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From Yoshita Singh United Nations, Jan 31: Asserting that it is committed to a zero tolerance policy on violence against women, India has told the UN Security Council it should "disaggregate" the complex nature of its peacekeeping mandates and focus ...

PTI United Nations : A Somali woman who runs an organization helping victims of sexual violence has urged the Security Council to step up action to prevent UN peacekeepers and staff deployed to conflict zones from becoming "violent ...

**DAVOS, Switzerland** -----At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, UN Women, the United Nations entity dedicated to achieving women's empowerment and gender equality, unveiled a new initiative to galvanize the support of global leaders ...

. Watson, 24, the newly appointed UN Women Goodwill Ambassador delivered an emotional speech about feminism at the United Nations headquarters in September to help launch the HeForShe gender equality campaign, reported E! Online. Watson in her speech stated ...

A Chinese envoy to the United Nations on Friday stressed it is necessary to better protect women and girls in areas of conflict by way of promoting peace and development. Women and girls often suffer the most from regional conflict, violence, ...

By NAVANETHEM PILLAY More by As the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, I visited South Sudan in May 2012, less than a year after its people voted for a better future as an independent nation state. There were human rights ...

The United Nations hasannounced that ISIS militants are executing educated women who reside in its controlled territories. The group has already executed three female lawyers this month. UN spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said a number of women ...

26 January 2015 GENEVA (26 JANUARY 2015) The post-2015 sustainable development goals currently being debated by the international community must be anchored firmly in international human rights standards and backed by strong means of ensuring ...

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The United Nations closed its "Barbershop Conference" on Thursday with prominent male diplomats - and a 13-year-old boy - pledging to recruit men and boys to advance gender equality and end violence against women.