The Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women elected 11 members to its monitoring body today, replacing those whose four-year terms are set to expire at the end of 2016.
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the “Women Deliver Conference 2016”, in Copenhagen today:
The Commission on the Status of Women, closing its sixtieth session today, approved a robust set of Agreed Conclusions that the top United Nations gender official said would pave the way for a gender-responsive implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Civil society groups today urged Governments to redouble their efforts towards gender equality and women’s empowerment in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, as the sixtieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women completed its general discussion.
The sixtieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women resumed its general discussion today with speakers emphasizing the need to tackle deep-rooted gender stereotypes and close the gender pay gap while keeping women’s empowerment at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Entering the fourth day of its sixtieth annual session, the Commission on the Status of Women held two panel discussions focused, respectively, on the roles of partnerships and data collection for the achievement of gender equality and women’s empowerment.
Women outnumber men in older age, particularly in the developing world, and designing relevant polices is a challenge that States must embrace, the sixtieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women heard today.
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Commission on the Status of Women high-level event “The Time is Now! Let’s End Harmful Practices against Women and Girls by 2030”, in New York today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Women’s Empowerment Principles Annual Event, in New York today:
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Every Woman, Every Child high-level event co-organized with UN-Women, in New York today:
