21 November 2014 - Child marriage holds back 15 million girls a year, or about 41,000 a day, denying them fundamental rights and undermining their future. If there is no reduction in child marriage, 1.2 billion girls will marry as…
Read More UN General Assembly adopts historic resolution on child, early & forced marriage
by Janice G Foerde, chairwoman, KULU-Women and Development (KULU) Many nice words about global progress on gender equality and women’s/girls’ rights as well as UN member states’ national results were heard at the 59th Session of the UN Commission…
Read More CSW 2015 celebrated Beijing+20 with record large participation but limited space for CSOs
From 3 to 7 November, 2014 the UN regional meeting for Europe and Central Asia was held in preparation to the next Commission of the Status of Women will focus on 2015: 20 years after the Beijing Platform for Action.…
Read More Karat Coalition’s statement during the UNECE NGO Geneva Forum available
