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UN Women to Call for Protection of Women’s Rights Worldwide during 67th Session of the UN General Assembly
NEW YORK (September 19, 2012)- Globally, 139 constitutions include guarantees of gender equality, 125 countries outlaw domestic violence, and women have equal rights to own property in 115 countries and equal inheritance rights in 93 nations. Yet the rule of law often rules women out. The implementation of laws lag behind, impunity is often the norm rather than the exception and women continue to suffer widespread gender-based violence and massive human rights violations. Efforts to advance women’s equal rights, opportunity and participation remain uneven.
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UN Women and GEAR Campaign co-host a discussion on Post-2015 Development Agenda processes
NEW YORK (September 17, 2012)– UN Women and the Global Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) Campaign co-convened a meeting to discuss Civil Society engagement on the Post 2015 Development Agenda*. The goal of the meeting was to provide information and clarity on the processes of the Post-2015 Development Agenda and various developments and related activities, also to discuss how UN Women and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) can work together to ensure that gender remains central in the Post- 2015 Development Agenda.
GEARing up: Important Steps toward a United Nations that Works for Women
New York– June 1, 2012
Shortly before the UN Women Executive Board meeting in early June, GEAR Campaign members were thrilled to learn of the establishment of the UN Women Global Civil Society Advisory Group. Meaningful and formal civil society engagement with UN Women has been a linchpin of the GEAR Campaign for the past few years and the global advisory group is a first step in formal civil society engagement. UN Women civil …
UN Women Takes Important First Step in Enhancing Civil Society Engagement
New York, May 18th, 2012
WEDO, as part of the GEAR Campaign, is excited to share the below press release with you “Civil Society Celebrates the Creation of a Global Civil Society Advisory Group for UN Women” and we look forward to working with civil society partners and UN Women to push for true progress on gender equality around the world.
The Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) Campaign celebrates the formation of the UN Women Global Civil Society Advisory Group. Over the last years, the GEAR Campaign has advocated for strengthened civil society partnerships with UN Women at the global, regional and national levels. We are thrilled that the members of the UN Women Executive Director’s Global Civil Society Advisory Group have been announced today and those regional and national groups are being formed. This demonstrates that UN Women is serious about engaging with women’s rights groups as partners and advisors, which will strengthen UN Women’s vision for new regional architecture.
Executive Board Adopts UN Women’s Strategic Plan and the GEAR Campaign Adopts a New Strategy
New York, August 1st, 2011- In late June the Executive Board of UN Women decided to adopt UN Women’s strategic plan. With the ultimate goal of gender equality and women’s empowerment the strategic plan focuses on women’s political leadership, women’s economic empowerment, violence against women, gender budgeting and gender mainstreaming intergovernmental processes. It is an ambitious plan and there are many challenges that lie ahead for UN Women. However, the GEAR Campaign, comprised of …
