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A new UN agency for women Print E-mail

The Lancet (Volume 374, Issue 9695) - Women's rights advocates were jubilant last week when, after 3 years of negotiations, the UN General Assembly voted to create a new UN agency for women. The resolution, passed by the 192 UN member states, calls for the merger of the organisation's four existing offices dedicated to women's issues: the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women, the Division for the Advancement of Women, and the UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women. It states that the new agency is to be led by an Under-Secretary General who would report directly to the Secretary-General. And it calls on the Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, to produce a comprehensive proposal for the new agency to be considered at the 64th UN General Assembly (Sept 23—30).

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Behind the U.N. hoopla, a new agency for women emerges Print E-mail
(CNN) -- A parade of world leaders took the lectern at the United Nations on Wednesday. But days before the speeches on a host of issues, the global body quietly undertook an issue that often flies under the radar: Women.

Last week, the United Nations consolidated four agencies that tackle women's issues and created a new super agency. Humanitarian workers around the world embraced the move. It was about time, they said, that the world got serious about how half its population lives.

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New UN women's agency good news for "feminized" AIDS epidemic Print E-mail
NAIROBI, 18 September 2009 (PlusNews) - AIDS activists around the world have welcomed a new UN General Assembly resolution to create a single agency to promote the rights and wellbeing of women, which they say is good news for women, who are bearing the brunt of the global AIDS pandemic.
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UN women's agency: Guys, what took you so long? Print E-mail
LONDON (AlertNet) - After years of foot-dragging, the U.N. General Assembly has finally approved a resolution to create a high-level agency for women's rights, which supporters have hailed as a historic breakthrough.
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U.N. assembly votes for more powerful women's agency Print E-mail
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly voted on Monday to create a new, more powerful agency for women, in a move supporters hailed as a breakthrough for women's equality and rights.
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