Charting a course for Timor-Leste’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security

Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2013

UN Women, in cooperation with SoSS, recently hosted a workshop to launch the process of developing a NAP on Security Council resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. This historical resolution calls on states to ensure that women participate in conflict resolution and peace-building processes from the grassroots up to the national and international levels, that they are better protected from human rights violations, and that women have access to justice and services to eliminate discrimination. More

National Workshop on Improving Women’s Human Rights (WHR) in Mindanao

Date: 17 October 2013 - 18 October 2013

Location: Waterfront Insular Hotel, Davao City, Philippines

GFMD Preparatory Workshop on International Migrant Domestic Care Workers at the Interface of Migration and Development: Action to Expand Global Practice in the Asian Region

Date: Saturday, October 20, 2012

Over 60 delegates from nineteen countries of migrant origin and destination, 4 international organisations and 2 regional civil society organisations, at a Preparatory Workshop for the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) 2012, the world’s pre-eminent dialogue on international migration, pledged to make human rights a reality for the world’s migrant domestic care workers, the majority of whom are women. More

The Opening Session of the Preparatory GFMD Workshop, The Philippines

Date: Monday, October 15, 2012

Speech by Ms Roberta Clarke, Regional Director, UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, and Regional Representative in Thailand at the Opening Session of the Preparatory GFMD Workshop on International Migrant Domestic Care Workers at the Interface of Migration and Development: Action to Expand Global Practice in the Asian Region, 15-16 October 2012, Manila, The Philippines More

Working Like a Slave, Eating Like a King

Date: Tuesday, August 28, 2012

An initiation of self-help groups, collectives of women and men who work together to produce agricultural products, raise livestock, fish, and even create bricks for infrastructural development has changed not only the financial situation, but the gender division of labour of many communities in poverty-stricken Memo village of Timor-Leste. More

UN Women and UNAIDS empower HIV-positive women leaders to claim their rights in the Philippines

Date: Monday, July 23, 2012

MANILA, June 2012 – UN Women and UNAIDS in partnership with women’s rights organizations and HIV/AIDS groups is empowering HIV-positive women leaders across the Philippines to claim their rights using national and international human rights instruments. More