The United Arab Emirates (UAE) joins the world today to celebrate International Women’s Day, marked annually on the 8th of March in recognition of the role of women and their active contributions to political, cultural, social, and economic development. This day has become a global day of importance that highlights the achievements of women and […]
Equality beyond reach for many women and girls in Asia-Pacific
UN Ministerial Conference opens with urgent call for change to make gender equality a reality Bangkok – Over 500 Ministers, senior policymakers, UN officials, civil society, youth and private sector representatives from across Asia and the Pacific region today gathered in Bangkok to chart out priority actions to support accelerated progress on gender equality and […]
Christmas – The Time of Miracles
Christmas is the time of miracles. — We were lucky to witness a miracle as it unfolded this Sunday at the UN House in Ashgabat. Some 40 female entrepreneurs and creative artists broughttheir creations to the open market organized jointly by the UN in Turkmenistan and the British Embassy. There was a wide variety of […]
Elimination of violence against women and girls – 16 days of activism led by UN in Turkmenistan
Elvira Kadyrova The 16 days of Activism started on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November to once again focus global community’s attention on one of the divaricate social problem – Gender-Based Violence. The time is to remember the negative episodes from our own life experience (both for man […]