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Younger generation of gender equality activists say

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At UN, younger generation of gender equality activists say they are ready to play active role
 
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13 March 2015 – Youth delegates such as Momal Mushtaq, a self-described “feminist” from Pakistan who was banned from riding a bicycle back home, and Tunisian women’s advocate Aya Chebbi, who declared that her “bold” generati

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Bollywood’s Farhan Akhtar to end violence against women

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Farhan AkhtarAt UN, Bollywood’s Farhan Akhtar leads push to involve more men to end violence against women

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11 March 2015 – When the moderator of a panel discussion today at United Nations Headquarters in New York on how to end violence against women looked a little disappointedly at her virtually all-female audience, she called out: “Where are the men? Where are the men?”

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Global health partnership has saved 2.5 million women

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Global health partnership has saved 2.5 million women and children since 2010, says UN chief

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10 March 2015 – At a high-l

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Equality means business

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Equality means business: UN urges private sector to help close gender gap

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Women in Politics’ map reflects

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Launched at UN, latest ‘Women in Politics’ map reflects sluggish progress in gender equality.

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On International Women's Day,

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On International Women's Day, UN urges more action to achieve gender equality

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8 March 2015 – To mark International Women'

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Member States must ‘step it up’ on gender parity

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Member States must ‘step it up’ on gender parity as UN sets equality targets for 2030
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6 March 2015 – The past 20 years has seen haltering progress on women’s rights issues and, in some

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Sustainable development needed to transform Asia-Pacific’s least developed

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Sustainable development needed to transform Asia-Pacific’s least developed countries – UN

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International Women’s Day celebrations with appeal for gender equality

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UN kicks off International Women’s Day celebrations with appeal for gender equality
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6 March 2015 – Despite great strides in the advancement of gender parity, women still lag behind men

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Women farmers pillar of food security – UN agencies

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Women farmers pillar of food security – UN agencies

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6 March 2015 – Ahead of International Women’s Day, United Nations foo

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