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Message of Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women on the occasion of Human Rights Day, New York in 10 December 2011..

 


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Circle Painting ‘Joining hands to end violence against women and girls in Viet Nam’

In celebration of the International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls and the United Nations Secretary-General’s Campaign UNiTE, the United Nations in Viet Nam, the Youth Union, CCIHP, CSAGA and partners organized a ceremony - Circle Painting ‘Joining hands to end violence against women and girls in Viet Nam’ in Hanoi Children’s Palace on 24 November.

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‘Love Journey’ social media contest opens online site for submissions

The Love Journey, a social media campaign aimed at preventing gender-based violence through interaction with youth, will begin accepting idea submissions on December 4 from individuals at www.htyt.vn. The campaign will promote discussions and activity amongst youth on the attitudes and behaviours of caring and respectful relationships, and will link romantic love and friendship with gender equality and non-violence.

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UN Women Viet Nam ‘Greening the Blue’

21 November 2011, Ha Noi – As part of Greening the Blue initiative UN Women staff have developed an office wide pledge as a part of a larger greening effort by the UN in Viet Nam.

 


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Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness

Making international aid work better for people and development will be on the agenda of the OECD/DAC Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, from 29 November to 1 December 2011 in Busan, South Korea. At this conference, UN Women will be involved in a number of events to position gender equality in aid discussions.

Gender response policy, programme discussed

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) cooperated with UN Women to hold a dialogue forum on establishing and implementing a gender response policy and programme in Hue City on November 28th-29th. Addressing the forum, attended by 80 delegates from cites and provinces nationwide, a representative of MoLISA affirmed the Vietnamese Government has been improving gender equality laws and implementing policies and programmes on gender-related issues and women’s progress. Delegates discussed the achievements and challenges of gender and gender equality, and shared information from a gender equality study jointly conducted by the Vietnamese Government and the United Nations.

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Asia-Pacific UNiTE hosts t-shirt design exhibit for the 16 days of activism

The Asia-Pacific UNiTE team put together an exhibition in the ESCAP building in Bangkok to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November. The exhibit features selected t-shirts from across the global that were submitted as part of the global UNiTE t-shirt design competition, produced by young men aged 18-25 to highlight the need to stop violence against women and girls.

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Today and Every Day:Tackling Violence against Women and Girls in Asia Pacific

United Nations, Bangkok, 25 November 2011 — Today we commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which aims to direct the world’s attention to the urgent priority of ending the pandemic of violence against women and girls. It also marks one year since the launch of Asia-Pacific UNiTE, the regional component of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s global campaign UNiTE to End Violence against Women..

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UN Women Executive Director Outlines Policy Agenda to End Violence against Women

Michelle Bachelet, UN Women Executive Director outlines a policy agenda of 16 concrete steps to End Violence against Women: Prevention, Protection and Provision of Services Key.

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Gender and Aid Effectiveness

At the end of November 2011, over 2,000 delegates from international donors, governments, civil society organizations, the private sector, and academia will gather in Busan, South Korea, to debate making aid more effective at the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF4), the tri-yearly meetings launched by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
In addition to reporting on the success of past efforts, HLF4 delegates will consider how to cope with new challenges in making aid more effective. These challenges include declining funding from the countries that have traditionally provided aid, and the emergence of new donors and investors who have not yet pledged to follow key principles of aid effectiveness (national ownership, donor coordination, transparency, consultation with civil society, and the promotion of human rights and environmental sustainability).

UN Women Partners with One Day on Earth; Captures Gender Issues on Camera

On 11 November 2011, UN Women joins 20,000 filmmakers worldwide to capture the human experience in a 24 hour period. This collaborative effort  is part of the second annual One Day on Earth initiative aimed at forming a geo-tagged shared film archive that covers wide-ranging issues related to the MDGs, from poverty to human rights.

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Salseros Say ‘No’ To Violence Against Women

From 4-6 November 2011, in support of the Secretary-General’s UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign, salsa Bangkok Fiesta brought together more than 400 salsa dancers from around the world.

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