Good Practices: UN

Press Conference by Ms. Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director, UN Women. Credit: UN

U.N. Meet on Women Wrangles Consensus to Address Violence

By George Gao UNITED NATIONS, Mar 17 2013 (IPS) – In her opening speech for the world’s largest conference on ending violence against women and girls, Michelle Bachelet summoned the spirit of 15-year old Malala Yousafzai, who’s skull was shattered … Continue reading →

Khalid Malik. Photo Courtesy of UNDP

UN: Rise of South “Unprecedented in Speed and Scale”

By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Mar 14 2013 (IPS) – The world’s 132 developing nations, largely part of the global South, are ascending at a pace “unprecedented in its speed and scale”, according to the latest Human Development Report (HDR) … Continue reading →

Violence against women and girls is both a cause and a consequence of gender inequality. Credit: Zofeen Ebrahim/IPS

UN: Reframing Gender, from Chaos to Creativity Post-2015

By George Gao UNITED NATIONS, Mar 4 2013 (IPS) – The U.N. has opened up public platforms to engage the world on how best to replace the expiring Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and frame a new development agenda, post-2015. What … Continue reading →

The island of Kiribati is threateded by climate change. Credit: UN-Photo, Eskinder Debabe

UN: Progress in Adressing Climate Change

By Stephen Leahy UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jan 15 2013 (IPS) – A majority of major economies have made significant progress in addressing climate change, with countries like South Korea and China taking aggressive action so they can benefit from energy- and … Continue reading →

A digital rendering of algae-ethanol production pools planned by Mexico. Credit: IPS

UN Aims at Sustainable Energy for All by 2024

By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Jan 10 2013 (IPS) – When the General Assembly wound down its 67th session in late December, it underscored the key role for energy in the U.N.’s post-2015 economic agenda by declaring 2014-2024 the “Decade … Continue reading →

“Unless women are in the forefront of this culture of peace, long-term solutions will elude us,” says Ambassador Anwarul Karim Chowdhury, the prime mover of the 1999 General Assembly resolution that adopted the U.N. Declaration and Programme of Action on the Culture of Peace. Credit: UN Photo/Ky Chung

UN: World Needs to Build a Culture of Peace, Says Ex-Envoy

By Thalif Deen United Nations, Sep 12, 2012 (IPS) – Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed, says the preamble to the constitution of … Continue reading →

Michelle Bachelet. Photo: Courtesy of UN Women

Michelle Bachelet: Women Must Be at the Forefront of Rio+20, and Beyond

Isabelle de Grave interviews Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women United Nations, Jun 13 2012 (IPS) – Unlocking women’s energies and allowing them to become drivers of change could fuel the motor of sustainable development. The question is whether … Continue reading →

UN: Opening of the 55th Commission of the Status of Women. Credit: Devra Berkowitz/UN Photos

Meet the Other U.N. Women

  By Kanya D’Almeida United Nations (IPS) – Tucked away from the high-level plenary sessions of the 55th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), a small chapel opposite the United Nations headquarters came to life Wednesday morning with the … Continue reading →

Indian Women in Quito/Ecuador Credit: Milton Grant/UN Photos

Imagining Urban Life Without Catcalls or Rape

Kanya D’Almeida interviews Ines Alberdi, Executive Director of UNIFEM United Nations (IPS) – The U.N. Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) launched an ambitious new initiative to improve the safety and wellbeing of women in five major cities Monday – New … Continue reading →