UN Women
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| Headquarters | New York City |
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| New York | |
| United States | |
| Head | Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka |
| Founders | United Nations General Assembly |
| Founded | July 2010 |
| Formation | 2 July 2010 |
| Parent organizations | United Nations |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 399061 |
About UN Women
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as UN Women, is a United Nations entity working for the empowerment of women. UN Women became operational in January 2011.
Women's World Cup: Players put 'at risk' at qualifiers
... " I just think it s an incredible way to smash the stereotypes that have persisted, " says Jennifer Cooper, Un Women s sport lead...
South Africa period poverty: 'I don't want anyone else to use rags for sanitary pads'
... Un Women reckons that worldwide have no safe, private toilet to go to...
Duchess of Edinburgh becomes first royal to visit Baghdad in Iraq
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The last of Albania's 'sworn virgins'
... According to Un Women, women s participation in Albania s political and economic decision-making has with improvements in electoral codes and processes, even if it still remains limited, and the pay gap has not been properly addressed...
Are women getting angrier?
... Before 2020 there was slow progress on women s participation in the workforce, according to Ginette Azcona, a data scientist at Un Women...
The ‘gals' behind Samoa's first woman PM
...There are fewer women in politics in the Pacific Islands than in any other part of the world, according to Un Women...
Harry Potter at 20: What the original cast did next
... A passionate activist, the star s role as a Un Women s goodwill ambassador saw her named among Time Magazine s 100 most influential people in 2015...
Indian activists who helped change the face of modern Britain
... Despite having a limited education, she said they rubbed shoulders with " literary greats and English elites" while Singh s granddaughter Baroness Sandip Verma went on to sit in the House of Lords and is the Chair of the Un Women group...
