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Syrian Women’s Group Keeps an Eye on Stalled Peace Talks

By Amy Lieberman ● Politics ● June 22, 2016

The struggle for female representation at any talks that might resume in Geneva is all too familiar. “You could just delete ‘Syria’ from this discussion and put in Northern Ireland, Liberia, Northern Mali or South Africa,” says one U.N. observer.

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Women’s Rights on Agenda of U.N. from the Start

By Ellen Chesler & Terry McGovern ● Politics ● March 21, 2016

There’s been a strong push to add women’s rights to the international human rights agenda since the U.N. was founded. Ellen Chesler and Terry McGovern provide a historical perspective in this excerpt from their book “Women and Girls Rising.”

Global Goals Put Women at Heart of Poverty Battle

By Por Alison Bowen ● Politics ● October 1, 2015

But how successful will the new U.N. framework be in raising global living standards? Enthusiasts put faith in technological innovations. Skeptics say the global economic system is inherently exploitive and unjust and needs a real overhaul.

Latin American Indigenous Women Hold NYC Tribunal

By Hajer Naili ● Uncategorized ● May 20, 2014

To puncture official indifference, Latin American indigenous women are staging a tribunal on the sidelines of a U.N. permanent forum “to push back the invisibility” about what they suffer. “The justice system really doesn’t work for us,” says one.

U.N. Pact Leads a Dutch Woman to Political Victory

By Leontine Bijleveld ● Uncategorized ● March 26, 2014

Dutch activists just used CEDAW to end a party’s longstanding religious objection to female candidates. That’s a lesson for women in the U.S., one of the few U.N. members that has not ratified the pact.

Myanmar Female Muslim Refugees Run Out of Hope

By Jurate Kazickas ● Uncategorized ● December 17, 2013

At the end of our visit to the camp for internally displaced people, we thanked the women for sharing their stories. But then they said: visitors come, we talk to them, they listen, leave. Nothing changes for us.

Millions Pledged in NYC; Louisiana’s Score Is Lousy

By WeNews Staff ● Uncategorized ● September 28, 2013

Governments pledged millions to reduce infant and maternal mortality this week in U.N.-related meetings. But Louisiana has ranked as being a lousy state for women.

UN Women’s Lakshmi Puri: ‘Priority is to Power On’

By Juhie Bhatia ● Employment ● June 6, 2013

At the sidelines of last week’s major global forum on women’s health, the interim leader of the 2-year-old U.N. superagency expressed pride in its startup phase of rapid institution-building and is focused on everything from field work to raising a target annual budget of $300 million.

Political Cauldron Boils on U.N. Women’s Rights

By Amy Lieberman ● Arts & Culture ● March 21, 2013

As the U.N. superagency loses its founding leader, participants at the Commission on the Status of Women expect the fight between conservative and progressive factions to intensify over sexual orientation, reproductive rights and even domestic violence.

Belize Has Zero Tolerance for Maternal Mortality

By Leah V. Bennett ● Uncategorized ● December 19, 2012

Belize, a country of only 400,000, must virtually eliminate maternal deaths to meet one of its 2015 U.N. development goals. Despite rising poverty, it has a shot.