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none Pacific women cautiously welcome UN move against sexual violence
21/08 — 9:24
Candace Uttam: Pacific Media Centre 
Women’s advocacy groups in the Pacific have welcomed a move to stop sexual violence towards women in conflict situations, but say it needs be implemented in conjunction with an earlier resolution. They say that while the United Nation’s Security Council Resolution 1820, which was adopted last year, is absolutely critical, it should be viewed as an implementation strategy to further the commitment to…
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23/09
Bulgarian diplomat to become first woman to head UNESCO
22 September 2009 – A former foreign minister of Bulgaria, Irina Bokova, will become the first woman to lead the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) after she won a…
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21/09
Asian Governments Pledge to Complete Cairo Reproductive Health Agenda
UN meeting seeks to accelerate progress towards development goals for 2015BANGKOK—A global action plan linking reproductive health, women’s rights and development remains an urgent priority 15 years af…
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16/09
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman on the death of 12-year-old Child Bride from Yemen
NEW YORK, 14 September 2009 - "It was with great sadness that we learned of the untimely death of 12-year-old Fawziya Youssef from Yemen. Fawziya was forced into a child marriage with a man at…
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07/09
Gender, climate change linked together in Danish torch ceremony
Women suffer the most from consequences of climate change. Gender issues must be considered as we react to climate changes. Today UNDP Administrator Helen Clark made a commitment to focus on gender and…
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02/09
WCC CALLS TO FREEZE AND DISMANTLE ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS
The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee called on the Israeli government to freeze and begin to dismantle settlements in occupied Palestinian territories. It also encouraged a commitment t…
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17/08
50 million women in Asia at risk of HIV from their intimate partners
HIV prevention interventions must reach men who have sex with men, injecting drug users, clients of female sex workers as well as their long-term female partners, according to a new report released at t…
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10/08
Femlinkpacific Women, Peace and Security "1325" alert: Bougainville
On Friday 07 August 2009 femLINKPacific received the following alert from our regional correspondent based with the Leitana Nehan Women's Development Agency in Buka.
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03/08
Mary Robinson Named as Medal of Freedom Recipient
Mary Robinson has been named by US President Barack Obama as one of the recipients of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Medal of Freedom is the highest US civilian honor, awarded to "…