UNIFEM: Latest NewsLatest news items from the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). UNIFEM is the women's fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies to foster women's empowerment and gender equality.Say NO to Violence against Women Campaign Gets Support from Finland (News)- September 15, 2008 Finland's President Tarja Halonen signed on to the UNIFEM-led Say NO to Violence against Women campaign at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki on 11 September 2008, during a visit by UNIFEM Executive Director Ines Alberdi organized by the Finnish National Committee for UNIFEM. At the meeting, President Halonen and Ms. ...http://www.unifem.org/news_events/story_detail.php?StoryID=730 Swedish Government Joins Say NO to Violence against Women Campaign (News)- September 11, 2008 The Swedish Minister for International Cooperation, Gunilla Carlsson, and the Minister for Integration and Equality, Nyamko Sabuni, signed the Say NO to Violence against Women campaign on behalf of the Swedish government during a meeting with UNIFEM Executive Director Ines Alberdi in Stockholm on 10 September. "To end violence against ...http://www.unifem.org/news_events/story_detail.php?StoryID=727 Government of Timor-Leste Says NO to Violence against Women (News)- September 10, 2008 The President of the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Fernando Lasama de Araujo, officially launched the Say NO to Violence against Women campaign at a ceremony in Dili on 10 September 2008. Mr. Araujo, who stood in for President Jose Manuel Ramos-Horta, signed the campaign card ...http://www.unifem.org/news_events/story_detail.php?StoryID=726 Norway Signs on to UNIFEM's Say NO to Violence against Women Campaign (News)- September 9, 2008 At an event in Oslo on 9 September 2008, organized jointly by UNIFEM and CARE Norway, the Norwegian Government offered its full support to the work on ending violence against women. Minister of Environment and International Development Mr. Erik Solheim and Minister for Children and Equality Ms. Anniken Huitfeldt signed ...http://www.unifem.org/news_events/story_detail.php?StoryID=725 Netherlands Development Minister Bert Koenders Signs on to UNIFEM's Say NO to Violence against Women Campaign (News)- September 8, 2008 The Minister of Development Cooperation at the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Bert Koenders, signed on to UNIFEM's Say NO to Violence against Women campaign at the end of August in The Hague as an expression of his Government's resolve to help end violence against women. Minister Koenders encouraged his colleagues and members ...http://www.unifem.org/news_events/story_detail.php?StoryID=729 HRH Princess Bajrakitiyabha of Thailand Agrees to be UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador and Says NO to Violence against Women (News)- September 5, 2008 Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol of Thailand signed on to UNIFEM's Say NO to Violence against Women campaign at an official ceremony on 5 September to mark her designation as UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador in Thailand. Daughter of Thailand's Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, Princess Bajrakitiyabha completed her Ph.D. in law ...http://www.unifem.org/news_events/story_detail.php?StoryID=724 81 African Ministers, Ambassadors and Experts Sign Say NO to Violence against Women Campaign (News)- September 3, 2008 Eighty-one high-ranking government officials, including ministers responsible for women's affairs, ambassadors and gender experts from 42 African countries, signed the UNIFEM-led Say NO to Violence against Women campaign, adding their voices to the hundreds of thousands committing themselves to taking action towards ending violence against women. The signing took ...http://www.unifem.org/news_events/story_detail.php?StoryID=722 'No Aid Effectiveness without Gender Equality' (News Release)- September 2, 2008 At the start of 3rd High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, the United Nations Development Fund for Women, UNIFEM, and the European Commission call for strengthened efforts to address gender inequalities in a quest to end global poverty. "Over a billion women worldwide continue to be trapped in poverty," said UNIFEM ...http://www.unifem.org/news_events/story_detail.php?StoryID=721 |