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National Catholic Reporter
March 28, 2018
In a statement on the last day of the March 12-23 conference, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the head of UN Women, the United Nations' secretariat focused on women and girls, hailed the commission's "agreement on measures to bring substantive equality to women and girls in rural areas [as] a vital stepÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 21, 2018
UN Women and Justice Rapid Response (JRR) welcome the report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, “I Lost My Dignity: Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in the Syrian Arab Republic.” The report—the first of its kind from the Commission—documents theÃâà...
New Vision
March 13, 2018
In her opening remarks, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women said millions of women and girls across the world in rural areas provide unpaid care in their homes... Kadaganewyork 703x422. In her opening remarks, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UNÃâà...
Chicago Sun-Times
March 13, 2018
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of U.N. Women, says all institutions need to communicate with their employees what their rights are, so they know how to report any violations and can be assured "that they will be believed and that they will not endÃâà...
CBS News
March 12, 2018
"We should listen to those women and girls who have marched us to a tipping point," Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of U.N. Women, told CBS News. Established in 1946 with annual meetings around the world, this is not the first rodeo for the Commission on theÃâà...
SowetanLIVE Sunday World
March 12, 2018
President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised former deputy president Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka that South Africa will support the work she does at the United Nations (UN). Mlambo-Ngcuka is based at the UN headquarters in New York, where she is executive director of UN Women with the rank ofÃâà...
Inquirer.net
March 11, 2018
NEW YORK — Worldwide, gender bias is attracting renewed attention. Through protest marches and viral social-media campaigns, women everywhere are demanding an end to sexual harassment, abuse, femicide, and inequality. But, as successful as the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements have been inÃâà...
Pretoria East Rekord
March 10, 2018
Former deputy president and UN women's executive director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has called on South Africans to change their attitudes towards women. Speaking at #SheDecides conference, Mlambo-Ngcuka said attitude change would ensure young people accessed sexual and reproductiveÃâà...
UN News
March 8, 2018
Alongside Ms. Mlambo-Ngcuka in the UN General Assembly Hall, American actor and producer Reese Witherspoon highlighted that the movement for women's rights will continue until it achieves its goals. “Understand that we will not leave, that we will not shut up, we want to see us represent 50/50,” saidÃâà...
The Japan Times
March 5, 2018
NEW YORK – Around the world, gender bias is attracting renewed attention. Through protest marches and viral social-media campaigns, women everywhere are demanding an end to sexual harassment, abuse, femicide and inequality. But, as successful as the Me Too and Time's Up movements haveÃâà...
The Guardian
December 31, 1999
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the executive director of UN Women, told the packed room that the #MeToo moment was a tipping point that represented the culmination of years of work by women around the world. She said it was an opportunity for women in the public eye to “speak for other women who areÃâà...
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