Equality of Women and Men
Equality of Women and Men
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Michelle Bachelet, former President of Chile and current Under Secretary-General of UN Women |
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Bahá'í International Community delegates to the 54th Commission on the Status of Women |
Overview
For sixty years, the Bahá'í International Community’s United Nations Office has worked for women’s advancement and gender equality, through its participation and contributions to the session of the Commission on the Status of Women, through strengthening the UN’s gender mechanisms and through supporting the programmes and implementation efforts of its national affiliates. Our office has played a lead role in bringing women’s voices from around the world to bear on UN issues. Along with our national affiliates, we have been involved in each of the UN world conferences on women and children and led the NGO Committee on the Status of Women during the 4th World Conference on Women (Beijing). We continue to work closely with UNICEF and UNIFEM to address issues related to women's and girls' education, their health and security, racism, and violence against women. We believe that the achievement of full equality between the sexes is one of the most important prerequisites of peace.
Recent Activities
- 15 September (New York) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon announced his appointment of former Chilean President, Michelle Bachelet, as the Under-Secretary-General of UN WOMEN. The new gender entity will consolidate the four existing UN bodies on women, increase operational capacity at the country level and gain increased funding for work on women’s empowerment and advancement. Read UN News article.
Activity Archive (2007-2010)
Contributions to the discourse on the equality of women and men
- Women’s Health and Human Rights The Case for Comprehensive and Sustainable Development (2011) Commission on Population and Development, 44th Session
- Education and Training for the Betterment of Society (2011) Commission on the Status of Women, 55th Session
- Striving Towards Justice: Transforming the Dynamics of Human Interaction (2009)
Commission on the Status of Women, 53rd Session - The Eradication of Violence against Women and Girls (2008)
Human Rights Council, 7th Session - Mobilizing Institutional, Legal and Cultural Resources to Achieve Gender Equality (2008)
Commission on the Status of Women, 52nd Session - Transforming Values to Empower the Girl Child (2008)
Commission on the Status of Women, 51st Session - Integrating gender perspectives into the work of the Human Rights Council (2007)
Human Rights Council, 6th Session - Beyond Legal Reforms: Culture and Capacity in the Eradication of Violence Against Women and Girls (2006)
- The role of men and boys in achieving gender equality (2004)
Commission on the Status of Women, 48th Session
