UN Dispatch caught up with Assistant Secretary-General for Intergovernmental Support and Strategic Partnerships at UN Women Lakshmi Puri. We spoke after an International Women's Day event hosted by the UN Foundation in Washington, DC.
UN Women released its first flagship report today, called "Progress of the World's Women." The theme of this progress report is the Pursuit of Justice; it analyzes how laws and legal systems are evolving (or not) to give women equal access to justice as men.
On a press conference call in honor of the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day UN Women executive director Michele Bachelet discussed her plans for the new organization, the challenges facing women in Libya and Cote D'Ivoire, and why she thinks women and girls need to stay on top of the international agenda
Given the controversy over Saudi Arabia’s election to the executive board of UN Women, I thought it would be interesting to see how the board—taken together—would rank in the gender inequality index.
Moments ago, the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations selected 41 members of the executive board of the newest UN body, UN Women. And much to everyone's surprise (and, overwhelming pleasure) Iran was kept off the board.
