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Women, Girls Take U.N. Center Stage This Week | WeNews →

Added on April 2, 2015 by Alana Chloe Esposito.

Policy making currents are washing around girls and women at the U.N. now as a major rights proclamation turns 20 and a set of global development goals prepares to re-launch. Here's taking some stock of it all, including a quick sampling of major milestones since 1995.

Women's Annual UN Meeting Hits High-Low Notes | WeNews →

Added on March 27, 2015 by Alana Chloe Esposito.

The most recent, 59th, session of the Commission on the Status of Women drew representatives of more than 1,100 nongovernmental groups who participated in over 600 events across the city, according to U.N. officials, making it the largest ever feminist gathering at the U.N., nearly double the annual average participation.