U.N. Security Council Adopts Resolution To Ramp Up Fight Against Sexual Violence

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday “called on the U.N. Security Council to make combating sexual violence a ‘top priority’” during the opening of a two-day meeting of the 15-member Council on women, peace and security, Xinhua/People’s Daily Online reports (12/17). During the meeting Thursday, the U.N…

U.N. Pledges Action To Eliminate Wartime Sexual Violence, Incorporate Women In Peacemaking

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday joined United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and diplomats from more than 80 countries to discuss plans for reducing sexual violence against women during war and encouraging women to participate in peacemaking decisions, the AP/Washington Post reports…

U.N. Secretary-General Urges Funding For GAVI During Replenishment Meeting

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has “urged more funding” for the GAVI Alliance to help achieve its childhood vaccine targets and the related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), TopNews reports. “Let us commit to improving health for children, women and men everywhere,” Ban said Wednesday at a GAVI replenishment meeting in New York (Mukherjee, 10/7)…

U.N. Taps Former Chilean President To Head Gender Equity Agency

On Tuesday, United Nations Secretary Ban Ki-Moon announced that former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet will lead the newly created U.N. Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, a consolidation of four smaller agencies that deal with women’s issues, the New York Times reports…

Ahead Of MDG Summit, U.N. Secretary-General Calls For Additional Funds, Strategy For Tackling Women's And Children's Health Issues

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday announced that “nearly 140″ world leaders are planning to attend next week’s U.N. Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Summit in New York, where they will discuss ways to help countries reach the targets by 2015, the Canadian Press reports (Lederer, 9/13). “The leaders, including U.S…

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