plank of the newly-adopted 2030 Agenda, a senior United Nations labour agency official has stressed the importance of empowering women in employment, salaries and the working environment, urging governments to commit to this achievable, basic right.
Closing gender gap, ending child marriage key priorities, says Ghanaian President
Oct 01, 2015, at 02:50 pm
New York, Oct 1 (IBNS): Spotlighting the importance his country places on gender equality, the President of Ghana told the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday that a major priority will closing the "vast" gaps between men and women through, among other efforts, providing decent education for girls and working to end child marriage.
No country has yet achieved equality between men and women: UN rights chief
Sep 16, 2015, at 02:23 pm
New York, Sept 16 (IBNS): The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday that no country to date has achieved full equality between the sexes and urged the 47 members of the Human Rights Council "to do better than our societies" and make a real difference in achieving gender parity.
Ban launches video campaign to end sexual violence
Jun 04, 2014, at 05:25 pm
New York, Jun 4 (IBNS): Speaking at the launch of a video campaign on ending sexual violence through gender equality, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday that it is time to demand action to eliminate a scourge that harms millions of women and girls around the world.
UN Women launches campaign to promote gender equality
May 23, 2014, at 04:19 pm
New York, May 23 (IBNS): The United Nations entity tasked with promoting gender equality on Thursday launched a major campaign kicking off a year-long, worldwide commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the landmark Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing.