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.Reese Witherspoon Seals Partnership between Avon and UNIFEM in Brazil for an End to Domestic Violence (News)- August 28, 2008 Reese Witherspoon, actress and Avon Global Ambassador, was present at an event in São Paulo on 28 August, where the president of Avon Brazil, Luis Felipe Miranda, announced a first donation of approximately R$1.5 million (US$878,000) to UNIFEM. The sum was raised by the sale in Brazil of more than 250 ...http://www.unifem.org/news_events/story_detail.php?StoryID=723 Say NO to Violence against Women Campaign Launched in Jordan (News)- August 21, 2008 UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador Her Royal Highness Princess Basma Bint Talal launched the Say NO to Violence against Women campaign in Jordan on 20 August, at a ceremony organized by UNIFEM in collaboration with the Jordanian National Commission for Women (JNCW). Participants at the launching ceremony in Amman rose from their ...http://www.unifem.org/news_events/story_detail.php?StoryID=720 Southern African Leaders Sign Long Awaited Gender Protocol (News)- August 21, 2008 After three years of negotiation, leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), signed into effect the Protocol on Gender and Development amidst celebration from activists. The document was signed at the SADC Heads of State Summit held on 16 and 17 August in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Protocol, a ...http://www.unifem.org/news_events/story_detail.php?StoryID=719 Scam Alert (News)- August 20, 2008 UNIFEM has become aware of an email scam message deceptively showing Mrs. Noeleen Heyzer, former Executive Director, UNIFEM as sender from a false UNIFEM email address. The scam message asks recipients for their personal details and falsely states that recipients of the email have been selected to receive money through UNIFEM's ...http://www.unifem.org/news_events/story_detail.php?StoryID=718 Foreign Minister Gisladottir Signs Say NO Campaign on Behalf of Icelandic Government (News)- August 15, 2008 The Icelandic National Committee of UNIFEM has launched a national campaign in support of UNIFEM's global Say NO to Violence against Women campaign. At a press conference in the United Nations Centre in Reykjavik on 14 August, Foreign Minister Ingibjörg Solrun Gisladottir launched the campaign by signing on behalf ...http://www.unifem.org/news_events/story_detail.php?StoryID=716 Rwanda Defence Force Officially Launches Gender Desk (News)- August 13, 2008 Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) Chief of General Staff, General James Kabarebe, signed on to UNIFEM's Say NO to Violence against Women campaign as he officially launched the Gender Desk within the Ministry of Defence on 11 August 2008. "The Rwanda Defence Force shall not spare any effort in as far ...http://www.unifem.org/news_events/story_detail.php?StoryID=712 Seychelles Government Joins Say NO Campaign (News)- August 12, 2008 The Seychelles Minister of Health and Social Development has signed UNIFEM's Say NO to Violence against Women campaign on behalf of the Government. In her official address, Minister Marie-Pierre Lloyd invited guests and the rest of the Seychellois society to join her in signing the on-line petition "to send ...http://www.unifem.org/news_events/story_detail.php?StoryID=715 |