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Ambition and Commitment Needed for the Future of UN Women
New York, July 1st, 2011– Original article published by IPS News. UNITED NATIONS, Jun 30, 2011 (IPS) – When the United Nations inaugurated a landmark special agency for women last January, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon set an initial target of 500 million dollars as the proposed annual budget for the new gender-empowered body. But nearly six months later, the voluntary funding for U.N. Women (UNW) from the 192 member states has remained painfully slow. Ambassador Hardeep Singh Puri, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, expressed disappointment over the funding shortfall. Nearly six months after its operationalisation, the actual contributions and pledges received are modest and only around 80 million dollars, he said. “This is not commensurate with the aspiration and ambition assigned to U.N. Women,” he complained.
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CSW Event: GEAR Up: Women and Civil Society Moving Forward!
[ February 24, 2011; 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ]
Join the GEAR Campaign, a network of over 300 women’s, human rights, and social justice groups from around the world who actively follow the United Nations gender equality architecture process. This
event will focus on official developments of UN Women and civil society strategies for moving forward.
When: Thursday, 24 February 2011
Time: 4:00pm – 5:30pm
Location: Salvation Army, 221 East 52nd St. (btw 2nd and 3rd Ave.), Main Auditorium
GEAR- Working with UN Women and Contributing to the Achievement of its Goals
New York– From January 24-26, 2011 UN Women is holding its first Executive Board Meeting. Click here to read the GEAR Campaign Statement made at the meeting this afternoon.
WEDO Congratulates UN Women on its First Week in Operation
New York– On January 1, 2011, UN Women—the new women’s empowerment and gender equality body that consolidates the four smaller women and gender agencies of the UN—officially became operational. Although UN Women has not received as much recognition as it deserves, it is one of the greatest achievements of the United Nations in the 21st Century.
UN Women: New Toolkit on Civil Society Engagement
New York, New York– The GEAR Campaign is proud to launch a ”TRANSITIONAL TOOLKIT FOR CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS“, with recommendations on how civil society can engage with UN Women.
Created on July 2, 2010, UN Women is the result of years of advocacy by civil society. The new entity combines the mandates of the four existing UN structures for women into one new, higher level UN organization with both policy and operational functions.
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