8 March 2011 - This year, we mark a century of women as agents of change to improve their lives, communities and health. Over the past 100 years, many advances have improved the health of women and girls. Examples include…

8 March 2011 - A hundred years ago today, women across the world took an historic step on the long road to equality. The first ever International Women’s Day was called to draw attention to the unacceptable and often…

SRSG Mahiga's letter to Somali Womon on International Women's Day. [Somali]

UNPOS Communiqué on International Women's Day

Nairobi, 8 March 2011 – We take this opportunity on International Women's Day to address all Somalis—men and women, Government officials, members of Parliament, the business community and Civil Society—to ask that you place…

International Women's Day, 2011: Time to Make the Promise of Equality a Reality A hundred years ago today, women across the world took an historic step on the long road to equality. The first ever International Women's Day…

8 March 2011 - UNAMA's Human Rights Unit today starts rolling out the Dari and Pashto versions of the Harmful Traditional Practices and Implementation of the Law on Elimination of Violence against Women in Afghanistan Report…

NEW YORK - One hundred years ago, when the world first commemorated International Women’s Day, gender equality and women’s empowerment were largely radical ideas. On this centenary, we celebrate the significant progress that…

March 07, 2011_One hundred years ago, when the world first commemorated International Women's Day, gender equality and women's empowerment were largely radical ideas. On this centenary, we celebrate the significant progress…

4 March 2011 - The Special-Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNIOGBIS, Joseph Mutaboba, today called upon Guinea-Bissau authorities as well as their sub-regional partners to endorse the ECOWAS-CPLP road map…

28 February 2011 - Representatives of the United Nations (UN) peace missions in West Africa held their twentieth high-level consultation in Dakar in order to coordinate the action of the UN promote peace and stability in the…

1 March 2011: A joint delegation of the African Union (AU), Economic Community of West of African States (ECOWAS) and the United Nations, including the Commissioner for Peace and Security of the AU, Ambassador Ramtane Lamamra…