UN Women and Global Innovation Coalition for Change ring Nasdaq Bell for Gender Equality

Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell UN Women, in partnership with the Global Innovation Coalition for Change, a unique alliance with 27 partners from the private sector, non-profit organizations and academic institutions, hosted the launch of the Gender Innovation Principles on 7 … Read More

UN calls for women’s full participation in labour force | L’ONU appelle à la pleine participation des femmes au monde du travail

posted in: New York City

[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] As the rights of women and girls around the world are being reduced and restricted, the United Nations on Wednesday marked International Women’s Day with calls for empowering and educating women and girls to reach gender equality … Read More

Hundreds of women march for gender equality

By Isseu Diouf Campbell On March 8, 2015, hundreds of women marched from the United Nations to Time Square to celebrate International Women’s Day and demand gender equality. The march was led by UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and … Read More

UN: ‘Women remain underrepresented in media’

posted in: Africa, Afrique

New York, US (PANA) – The UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) says women continue to remain underrepresented in the media across the world, stressing the need to engage more women in media work to promote … Read More