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UNIFEM - United Nation's Development Fund for Women
"It is not acceptable for Women to constitute 70 percent of the world's 1.3 billion absolute poor. Nor is it acceptable for women to work two-thirds of the world's working hours, but earn only one tenth of the world's income and own less than one-tenth of the world's property. Many fundamental changes must be made."
Noeleen Heyzer, Director of UNIFEM
Plenary Address to the Fourth World Conference on Women
UNIFEM's Mission
UNIFEM promotes women's empowerment and gender equality. It works to ensure the participation of women in all levels of development planning and practice, and acts as a catalyst within the UN system, supporting efforts that link the needs and concerns of women to all critical issues on the national, regional and global agendas. UNIFEM focuses its work at the country level within the context of the United Nations Resident Coordinator System . Playing a strong advocacy role, the Fund concentrates on fostering a multilateral policy dialogue on women's empowerment.
Since its creation in 1976 as an innovative and catalytic fund, UNIFEM has supported numerous projects and initiatives throughout the developing world that promote the political, economic, and social empowerment of women. These have ranged from small grassroots enterprises that improved working conditions for women to public education campaigns and the design of new gender-sensitive laws and marketing systems.
UNIFEM is represented at the regional and country level by its 12 Regional Programme Advisors (RPAs). They are the front-line of contact between UNIFEM and its partners and clients. The RPAs develop and oversee UNIFEM's projects in their regions and identify trends and issues affecting women in the region as a basis for new programming directions.
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A major US college football bowl game that is being played since 1993 is the Alamo Bowl. The game is held in December but it is going to be held in January for the first time the next year. The game carried different names in the initial seasons. Alamo Bowl formed a joint venture with Valero Energy Corporation in 2007, and acquired a different name. The 2005 Alamo Bowl culminated as the most talked about plays in the category. Then, in 2007, Alamo Bowl was conducted between two major teams with the game attended by more than 66,000 people. Out of the fifteen games played by Alamo Bowl, the game has been sold out six times. It is definitely a worthy idea to get Alamo Bowl Tickets at the earliest!
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Selling more than 30 million albums throughout the world till date, Pinkis the stage name of an American actress, singer-songwriter and a record producer, known as Alecia Beth Moore. Born in 1979, Pinkstarted with her career in music during 1995. Till date she has released five studio albums, 3 live DVDs, and one box set of her several albums, entitled Pink Box: Special Edition. She has won two Grammy’s and one BRIT Award. Giving many hit singles so far, Pink is largely known for her live performances as well. To be a part of her live concert this year, buy your Pink Tickets today!
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National Hockey League playoffs are all the rage. Like other teams, Pittsburgh Penguins are also all-set to wreck havoc on the opponents. There are a number of strong teams playing against Penguins, so nobody knows what will happen. But, what we know is that these games are going to be fill of players playing hard and fast. So, make sure you are there for all the jaw-dropping game actions. Pittsburgh Penguins fans, if you have not bought your tickets to see your favorite team, trust us you really are missing out in something. Don’t be late and get yourself your Pittsburgh Penguins Tickets and cheer on your favorite team.
A Chorus Line is a musical with nineteen main characters. It tells the story of seventeen Broadway dancers who audition for a chorus line. The show is a peep into the personas of the performers and the choreographer who narrate the events that impacted their lives and why they took up dancing. The Broadway production initially prepared by Buffalo N.Y. was a huge success winning 9 of the 12 Tony nominations. It is still reckoned as the longest running musical produced in the United States. The show was brought to stage on Broadway again in 2006. Give yourself a break by getting A Chorus Line Tickets. |
