UNIFEM: Latest NewsLatest news items from the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). UNIFEM is the women's fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies to foster women's empowerment and gender equality.http://www.unifem.org/news_events/2008-08-19T14:10:01+01:00United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)http://www.unifem.org/http://www.unifem.org/feeds/unifem_logo.gifCopyright (c) 2008 United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)FeedCreator 1.7.2-ppt (info@mypapit.net)Foreign Minister Gísladóttir Signs Say NO Campaign on Behalf of Icelandic Government (News)2008-08-15T06:00:00+01:002008-08-15T06:00:00+01:00tag:unifem.org,2008-08-15:en/stories/716The Icelandic National Committee of UNIFEM has launched a national campaign in support of UNIFEM's global Say NO to Violence against Women campaign. At a press conference in the United Nations Centre in Reykjavik on 14 August, Foreign Minister Ingibjörg Solrun Gisladottir launched the campaign by signing on behalf ...Rwanda Defence Force Officially Launches Gender Desk (News)2008-08-13T06:00:00+01:002008-08-13T06:00:00+01:00tag:unifem.org,2008-08-13:en/stories/712Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) Chief of General Staff, General James Kabarebe, signed on to UNIFEM's Say NO to Violence against Women campaign as he officially launched the Gender Desk within the Ministry of Defence on 11 August 2008.
"The Rwanda Defence Force shall not spare any effort in as far ...Seychelles Government Joins Say NO Campaign (News)2008-08-12T06:00:00+01:002008-08-12T06:00:00+01:00tag:unifem.org,2008-08-12:en/stories/715The Seychelles Minister of Health and Social Development has signed UNIFEM's Say NO to Violence against Women campaign on behalf of the Government. In her official address, Minister Marie-Pierre Lloyd invited guests and the rest of the Seychellois society to join her in signing the on-line petition "to send ...Rwandan President Paul Kagame Visits UNIFEM-Supported Economic Empowerment Project for Women Survivors of the 1994 Genocide (News)2008-08-12T06:00:00+01:002008-08-12T06:00:00+01:00tag:unifem.org,2008-08-12:en/stories/713On 9 August 2008, Rwandan President Paul Kagame visited a display of handicrafts woven by women survivors of the 1994 Genocide, following completion of their training by Gahaya Gifted Hands Innovation Centre in partnership with UNIFEM. President Kagame was launching a multipurpose community hall for the genocide survivors of the ...Minister of Gender Equality Signs UNIFEM's Say NO to Violence against Women Campaign on behalf of the Republic of Korea (News)2008-08-11T06:00:00+01:002008-08-11T06:00:00+01:00tag:unifem.org,2008-08-11:en/stories/711Minister of Gender Equality Byun Do-yoon signed UNIFEM's Say NO to Violence against Women campaign on behalf of the Republic of Korea (ROK) on 5 August 2008.
She said in her statement: "Violence against women constitutes a severe violation of women's human rights. The world should unite in the efforts ...UNIFEM and the ATHENA Network Launch Results of a Review of Women's Leadership and Participation in the AIDS Response (News Release)2008-08-07T06:00:00+01:002008-08-07T06:00:00+01:00tag:unifem.org,2008-08-07:en/stories/708Despite repeated calls for women's participation and the increasing attention to and resources allocated for HIV and AIDS, women's full participation in the AIDS response has still not been realized, according to the results of a review by UNIFEM and the ATHENA Network presented on 6 June 2008 at the ...Q&A: "Condoms Have to Be Used to Be Useful" (Online Article)2008-08-05T06:00:00+01:002008-08-05T06:00:00+01:00tag:unifem.org,2008-08-05:en/stories/714Of the over 30 million people living with HIV, half are women and the rate of infections in women is rising, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. What's more, women's rights groups say gender inequalities are fuelling the epidemic - there is an irrefutable feminisation of HIV.
On the sidelines of the XVII ...Gender-Based Violence, Both Cause and Consequence of HIV and AIDS (News)2008-08-04T06:00:00+01:002008-08-04T06:00:00+01:00tag:unifem.org,2008-08-04:en/stories/707Thoraya Ahmed Obaid and Ines Alberdi, Executive Directors of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and of the United Nations Development Fund for Women, respectively, co-chaired a session Sunday [at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City] on the links between gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS. Ms. Obaid told ...Mexican Health Undersecretary and Acclaimed Singer 'Say NO' ahead of International AIDS Conference (News)2008-08-01T06:00:00+01:002008-08-01T06:00:00+01:00tag:unifem.org,2008-08-01:en/stories/706At a press conference on 31 July 2008, ahead of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico, UNIFEM Executive Director Ines Alberdi, Mexican Undersecretary for Prevention and Health Promotion Mauricio Hernandez, and the acclaimed Mexican singer Julieta Venegas called for urgent attention to the link between violence against women ...Tanzanian Parliament Signs onto UNIFEM's Say NO to Violence against Women Campaign (News)2008-07-29T06:00:00+01:002008-07-29T06:00:00+01:00tag:unifem.org,2008-07-29:en/stories/704Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda led the Tanzanian National Assembly in signing onto UNIFEM's Say NO to Violence against Women campaign at a ceremony on 22 July 2008, which was witnessed by UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha Rose Migiro. The Speaker of the National Assembly Samwel Sitta, Deputy Speaker Anna Makinda, ...Women's Working Group Develops Recommendations on Financing for Development (News)2008-07-15T06:00:00+01:002008-07-15T06:00:00+01:00tag:unifem.org,2008-07-15:en/stories/709On 16-17 June 2008, the Women's Working Group (WWG) on Financing for Development (FFD), with the support of UNIFEM, held a consultation in New York that concluded with the presentation of a set of recommendations to Ambassador Abdelaziz of Egypt and Ambassador Løvald of Norway, Co-Chairs of the FFD ...UNIFEM Currents - July 2008 (News)2008-07-15T06:00:00+01:002008-07-15T06:00:00+01:00tag:unifem.org,2008-07-15:en/stories/703The July 2008 issue of UNIFEM's electronic newsletter reports on two historic developments in the promotion of women's human rights and the empowerment of women: the UN Security Council's adoption of resolution 1820 on women, peace and security, which calls for the immediate cessation of rape and other forms of ...Nepalese Minister of Women, Children and Social Welfare Says NO to Violence against Women (News)2008-07-11T06:00:00+01:002008-07-11T06:00:00+01:00tag:unifem.org,2008-07-11:en/stories/702H.E. Pampha Bhusal, Minister of Women, Children and Social Welfare, signed onto UNIFEM's Say NO to Violence against Women campaign at a ceremony on 9 July 2008 in Kathmandu, Nepal, during an interactive panel co-organized by UNIFEM and Saathi to share and disseminate the findings of the UN ...UNIFEM Wins Political Innovation Prize for Gender-Responsive Budgeting Project in Senegal (News)2008-07-07T06:00:00+01:002008-07-07T06:00:00+01:00tag:unifem.org,2008-07-07:en/stories/701UNIFEM has been awarded the Prize for Political Innovation for its "Gender-Responsive Budgeting in Senegal" project. The prize was awarded during the Fair on Scouting and Sharing Innovation in Western and Central Africa, which took place in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on 23-26 June 2008.
UNIFEM competed in the "Political Innovation" category, ...Indian Minister Renuka Chowdhury signs UNIFEM's Say NO to Violence against Women Campaign (News)2008-06-30T06:00:00+01:002008-06-30T06:00:00+01:00tag:unifem.org,2008-06-30:en/stories/710Ms. Renuka Chowdhury, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Women and Child Development, signed onto UNIFEM's Say NO to Violence against Women campaign at a roundtable discussion on "Building Partnerships with Men to Promote Women's Empowerment and Gender Equality" hosted by the Minister in New Delhi on 25 ...