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UN Security Council Resolution 1889

Through the unanimous adoption of resolution 1889 on October 5, 2009 on the occasion of an open debate marking the 9th anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000), the Security Council reaffirmed its commitment to the women, peace, and security agenda. Resolution 1889 aims to strengthen the implementation and monitoring of 1325. The […]

UN System Observances for International Women’s Day 2012

Table of Contents 1 About 2 UN Institutions Observances 2.1 United Nations 2.2 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 2.3 UN Women 3 See also 4 References 5 External links About The UN has celebrated International Women’s Day on 8 March since 1975. The Day is traditionally marked with a message from the […]

United Nations gender equality architecture reform

On November 2006, a report by the Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on the System-wide Coherence found the UN’s contribution to achieving to be “incoherent, under-resourced, and fragmented” and in need of a complete overhaul in order to provide effective support to the Member States.Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on UN System-wide Coherence in the Areas of Development, Humanitarian […]

Uks

Uks is a research, resource and publication centre dedicated to the cause of gender equality and women’s development in . They are an advocacy and rights-based group seeking to raise awareness and assist implementation of our goals and ideals. The Center focuses on the women-media relationship. The word ‘Uks’ is an Urdu term meaning ‘reflection’. […]

Ultra Violet

Ultra Violet is India’s first and only online community of young feminists. Ultra Violet features a community of young feminists blogging on the various issues, challenges, and triumphs that affect women in India today. Table of Contents 1 Background and History 2 Mission 3 Why Ultra Violet? 4 More information Background and History It is […]

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

  The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) was founded in 1958 to encourage economic cooperation among its member states (the nations of the African continent). It is one of five regional commissions under the administrative direction of headquarters. With its main offices in Addis Ababa, , the ECA has 53 member states and […]

V-Day

V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. V-Day generates broader attention for the fight to stop , including , battery, incest, (FGM) and sexual slavery. Activities Through V-Day campaigns, […]

Vera Rubin

Vera Rubin (1928- ) is an astronomer who has done pioneering work on galaxy rotation rates. Her contribution to astronomy  was the discovery of the discrepancy between the predicted angular motion of galaxies and the observed motion, by studying galactic rotation curves. Rubin is currently a research astronomer at the Carnegie Institution of Washington. She […]

Virginia Woolf

Adeline Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English novelist and essayist, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century. She wrote often on the inequalities and discrimination women face, most famously in the essay A Room of One’s Own (1929) and in Orlando […]

World Economic Forum

The World Economic Forum is an independent international organisation committed to improving the state of the world by engaging leaders in partnerships to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a foundation in 1971, and based in Geneva, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum is impartial and not-for-profit; it is tied to no political, partisan […]

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