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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Federation of American Women’s Clubs Overseas –FAWCO
(Special Consultative Status granted in 1997)
ECOSOC Quadrennial Report (2005- 2008)
Part I Introduction
Founded in 1931, the Federation of American Women’s Clubs Overseas (FAWCO) is a non-partisan, not-for-profit corporation that serves as an umbrella network linking independent American and international volunteer organizations around the world.
FAWCO is a network of 73 organizations in...
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Some numbers:
27 million - # of modern day slaves around the world
800,000 - # persons trafficked across international borders each year (UNIFEM estimate 500,000 - 2 million, other...
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The Civil Society Development Forum is the third in a series organized by the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO) prior to the ECOSOC High-Level Segments. The 2008 Forum consists of a component in New York, with a follow-up component in Geneva later in the year to examine action taken and further action...
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On May 30, 2008, FAWCO joined other human rights and women's organizations in a statement to the 8th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, urgently calling for an end to the political violence against women and girls in Zimbabwe. The statement urged the Human Rights Council to establish a program of engagement with Zimbabwe for protection of...
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FAWCO urges U.S. to honor commitments to United Nations and to invest in peace, security, and diplomacy.
The failure of the US to pay past debt and present obligations to the UN and international organizations is seriously jeopardizing the peacekeeping efforts in Darfur as well as other hot spots in the world. It is also damaging to our...