Saturday, July 3, 2010

BBC News - UN to set up agency promoting women's rights

BBC News - UN to set up agency promoting women's rights:

"The UN is to set up a single agency dedicated to promote the rights of women and girls around the world.

The UN General Assembly voted in favour of the body after four years of negotiations.

The new UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women will be referred to as UN Women, officials said.

It will start work at the beginning of next year and unify four existing UN divisions dealing with women's issues.
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