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Equality means business: UN urges private sector to help close gender gap

Source:UN News.

Launched at UN, latest ‘Women in Politics’ map reflects sluggish progress in gender equality.

On International Women's Day, UN urges more action to achieve gender equality

Source:UN News.

8 March 2015 – To mark International Women's Day to

Member States must ‘step it up’ on gender parity as UN sets equality targets for 2030
Source:UN News.

6 March 2015 – The past 20 years has seen haltering progress on women’s rights issues and, in some areas,

Sustainable development needed to transform Asia-Pacific’s least developed countries – UN

Source:UN News.

UN kicks off International Women’s Day celebrations with appeal for gender equality
 Source:UN News

6 March 2015 – Despite great strides in the advancement of gender parity, women still lag behind men a

Women farmers pillar of food security – UN agencies

Source:UN News.

6 March 2015 – Ahead of International Women’s Day, United Nations food relief

Over 5 billion people worldwide lacking access to essential medicines, says UN Report

Source:UN News.

3 March 2015 – Three quarters of the world

Zero Discrimination Day is a chance to celebrate diversity and to reject discrimination.

Political will, steady action’ can end violence against children, UN envoy tells Indonesia
 Source:UN News.

27 February 2015 – During her visit this week to Jakarta, the Special Representative of the UN