Press Release: Priorities for the global development agenda shaped by...
New York, 21 March 2013 – The United Nations presented today the first findings from an unprecedented global conversation through which people from all over the world have been invited to help Member...
View ArticleOn World Water Day, UN Women spotlights the need to ensure access to drinking...
On World Water Day, UN Women is calling attention to the urgent need to increase access to clean water and basic sanitation and to support the initiative of UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson to...
View ArticleUN calls for accelerated action with 1,000 days to go on Millennium...
The United Nations and its partners around the world will observe the 1,000 days to the end of 2015 – the target date for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – during the next week to...
View ArticleLakshmi Puri leads discussion on gender equality post-MDGs at Women Leaders...
From 12-14 April, Lakshmi Puri, UN Women Acting Head and Assistant Secretary-General will speak at the Women Leaders of New Asia Summit in New Delhi, organized by the Asia Society, an educational...
View ArticleLatin American and Caribbean women chart their priorities for the new global...
To give women more voice in the United Nations post-2015 development agenda, UN Women is organizing various consultations globally. Recently they took place in the Americas and the Caribbean, bringing...
View Article“Freedom from Fear and Freedom from Want – How a Post-2015 agenda can address...
Remarks during the panel discussion: “Freedom from Fear and Freedom from Want – How a Post-2015 agenda can address the human rights challenges of the 21st century – Recommendations emerging from a...
View ArticleOp-ed: A Global Goal on Gender Equality, Women’s Rights and Women’s Empowerment
In a new editorial article, Lakshmi Puri, UN Women Acting Head and Assistant Secretary-General of the UN, puts forth the organization’s call for a stand-alone goal to achieve gender equality, women’s...
View ArticleLakshmi Puri’s remarks at TICAD V: “Women’s role in sustainable growth and...
"Women’s role in sustainable growth and development, peace and security in Africa," Remarks by Lakshmi Puri, Acting Head of UN Women and Assistant Secretary-General of the UN, during the Fifth Tokyo...
View ArticleMothers lighting up homes and communities in rural Tanzania
On World Environment Day, a tribute to six mothers and grandmothers from three remote villages in southern Tanzania who are bringing renewable energy to their communities, serving as role models, and...
View Article#AskUNWomen Twitter chat with Acting Head Lakshmi Puri on gender equality in...
What is UN Women’s vision to ensure that empowering women becomes a priority in the post-2015 development agenda? Why is it important to include a separate gender goal in any future framework?...
View ArticleUN Women launches global call for a transformative agenda to make gender...
In a new position paper, UN Women offers clear direction on policies necessary for the post-2015 framework to usher meaningful transformation, so that women’s and girls’ rights can be universally secured.
View ArticleThe gender dimension of the Millennium Development Goals Report 2013
As the UN Secretary-General launches the latest annual report on progress towards the MDGs, a look at the impact of each of the eight goals on women and girls, as well as UN Women’s efforts to address...
View ArticleUN General Assembly Thematic Debate on Inequality
Speech by Lakshmi Puri, Acting Head of UN Women, at the UN General Assembly Thematic Debate on Inequality on 8 July 2013, in New York
View ArticleSpeech at the side-event organized by the Government of Denmark, on findings...
Remarks by Lakshmi Puri, Acting Head of UN Women and Assistant Secretary-General, speaking at a side-event organized by the Government of Denmark to present key findings from the Global Thematic...
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