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** WEEKLY NEWS UPDATE
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Contents:
* UN Women Executive Director kicks off the UNiTE campaign to end gender-based violence during the UN Trust Fund to end Violence Against Women grantee Convention
* In Geneva, Member States and gender advocates call for urgent and effective measures to accelerate gender equality
* Ten years on from mandate on sexual violence in conflict, survivors and experts call for promises to be fulfilled
* I am Generation Equality: Demecia Yat continues her search for justice
* Remarks by UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, at the UN Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security in New York
* Statement by Alaa Salah at the UN Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security
* UN Women Deputy Executive Director Åsa Regnér visits Nigeria to strengthen partnerships
* The power of women peacebuilders
** UN Women Executive Director kicks off the UNiTE campaign to end gender-based violence during the UN Trust Fund to end Violence Against Women grantee Convention ([link removed])
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Nov 04, 2019 06:51 am
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At the first ever grantee Convention of the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Trust Fund), UN Women today kicked off its annual activities for the UN Secretary-General’s UNiTE by 2030 to end Violence against Women campaign in support of the 16 days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence.
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** In Geneva, Member States and gender advocates call for urgent and effective measures to accelerate gender equality ([link removed])
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Nov 01, 2019 05:30 pm
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From young gender equality advocates to high-ranking government officials, key stakeholders from North America, Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia called for the urgent realization of women’s and girl’s human rights and for turning the commitments to gender equality into reality.
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** Ten years on from mandate on sexual violence in conflict, survivors and experts call for promises to be fulfilled ([link removed])
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Nov 01, 2019 09:24 am
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On the margins of the annual UN Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security in New York, at a side event on 30 October, survivors, leaders and experts came together to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the mandate of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict.
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** I am Generation Equality: Demecia Yat continues her search for justice ([link removed])
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Nov 01, 2019 09:14 am
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This interview features Demecia Yat, one of 15 women survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in Guatemala. From 2011 – 2016, they fought for justice at a national high court. The groundbreaking case resulted in the conviction of two former military officers of crimes against humanity and granted 18 reparation measures to the women survivors and their communities.
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** Remarks by UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, at the UN Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security in New York ([link removed])
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Oct 29, 2019 04:29 pm
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In her remarks at the UN Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said: "Progress is too slow, political will is not strong enough, and pushback against the needs and interests of women is threatening the progress we have made and pushing further away those who need the resolve and support most".
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** Statement by Alaa Salah at the UN Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security ([link removed])
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Oct 29, 2019 12:44 pm
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Alaa Salah was selected to represent civil society at the UN Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security in October 2019. She spoke in her capacity as an activist, community leader, and member of MANSAM, and on behalf of the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security.
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** UN Women Deputy Executive Director Åsa Regnér visits Nigeria to strengthen partnerships ([link removed])
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Oct 28, 2019 08:10 pm
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Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and UN Women Deputy Executive Director, Åsa Regnér, completed her first official mission to Nigeria from 21 to 25 October.
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** The power of women peacebuilders ([link removed])
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Oct 28, 2019 10:12 am
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Women do groundbreaking work for justice, peace and security. Yet, they continue to be sidelined in formal peace processes. As conflict continues to affect every region of the world, urgent action is needed to ensure that women are part of peacebuilding, and their contributions are visible and valued.
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