UN System Observances for International Women’s Day 2012
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The UN has celebrated International Women’s Day on 8 March since 1975. The Day is traditionally marked with a message from the Secretary-General. The official United Nations theme for International Women’s Day 2012 is “Empower Rural Women — End Hunger and Poverty.” Access the summary of UN system observances and related links for IWD 2012UN System Observances for International Women’s Day 2012.
UN Institutions Observances
United Nations
United Nations Main Page, International Women’s Day 2012
See UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s 2012 message
Related feature: The United Nations System: Working Together to Empower Rural Women
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
See a video message UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres.
UN Women
See also
- Rural Women and Development
- United Nations Womenwatch
- Women and Agriculture
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