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United Nations & Women's Empowerment. (Presenting by: Mr. Khursheed Butt (Hod Pak Study).
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UN Women: The main UN organization dedicated to gender equality and women's empowerment. Established: 2010. Formed by Merging: Four previous smaller parts of the UN system dealing with women's issues. Head: The Executive Director (A notable recent chief was Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka)..
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CEDAW (1979): The "Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women." Often described as an international bill of rights for women. Beijing Declaration & Platform for Action (1995): A historic conference that set a global agenda for women's empowerment. Beijing+25 etc., are reviews of the progress made since 1995. UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000): A landmark resolution on Women, Peace and Security. It stresses the importance of women's participation in peace processes and conflict prevention..
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International Women's Day: Celebrated every year on March 8. International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: Observed on November 25. HeForShe: A famous UN Women solidarity campaigan to engage men and boys as advocates for gender equality..
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Political Participation: Increasing the number of women in parliaments and leadership positions. Economic Empowerment: Closing the gender pay gap, promoting women's entrepreneurship. Ending Violence: Combating all forms of violence against women and girls. Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG 5): "Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls." This is a central goal of the UN's 2030 Agenda..
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UN Entity: UN Women is the lead agency. Established in: 2010. The "Women's Bill of Rights": CEDAW (Convention from 1979). Landmark Peace & Security Resolution: UNSCR 1325 (from the year 2000). Historic Conference: Beijing Platform for Action (1995). SDG for Gender Equality: SDG 5. International Women's Day: March 8. Campaign for Men & Boys: HeForShe. Focus of UNSCR 1325: Women, Peace and Security. Observance for Ending Violence: November 25..
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