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Asian Nations Urged to Help UN Body Tasked with Promoting Women’s Rights |
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Thursday, January 20, 2011 |
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UNITED NATIONS, Jan 20 (APP): The head of United Nations Women (UN Women) has urged Asian countries to fund and facilitate the activities of her newly created organization that are aimed at fighting discrimination and boost opportunities for women and girls worldwid.Michelle Bachelet, a former president of Chile, was briefing members of the Asian Group on her priorities for the work of UN Women. The meeting was organized by the Pakistan Mission to the UN in its capacity as the chair of the 52-member group. Ambassador Abdullah Hussain Haroon presided.UN Women is the merger of the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW), the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues, and the UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW).
Established on 2 July by a unanimous vote of the General Assembly, it is tasked to oversee all of the world body’s programmes aimed at promoting women’s rights and their full participation in global affairs.
One of its goals is to support the Commission on the Status of Women and other inter-governmental bodies in devising policies. It is mandated to help Member States implement standards, provide technical and financial support to countries which request it, and forge partnerships with civil society.
Within the UN, it will hold the world body accountable for its own commitments on gender equality. In carrying out its functions, UN Women is working with an annual budget of at least $500 million double the combined resources of the four agencies it comprises.
Speaking to the Asian Group, Bachelet especially stressed the importance of assisting rural women in adding value to the agricultural products.She underlined that violence against women was not only harming women but carried an economic cost for their countries in terms of health costs, and lack of productivity.
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Asian Nations Urged to Help UN Body Tasked with Promoting Women’s Rights UNITED NATIONS Jan 20 APP The head of United Nations Women UN Women has urged Asian countries to fund and facilitate the activities of her newly created organization that are aimed at fighting discrimination and boost opportunities for women and girls worldwid.Michelle Bachelet a former president of Chile was briefing members of the Asian Group on her priorities for the work of UN Women The meeting was organized by the Pakistan Mission to the UN in its capacity as the chair of the 52-member group Ambassador Abdullah Hussain Haroon presided.UN Women is the merger of the UN Development Fund for Women UNIFEM the Division for the Advancement of Women DAW the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and the UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women UN-INSTRAW
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