On 2 July, in a historic moment, the UN General Assembly voted unanimously for the establishment of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment, to be known as “UN Women.” The resolution that establishes the new entity is part of a larger resolution on System-wide Coherence (A/64/L.56) and is the result of years of negotiations between UN Member States...
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On 2 July, in a historic moment, the UN General Assembly voted unanimously for the establishment of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment, to be known as “UN Women.” The resolution that establishes the new entity is part of a larger resolution on System-wide Coherence (A/64/L.56) and is the result of years of negotiations between UN Member States...
On 2 July, in a historic moment, the UN General Assembly voted unanimously for the establishment of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment, to be known as “UN Women.” The resolution that establishes the new entity is part of a larger resolution on System-wide Coherence (A/64/L.56) and is the result of years of negotiations between UN Member States...
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Fact Sheet on Human Trafficking and Prostitution
The Scope of the Problem
- It is estimated that 700,000 to 2 million people are trafficked annually.
- According to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, “trafficking of human beings has reached epidemic proportions. No country is immune.”
- “Traffickers face few risks and earn huge profits.”
- A recent CIA report estimated that 45,000...
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Prize for Women’s Creativity in Rural Life 2007 Innovative Techniques in Peace Building
Paula Daeppen FAWCO UN Liaison
It is with great pleasure that FAWCO has nominated Mercy Kiyapyap of West Pokot, Kenya for the 2007 Prize for Women’s Creativity in Rural Life. This is a prize sponsored by the Women’s World Summit Foundation to...
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice March 8,
2007
US State Department
2201 C Street NW
Washington, DC 205020
Dear Madame Secretary,
To mark the 2007 International Women’s Day, we the
undersigned as members of
FAWCO, the Federation of American Women’s Clubs Overseas, the oldest and largest organization representing private sector Americans
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Senator Joseph Biden
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations March 8, 2007
Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510 6225
Dear Senator Biden,
On March 8, International Women’s Day, we the undersigned are members of the FAWCO(Federation
of American Women’s Clubs Overseas), the oldest and largest organization representing
private sector Americans living abroad urge you endorse full...
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An update on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and background information
History and Background
On December 18, 1979, the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The call for a Treaty for the Rights of Women emerged from the First World Conference on...