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Category Archives: Women’s Issues

Women and Gender Equality

United Nations Association Coventry Branch Posted on 4th June 2021 by wykenseagrave4th June 2021

These notes and links might be useful for those who have seen the UNA Coventry presentation on Women, Gender Equality  and the UN. Peace UN Charter https://www.un.org/en/about-us/un-charter/full-text UN founded in 1945 following failure of League of Nations to prevent second … Continue reading →

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Parliament Discusses Female Genital Mutilation

United Nations Association Coventry Branch Posted on 12th March 2019 by wykenseagrave9th August 2019

The House of Commons discussed an amendment to the Children Act 1989 covering Female Genital Mutilation. It was given its third reading from 19:35 – 22:00 on 11 March 2019. A video is shown below. A full transcript of the debate … Continue reading →

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Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS)

United Nations Association Coventry Branch Posted on 30th April 2018 by wykenseagrave30th April 2018

Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS) is the UK’s only Women, Peace and Security civil society network. We are a membership organisation of 17 NGOs and experts in the field of development, human rights, humanitarian and peacebuilding. We were founded to … Continue reading →

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Women, Peace and Security Agenda

United Nations Association Coventry Branch Posted on 30th April 2018 by wykenseagrave27th May 2019

This programme is organised by Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). WILPF believes there are particular gendered dimensions to violence that have a disproportionate and differing impact on women. Although women are often active agents in peace and … Continue reading →

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Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)

United Nations Association Coventry Branch Posted on 30th April 2018 by wykenseagrave30th April 2018

More than 1200 delegates from 12 countries attended the International Congress of Women in the Hague in 1915, also known as the Women’s Peace Congress or just The Hague Congress, aimed at proposing how to end the First World War through negotiation. Two participants, Jane Addams and Emily Greene Balch, … Continue reading →

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Women’s Day Video 2016

United Nations Association Coventry Branch Posted on 11th September 2016 by wykenseagrave3rd February 2017

Below is the speech by UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson entitled “HeForShe” on International Women’s Day 2016.

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Female Gential Mutilation (FGM)

United Nations Association Coventry Branch Posted on 27th June 2016 by wykenseagrave9th August 2019

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a practice that involves altering or injuring the female genitalia for non-medical reasons, and it is internationally recognized as a human rights violation. Globally, it is estimated that 200 million girls and women alive today … Continue reading →

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