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Contents:
* Participants in the Africa Beijing+25 review call for implementation of the commitments made 25 years ago
* From Sudan to the Security Council: Sudanese women lead drive for change
* UN Women Executive Director visits Bosnia and Herzegovina




** Participants in the Africa Beijing+25 review call for implementation of the commitments made 25 years ago ([link removed])
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Nov 08, 2019 12:04 pm
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Member States, civil society and other stakeholders gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 27 October to 1 November to review the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, celebrate the significant progress made in Africa on gender equality and women’s empowerment, and agree on concrete action to be taken to accelerate implementation.
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** From Sudan to the Security Council: Sudanese women lead drive for change ([link removed])
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Nov 07, 2019 12:48 pm
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On 8 April 2019, Alaa Salah took to the streets in protest of the declining economic state of her country, just like thousands of other students and young people in Sudan. She had no idea that she would become the face of the Sudanese protest movement. By 11 April, the President of Sudan had been arrested, and a photo of Salah, standing atop a car in all white and leading a crowd in a chant, had gone viral.
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** UN Women Executive Director visits Bosnia and Herzegovina ([link removed])
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Nov 06, 2019 12:29 pm
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UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka travelled to Bosnia and Herzegovina from 3-6 November to reaffirm UN Women’s commitment to support the country in its efforts to advance gender equality and the women and girls’ empowerment.
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