Map of the Day: Where Women Serve in Parliament Mark Leon Goldberg March 15, 2019 Rwanda has the highest percentage of female parliamentarians (61%) and Micronesia the lowest (0%), according to a new survey of the gender balance of hundreds of parliaments around the world. The survey is conducted by the Inter-Parliamentary Union, which r...
Amid the #MeToo Moment, Leaders Gather at the UN for the World’s Largest Meeting on Gender Equality Coby Jones March 14, 2018 The 62nd annual Commission of the Status of Women (CSW) kicked off at the United Nations in New York City this week. Tens of thousands of women from all around the world are be gathering at the United Nations for the next two weeks to discuss the ‘challenges a...
A new UN report just calculated the percentage of women who can’t find work because of sexism Coby Jones June 21, 2017 Do women participate in the workforce at the same rate as men? No, they don’t. Globally, the workforce participation rate for women is 49.4 percent, which is 26.7 percentage points below the global participation rate for men. This means that of all the peop...
Why The UN Headquarters Were Lit Up in Orange Penelope Chester November 25, 2014 The UN HQ and Empire State Building Don Fiery Colors
Full Participation For Women and Girls in the 21st Century Penelope Chester September 24, 2014 It's time to close the gender gap
UN Dispatch Exclusive: Interview with Dr. Nasser Marafih, CEO of Ooredoo Penelope Chester September 25, 2013 Ooredoo announces a new commitment at CGI to create jobs for 20,000 women in Myanmar.
New Tools And Approaches To Ending Violence Against Women and Children Penelope Chester September 24, 2013 Discussing how to end violence against women and children at #SGS
#CGI2013 Kicks Off With Conversation on Women’s Empowerment and Accountability Kimberly Curtis September 24, 2013 The Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting kicked off today with a discussion ranging in topics from women’s empowerment to tax evasion. It turns out that when you get together a former US president, a rock star turned philanthropist, the head of the IMF, tw...
