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...remembering the women of World War II
The 22ft-high bronze sculpture memorial in Whitehall commemorating the role of women during World War II. The sculpture, designed by sculptor John Mills, depicts the uniforms and working clothes worn by women during the war and was unveiled by the Queen in 2005, marking 60 years since the end of the war.
Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!
In 2015, International Women’s Day, celebrated globally on 8 March, UN Women will highlight the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a historic roadmap signed by 189 governments 20 years ago that sets the agenda for realizing women’s rights. To this end, the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is “Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!”
Make It Happen is the 2015 theme for www.internationalwomensday.com global hub, encouraging effective action for advancing and recognising women......
An artisan making her work at 22nd West Bengal State Handicrafts Expo 2014-2015 (Paschim Banga Hastashilpa Mela) at Milan Mela, Kolkata, India
India’s largest handicraft’s fair, an annual event displays the workmanship of the artisans of West Bengal, the neglected frontrunners of traditional art of the state.
Around 3000 participants from almost every districts of West Bengal display their arts and crafts of jute, cane furnitures and baskets, handloom products, Totem poles made of bamboo shoots, 'Chhau' masks, wood carvings, wooden, dokra, jute and clay dolls, Madhubani and other traditional hand paintings, sawdust art, terracotta, wooden, sea shell and coconut shell artifacts and other home decors. Beside carpets, handbags and wall hangings, Kantha stitch and Batik from Bolpur, Baluchari from Bisnupur, Tant from Shantipur, Phoolia and Dhoniakhali, Silk from Murshidabad, Woolens of Darjeeling are also very popular.
The traditional origins based on culture and mythology, the workmanships, the richness of ideas, the brilliant combination of pure simplicity and glamour bring an amazing experience to truly understand their talent.
The Expo spreads over an area of 82,000 sq ft and has incurred an estimated total sales of Rs.1500.00 lakh (£1.5 million pound). It is the initiative of the Department of Micro and Small Scale Enterprises and Textiles, Government of West Bengal, organized every year with the aim to provide the artisans an exposure to the urban markets, know their taste and interact with the buyers or exporters directly, so that they can get orders for their products all throughout the year.
Beautiful Bengal, India
March 8th, women around the world are joining together to fight sexism and raise civil awareness.
But what exactly is International Women’s Day, and why is it so significant?
Aren’t we trying to fight sexism and raise civil awareness every day?
And what are you doing to celebrate women?
Image sources: feminspire, MARCH 8, 2013.
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Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!
In 2015, International Women’s Day, celebrated globally on 8 March, UN Women will highlight the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a historic roadmap signed by 189 governments 20 years ago that sets the agenda for realizing women’s rights. To this end, the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is “Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!”
Make It Happen is the 2015 theme for www.internationalwomensday.com global hub, encouraging effective action for advancing and recognising women......
An artisan making her work at 22nd West Bengal State Handicrafts Expo 2014-2015 (Paschim Banga Hastashilpa Mela) at Milan Mela, Kolkata, India
India’s largest handicraft’s fair, an annual event displays the workmanship of the artisans of West Bengal, the neglected frontrunners of traditional art of the state.
Around 3000 participants from almost every districts of West Bengal display their arts and crafts of jute, cane furnitures and baskets, handloom products, Totem poles made of bamboo shoots, 'Chhau' masks, wood carvings, wooden, dokra, jute and clay dolls, Madhubani and other traditional hand paintings, sawdust art, terracotta, wooden, sea shell and coconut shell artifacts and other home decors. Beside carpets, handbags and wall hangings, Kantha stitch and Batik from Bolpur, Baluchari from Bisnupur, Tant from Shantipur, Phoolia and Dhoniakhali, Silk from Murshidabad, Woolens of Darjeeling are also very popular.
The traditional origins based on culture and mythology, the workmanships, the richness of ideas, the brilliant combination of pure simplicity and glamour bring an amazing experience to truly understand their talent.
The Expo spreads over an area of 82,000 sq ft and has incurred an estimated total sales of Rs.1500.00 lakh (£1.5 million pound). It is the initiative of the Department of Micro and Small Scale Enterprises and Textiles, Government of West Bengal, organized every year with the aim to provide the artisans an exposure to the urban markets, know their taste and interact with the buyers or exporters directly, so that they can get orders for their products all throughout the year.
Beautiful Bengal, India
Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!
In 2015, International Women’s Day, celebrated globally on 8 March, UN Women will highlight the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a historic roadmap signed by 189 governments 20 years ago that sets the agenda for realizing women’s rights. To this end, the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is “Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!”
Make It Happen is the 2015 theme for www.internationalwomensday.com global hub, encouraging effective action for advancing and recognising women......
An artisan making her work at 22nd West Bengal State Handicrafts Expo 2014-2015 (Paschim Banga Hastashilpa Mela) at Milan Mela, Kolkata, India
India’s largest handicraft’s fair, an annual event displays the workmanship of the artisans of West Bengal, the neglected frontrunners of traditional art of the state.
Around 3000 participants from almost every districts of West Bengal display their arts and crafts of jute, cane furnitures and baskets, handloom products, Totem poles made of bamboo shoots, 'Chhau' masks, wood carvings, wooden, dokra, jute and clay dolls, Madhubani and other traditional hand paintings, sawdust art, terracotta, wooden, sea shell and coconut shell artifacts and other home decors. Beside carpets, handbags and wall hangings, Kantha stitch and Batik from Bolpur, Baluchari from Bisnupur, Tant from Shantipur, Phoolia and Dhoniakhali, Silk from Murshidabad, Woolens of Darjeeling are also very popular.
The traditional origins based on culture and mythology, the workmanships, the richness of ideas, the brilliant combination of pure simplicity and glamour bring an amazing experience to truly understand their talent.
The Expo spreads over an area of 82,000 sq ft and has incurred an estimated total sales of Rs.1500.00 lakh (£1.5 million pound). It is the initiative of the Department of Micro and Small Scale Enterprises and Textiles, Government of West Bengal, organized every year with the aim to provide the artisans an exposure to the urban markets, know their taste and interact with the buyers or exporters directly, so that they can get orders for their products all throughout the year.
Beautiful Bengal, India
Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!
In 2015, International Women’s Day, celebrated globally on 8 March, UN Women will highlight the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a historic roadmap signed by 189 governments 20 years ago that sets the agenda for realizing women’s rights. To this end, the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is “Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!”
Make It Happen is the 2015 theme for www.internationalwomensday.com global hub, encouraging effective action for advancing and recognising women......
International Women’s Day: 10 quick facts on girls
www.unicef.org/media/media_81135.html
Photo taken on January 20, 2015 at Republic Day Parade Rehearsal, Kolkata, India
Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!
In 2015, International Women’s Day, celebrated globally on 8 March, UN Women will highlight the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a historic roadmap signed by 189 governments 20 years ago that sets the agenda for realizing women’s rights. To this end, the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is “Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!”
Make It Happen is the 2015 theme for www.internationalwomensday.com global hub, encouraging effective action for advancing and recognising women......
An artisan making her work at 22nd West Bengal State Handicrafts Expo 2014-2015 (Paschim Banga Hastashilpa Mela) at Milan Mela, Kolkata, India
India’s largest handicraft’s fair, an annual event displays the workmanship of the artisans of West Bengal, the neglected frontrunners of traditional art of the state.
Around 3000 participants from almost every districts of West Bengal display their arts and crafts of jute, cane furnitures and baskets, handloom products, Totem poles made of bamboo shoots, 'Chhau' masks, wood carvings, wooden, dokra, jute and clay dolls, Madhubani and other traditional hand paintings, sawdust art, terracotta, wooden, sea shell and coconut shell artifacts and other home decors. Beside carpets, handbags and wall hangings, Kantha stitch and Batik from Bolpur, Baluchari from Bisnupur, Tant from Shantipur, Phoolia and Dhoniakhali, Silk from Murshidabad, Woolens of Darjeeling are also very popular.
The traditional origins based on culture and mythology, the workmanships, the richness of ideas, the brilliant combination of pure simplicity and glamour bring an amazing experience to truly understand their talent.
The Expo spreads over an area of 82,000 sq ft and has incurred an estimated total sales of Rs.1500.00 lakh (£1.5 million pound). It is the initiative of the Department of Micro and Small Scale Enterprises and Textiles, Government of West Bengal, organized every year with the aim to provide the artisans an exposure to the urban markets, know their taste and interact with the buyers or exporters directly, so that they can get orders for their products all throughout the year.
Beautiful Bengal, India
Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!
In 2015, International Women’s Day, celebrated globally on 8 March, UN Women will highlight the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a historic roadmap signed by 189 governments 20 years ago that sets the agenda for realizing women’s rights. To this end, the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is “Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!”
Make It Happen is the 2015 theme for www.internationalwomensday.com global hub, encouraging effective action for advancing and recognising women......
International Women’s Day: 10 quick facts on girls
www.unicef.org/media/media_81135.html
Photo taken on January 20, 2015 at Republic Day Parade Rehearsal, Kolkata, India
New York– Waving signs and holding banners bearing the slogan “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality and Women’s Rights”, thousands snaked through midtown Manhattan on 8 March 2015 in a collective show of solidarity for the global women’s movement. Thousands sang, chanted and rallied for gender equality during a march to mark International Women’s Day.
Photo: UN Women/J Carrier
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/3/iwd-march-coverage
On the occasion of #IWD2015 European Parliament Information Office in Sofia co-organized a men march in high heels "walk in her shoes" to protest violence against women
New York– Waving signs and holding banners bearing the slogan “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality and Women’s Rights”, thousands snaked through midtown Manhattan on 8 March 2015 in a collective show of solidarity for the global women’s movement. Thousands sang, chanted and rallied for gender equality during a march to mark International Women’s Day.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/3/iwd-march-coverage
Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!
In 2015, International Women’s Day, celebrated globally on 8 March, UN Women will highlight the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a historic roadmap signed by 189 governments 20 years ago that sets the agenda for realizing women’s rights. To this end, the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is “Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!”
Make It Happen is the 2015 theme for www.internationalwomensday.com global hub, encouraging effective action for advancing and recognising women......
International Women’s Day: 10 quick facts on girls
www.unicef.org/media/media_81135.html
Photo taken on January 20, 2015 at Republic Day Parade Rehearsal, Kolkata, India
Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!
In 2015, International Women’s Day, celebrated globally on 8 March, UN Women will highlight the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a historic roadmap signed by 189 governments 20 years ago that sets the agenda for realizing women’s rights. To this end, the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is “Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!”
Make It Happen is the 2015 theme for www.internationalwomensday.com global hub, encouraging effective action for advancing and recognising women......
International Women’s Day: 10 quick facts on girls
www.unicef.org/media/media_81135.html
Photo taken on January 20, 2015 at Republic Day Parade Rehearsal, Kolkata, India
Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!
In 2015, International Women’s Day, celebrated globally on 8 March, UN Women will highlight the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a historic roadmap signed by 189 governments 20 years ago that sets the agenda for realizing women’s rights. To this end, the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is “Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!”
Make It Happen is the 2015 theme for www.internationalwomensday.com global hub, encouraging effective action for advancing and recognising women......
An artisan onher work at 22nd West Bengal State Handicrafts Expo 2014-2015 (Paschim Banga Hastashilpa Mela) at Milan Mela, Kolkata, India
India’s largest handicraft’s fair, an annual event displays the workmanship of the artisans of West Bengal, the neglected frontrunners of traditional art of the state.
Around 3000 participants from almost every districts of West Bengal display their arts and crafts of jute, cane furnitures and baskets, handloom products, Totem poles made of bamboo shoots, 'Chhau' masks, wood carvings, wooden, dokra, jute and clay dolls, Madhubani and other traditional hand paintings, sawdust art, terracotta, wooden, sea shell and coconut shell artifacts and other home decors. Beside carpets, handbags and wall hangings, Kantha stitch and Batik from Bolpur, Baluchari from Bisnupur, Tant from Shantipur, Phoolia and Dhoniakhali, Silk from Murshidabad, Woolens of Darjeeling are also very popular.
The traditional origins based on culture and mythology, the workmanships, the richness of ideas, the brilliant combination of pure simplicity and glamour bring an amazing experience to truly understand their talent.
The Expo spreads over an area of 82,000 sq ft and has incurred an estimated total sales of Rs.1500.00 lakh (£1.5 million pound). It is the initiative of the Department of Micro and Small Scale Enterprises and Textiles, Government of West Bengal, organized every year with the aim to provide the artisans an exposure to the urban markets, know their taste and interact with the buyers or exporters directly, so that they can get orders for their products all throughout the year.
Beautiful Bengal, India
New York– Waving signs and holding banners bearing the slogan “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality and Women’s Rights”, thousands snaked through midtown Manhattan on 8 March 2015 in a collective show of solidarity for the global women’s movement. Thousands sang, chanted and rallied for gender equality during a march to mark International Women’s Day.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/3/iwd-march-coverage
High-Level Thematic Debate on Advancing Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women and Girls for a Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda
Opening Session: The opening session will commemorate the 2015 United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day, under the slogan: “Empower women, Empower humanity. Picture it.”
Featured speakers:
President of the UN General Assembly Sam Kahamba Kutesa
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the UN
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, President of Croatia
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngucka, Executive Director of UN Women
Sivananthi Thanenthiran, Executive Director, Asian – Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW, Malaysia)
Michaëlle Jean, Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
High-Level Thematic Debate on Advancing Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women and Girls for a Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda
Opening Session: The opening session will commemorate the 2015 United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day, under the slogan: “Empower women, Empower humanity. Picture it.”
Featured speakers:
President of the UN General Assembly Sam Kahamba Kutesa
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the UN
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, President of Croatia
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngucka, Executive Director of UN Women
Sivananthi Thanenthiran, Executive Director, Asian – Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW, Malaysia)
Michaëlle Jean, Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
High-Level Thematic Debate on Advancing Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women and Girls for a Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda
Opening Session: The opening session will commemorate the 2015 United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day, under the slogan: “Empower women, Empower humanity. Picture it.”
Featured speakers:
President of the UN General Assembly Sam Kahamba Kutesa
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the UN
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, President of Croatia
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngucka, Executive Director of UN Women
Sivananthi Thanenthiran, Executive Director, Asian – Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW, Malaysia)
Michaëlle Jean, Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Fiona Hay, seed physiologist
I help run the rice gene bank in such a way that rice seeds are kept well for breeding good-yielding and tasty varieties.
Part of the image collection of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).
High-Level Thematic Debate on Advancing Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women and Girls for a Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda
Opening Session: The opening session will commemorate the 2015 United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day, under the slogan: “Empower women, Empower humanity. Picture it.”
Featured speakers:
President of the UN General Assembly Sam Kahamba Kutesa
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the UN
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, President of Croatia
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngucka, Executive Director of UN Women
Sivananthi Thanenthiran, Executive Director, Asian – Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW, Malaysia)
Michaëlle Jean, Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
High-Level Thematic Debate on Advancing Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women and Girls for a Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda
Opening Session: The opening session will commemorate the 2015 United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day, under the slogan: “Empower women, Empower humanity. Picture it.”
Featured speakers:
President of the UN General Assembly Sam Kahamba Kutesa
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the UN
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, President of Croatia
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngucka, Executive Director of UN Women
Sivananthi Thanenthiran, Executive Director, Asian – Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW, Malaysia)
Michaëlle Jean, Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
On the occasion of #IWD2015 European Parliament Information Office in Sofia co-organized a men march in high heels "walk in her shoes" to protest violence against women
New York– Waving signs and holding banners bearing the slogan “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality and Women’s Rights”, thousands snaked through midtown Manhattan on 8 March 2015 in a collective show of solidarity for the global women’s movement. Thousands sang, chanted and rallied for gender equality during a march to mark International Women’s Day.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/3/iwd-march-coverage
On the occasion of #IWD2015 European Parliament Information Office in Sofia co-organized a men march in high heels "walk in her shoes" to protest violence against women
On the occasion of #IWD2015 European Parliament Information Office in Sofia co-organized a men march in high heels "walk in her shoes" to protest violence against women
Fatima is a Syrian refugee living in Amman, Jordan's capital city.
There are over 600,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan now. While about 100,000 of them are living in camps near the border with Syria, the majority of them are living in villages, towns and cities, renting basic (and often sub-standard) accommodation. Rents are expensive, and making ends meet is hard for most refugees - many of whom fled their homes in Syria with only the clothes they could carry. Any cash or savings they were able to bring has been quickly used up.
Like many other refugees, Fatima has been receiving food vouchers from the World Food Programme to help her feed her family - as part of a scheme funded by UK humanitarian aid.
"The food vouchers mean I can buy milk for my baby", she says.
"They mean I can get rice, fruit and vegetables to feed my family. Without them, we wouldn't be able to afford to eat and pay the rent. It would mean we would have to go back to Syria, as we wouldn't be able to afford to stay here".
"I don't want to have to go back to Syria. It's too dangerous there now. I want to go back one day of course, but we can't go back now."
New York– Waving signs and holding banners bearing the slogan “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality and Women’s Rights”, thousands snaked through midtown Manhattan on 8 March 2015 in a collective show of solidarity for the global women’s movement. Thousands sang, chanted and rallied for gender equality during a march to mark International Women’s Day.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/3/iwd-march-coverage
High-Level Thematic Debate on Advancing Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women and Girls for a Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda
Opening Session: The opening session will commemorate the 2015 United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day, under the slogan: “Empower women, Empower humanity. Picture it.”
Featured speakers:
President of the UN General Assembly Sam Kahamba Kutesa
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the UN
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, President of Croatia
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngucka, Executive Director of UN Women
Sivananthi Thanenthiran, Executive Director, Asian – Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW, Malaysia)
Michaëlle Jean, Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
High-Level Thematic Debate on Advancing Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women and Girls for a Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda
Opening Session: The opening session will commemorate the 2015 United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day, under the slogan: “Empower women, Empower humanity. Picture it.”
Featured speakers:
President of the UN General Assembly Sam Kahamba Kutesa
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the UN
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, President of Croatia
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngucka, Executive Director of UN Women
Sivananthi Thanenthiran, Executive Director, Asian – Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW, Malaysia)
Michaëlle Jean, Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
High-Level Thematic Debate on Advancing Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women and Girls for a Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda
Opening Session: The opening session will commemorate the 2015 United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day, under the slogan: “Empower women, Empower humanity. Picture it.”
Featured speakers:
President of the UN General Assembly Sam Kahamba Kutesa
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the UN
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, President of Croatia
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngucka, Executive Director of UN Women
Sivananthi Thanenthiran, Executive Director, Asian – Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW, Malaysia)
Michaëlle Jean, Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
New York– Waving signs and holding banners bearing the slogan “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality and Women’s Rights”, thousands snaked through midtown Manhattan on 8 March 2015 in a collective show of solidarity for the global women’s movement. Thousands sang, chanted and rallied for gender equality during a march to mark International Women’s Day.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/3/iwd-march-coverage
New York– Waving signs and holding banners bearing the slogan “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality and Women’s Rights”, thousands snaked through midtown Manhattan on 8 March in a collective show of solidarity for the global women’s movement. Thousands sang, chanted and rallied for gender equality during a march to mark International Women’s Day.
Photo: UN Women/J Carrier
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/3/iwd-march-coverage
High-Level Thematic Debate on Advancing Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women and Girls for a Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda
Opening Session: The opening session will commemorate the 2015 United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day, under the slogan: “Empower women, Empower humanity. Picture it.”
Featured speakers:
President of the UN General Assembly Sam Kahamba Kutesa
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the UN
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, President of Croatia
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngucka, Executive Director of UN Women
Sivananthi Thanenthiran, Executive Director, Asian – Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW, Malaysia)
Michaëlle Jean, Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
New York– Waving signs and holding banners bearing the slogan “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality and Women’s Rights”, thousands snaked through midtown Manhattan on 8 March 2015 in a collective show of solidarity for the global women’s movement. Thousands sang, chanted and rallied for gender equality during a march to mark International Women’s Day.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/3/iwd-march-coverage
Casiana Vera Cruz - Senior Scientist II
Casiana or "Nollie" is a Plant Pathologist (Senior Scientist II) at Plant Breeding,
Genetics and Biotechnology (PBGB) Division. With expertise on plant pathology, she is responsible for researches on host plant resistance to diseases, and performs services for bacterial and fungal disease screening in breeding programs of different rice ecosystems. She also leads the IRRI-DA Heirloom Rice Project which aims to raise productivity and enrich the legacy of traditional rice through empowering communities in unfavorable rice-based ecosystem.
Part of the image collection of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).
High-Level Thematic Debate on Advancing Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women and Girls for a Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda
Opening Session: The opening session will commemorate the 2015 United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day, under the slogan: “Empower women, Empower humanity. Picture it.”
Featured speakers:
President of the UN General Assembly Sam Kahamba Kutesa
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the UN
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, President of Croatia
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngucka, Executive Director of UN Women
Sivananthi Thanenthiran, Executive Director, Asian – Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW, Malaysia)
Michaëlle Jean, Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
New York– Waving signs and holding banners bearing the slogan “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality and Women’s Rights”, thousands snaked through midtown Manhattan on 8 March 2015 in a collective show of solidarity for the global women’s movement. Thousands sang, chanted and rallied for gender equality during a march to mark International Women’s Day.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/3/iwd-march-coverage
New York– Waving signs and holding banners bearing the slogan “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality and Women’s Rights”, thousands snaked through midtown Manhattan on 8 March 2015 in a collective show of solidarity for the global women’s movement. Thousands sang, chanted and rallied for gender equality during a march to mark International Women’s Day.
Photo: UN Women/J Carrier
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/3/iwd-march-coverage
2015 Women First 5km run was held on Sunday 15 March 2015. As part of its campaign to promote women empowerment and gender equality, the UN in partnership with the Great Ethiopian Run organised the race under the lead message “empower women, empower a nation”. This year, the race attracted a record 10,000 participants. Among them include 700 female Addis Ababa University students who campaign for ending child marriage. Female students from different colleges and faculties of the university, run with a message “send girls to school, not to marriage” written on their t-shirts. The UN Ethiopia and the Addis Ababa University gender office facilitated their participation. Child marriage is a deeply entrenched traditional practice negatively affecting many girls in Ethiopia. Although the practice has declined in recent years, a lot needs to be done to accelerate progress and achieve total elimination by 2025, as reflected in the commitment of Ethiopia. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2015/Bizuwork
New York– Waving signs and holding banners bearing the slogan “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality and Women’s Rights”, thousands snaked through midtown Manhattan on 8 March 2015 in a collective show of solidarity for the global women’s movement. Thousands sang, chanted and rallied for gender equality during a march to mark International Women’s Day.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/3/iwd-march-coverage
New York– Waving signs and holding banners bearing the slogan “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality and Women’s Rights”, thousands snaked through midtown Manhattan on 8 March 2015 in a collective show of solidarity for the global women’s movement. Thousands sang, chanted and rallied for gender equality during a march to mark International Women’s Day.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/3/iwd-march-coverage
New York– Waving signs and holding banners bearing the slogan “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality and Women’s Rights”, thousands snaked through midtown Manhattan on 8 March 2015 in a collective show of solidarity for the global women’s movement. Thousands sang, chanted and rallied for gender equality during a march to mark International Women’s Day.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/3/iwd-march-coverage
New York– Waving signs and holding banners bearing the slogan “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality and Women’s Rights”, thousands snaked through midtown Manhattan on 8 March 2015 in a collective show of solidarity for the global women’s movement. Thousands sang, chanted and rallied for gender equality during a march to mark International Women’s Day.
Photo: UN Women/J Carrier
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/3/iwd-march-coverage
Prior to the 2015 United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day, President of the UN General Assembly Sam Kahamba Kutesa meets with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia and Phumzile Mlambo-Ngucka, Executive Director of UN Women; Michaëlle Jean, Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie and Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, President of Croatia.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
New York– Waving signs and holding banners bearing the slogan “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality and Women’s Rights”, thousands snaked through midtown Manhattan on 8 March 2015 in a collective show of solidarity for the global women’s movement. Thousands sang, chanted and rallied for gender equality during a march to mark International Women’s Day.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/3/iwd-march-coverage
New York– Waving signs and holding banners bearing the slogan “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality and Women’s Rights”, thousands snaked through midtown Manhattan on 8 March 2015 in a collective show of solidarity for the global women’s movement. Thousands sang, chanted and rallied for gender equality during a march to mark International Women’s Day.
Photo: UN Women/J Carrier
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/3/iwd-march-coverage
Prior to the 2015 United Nations Observance of International Women’s Day, President of the UN General Assembly Sam Kahamba Kutesa meets with Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, President of Croatia.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
New York– Waving signs and holding banners bearing the slogan “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality and Women’s Rights”, thousands snaked through midtown Manhattan on 8 March 2015 in a collective show of solidarity for the global women’s movement. Thousands sang, chanted and rallied for gender equality during a march to mark International Women’s Day.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/3/iwd-march-coverage