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OP-ED: Women and Girls at Heart of the Blue Revolution

Lakshmi Puri – IPS – Friday, 14 September 2012 (originally published 11 Sept) UNITED NATIONS, Sep 11 2012 (IPS) – World Water Week recently concluded in Stockholm with a special emphasis on the...

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Improving women’s access to water: why business must take a role

Leon Kaye – Guardian – Monday, 01 October 2012 (originally published 24 Sept) As factors from droughts to urbanisation add to the dire global water crisis, the ensuing misery falls even more on women...

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International Day of Rural Women

Michael Evans – Earth Times - Tuesday, 16 October 2012 (originally published 15 Oct) Throughout history, women traditionally have been the backbone of society. While men have gone off hunting or...

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Malala Day in a wasteland of women’s rights

Tribune – Thursday, 15 November 2012 (originally published 11 Nov) The world observed Malala Day to highlight the struggle of a little girl of Swat for education. The UN has applied the example of this...

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On International Day, Ban leads UN call for action to end violence against women

UN News Centre – 30 November 2012 (originally published 25 Nov) 25 November 2012 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is leading a United Nations call on world leaders to “make good” on pledges they have...

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OP-ED: Women Out Loud

Michelle Bachelet, Michel Sidibe, and Jennifer Gatsi Mallet – IPS – Wednesday,12 December 2012 UNITED NATIONS, Dec 11 2012 (IPS) – Global efforts to reach the “three zeros” for women and girls – zero...

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How Did Female Genital Mutilation Begin?

Rossella Lorenzi - Discovery News – Friday, 14 Decemeber 2012 (originally published 10 Dec) United Nations Member States recently approved the first-ever draft resolution calling for a global ban on...

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Countries must address lack of women in science and technology fields – UN

UN News Centre - Thursday, 10 January 2013 (originally published 07 Jan) 7 January 2013 – Women and girls run the risk of being left behind in scientific and technological fields if countries do not...

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Empowerment of urban women and youth vital for future prosperity of cities,...

UN News Centre – Wednesday, 24 April 2013 (originally published 18 Apr) 18 April 2013 – With women projected to comprise a majority of the world’s urban dwellers and head increasing numbers of...

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This is the century for women and gender equality

Lakshmi Puri – UN Women – Monday, 06 May (originally published 02 May) A big step was taken at the United Nations in March when governments adopted an historic agreement in the Commission on the Status...

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UN hails midwives’ contribution to maternal health around the world

UN News Centre – Wednesday, 08 May 2013 (originally published 06 May) 6 May 2013 – Midwives can make the difference between life and death for hundreds of thousands of women every year, the United...

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New head of UN Women discusses role

Safeeyah Kharsany – Al Jazeera – Tuesday, 16 July 2013 (originally published 14 Jul) Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, a former South African deputy president, has been appointed by UN Secretary-General Ban...

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UN passes new resolution on women’s role in peace processes

Liz Ford – Guardian – Thursday, 24 October 2013 (originally published 21 Oct) A new UN resolution to reiterate the importance of women’s involvement in conflict prevention, resolution and...

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Will Helen Clark be the first woman to run the UN?

Jane Martinson – Guardian – Thursday, 30 January 2014 (originally published 27 Jan) In the course of a political career that has lasted over 30 years, Helen Clark only thought of quitting once. With a...

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Campaigners welcome ‘milestone’ agreement at UN gender equality talks

Liz Ford  - Guardian – Thursday, 27 March 2014 (originally published 23 Mar) UN Member states have agreed that gender equality and women’s rights must be prioritized in future discussions on what...

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UN’s first female force commander talks peacekeeping and why she’s not taking...

UN News Centre – 19 May 2014 (originally published 14 May) 14 May 2014 – This August, Major General Kristin Lund will become the first female commander of a United Nations peacekeeping force, taking...

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Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity. Picture It!

UN Women – Huffington Post – Friday, 08 August 2014 (originally published 07 Aug) Nearly 20 years ago, the world came together in Beijing for the Fourth World Conference on Women. There, 189...

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Educate women and their community will prosper. Deny them education and the...

Julia Gillard – Guardian – Wednesday, 01 October 2014 (originally published 30 Sept) “If you educate a man, you educate one person. If you educate a woman, you educate a nation”. It’s an often heard...

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Emma Watson’s UN gender equality campaign is an invitation to men, too

Emma Herman with Mama Cash for The Guardian News Global Development Network – Wednesday October 8, 2014 (originally published 3 Oct) Men are welcome to join the conversation about gender equality. Let...

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This is the century for women and gender equality

Lakshmi Puri – UN Women – Monday, 06 May (originally published 02 May) A woman protesting over violence againstwomen shouts slogans at the close of the National Meeting of Rural Women in Brasilia...

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