Australia’s laws to protect women against violence must be backed by more funding and better implementation, says human rights report
Laws to protect women against domestic violence in Australia must be backed up with sufficient funding and better implementation to protect the most vulnerable members ...
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ADF Appoints Executive Director of UN Women NC Australia, Julie McKay, as Gender Adviser
The Australian National Committee for UN Women supports today’s announcement that Executive Director Julie McKay has been appointed as Gender Adviser to the Chief of ...
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Media Release: UN Commission Calls for Increased Efforts to Promote Gender Equality
After two weeks of intense negotiations, the 58th session of the Commission on the Status of Women ended early on Saturday morning with a strong ...
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University of Sydney Business School and UN Women partner to promote women in leadership.
The University of Sydney Business School is partnering with UN Women National Committee Australia in a joint effort to promote gender equality at the most ...
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Media Release: Lauren Jackson Joins Call for Gender Equality – Announced as Champion for UN Women NC Australia
UN Women National Committee Australia is pleased to announce that Lauren Jackson, Australia’s star basketball player has agreed to become a national Champion for the ...
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Esprit Supports UN Women to Lift Women out of Poverty for International Women’s Day
Esprit has partnered with the Australian National Committee for UN Women to launch a beautiful collection in support of International Women’s Day, March 8, 2014. ...
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Napoleon Perdis Cosmetics and the Australian NC for UN Women partner to help women and girls
Napoleon Perdis Cosmetics is delighted to announce our support of the Australian National Committee for UN Women and International Women’s Day. March 8th signifies the ...
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UN Women NC Australia Executive Director to Join National Delegation to the UN Commission on the Status of Women
Ms Julie McKay, the Executive Director of the Australian National Committee for UN Women will join the Australian Government delegation to the 58th Session of ...
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Nicole da Silva announced as first National Champion of UN Women NC Australia
The Australian National Committee for UN Women is pleased to announce that Australian actor Nicole da Silva has agreed to become the first national Champion for ...
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Slavery in Australia – a silent crime
A new report by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) has revealed that migrant women in Australia are trapped in a life of silent slavery ...
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Nicole Kidman urges action on violence against women
The message at the first-ever awards ceremony of the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women was simple: “they count on us; we count ...
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Australian Aid Agencies Call for an End to Violence Against Women and Children in Papua New Guinea
25 November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, ...
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London Domestic Slavery Case Demonstrates that Slavery is not just a Third-World Issue
GLOBAL SLAVERY INDEX REPORTS 29 MILLION LIVING IN SLAVERY WORLDWIDE, 3,000 IN AUSTRALIA On the eve of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against ...
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WEF Report Names Australia First for Gender Equality in Educational Attainment, Lagging Behind in Other Key Areas
The World Economic Forum finds that, based on the eight years of data available for the countries that have been part of the Global Gender ...
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Civil Society Groups Urge Government to Accelerate Plan on Women Peace and Security
Today the Australian National Committee for UN Women, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), the Australian National University Gender Institute and the ...
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Media Release: Australian National Committee welcomes appointment of new UN Women Executive Director
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon appoints Ms Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka from South Africa as the new Executive Director of UN Women The Australian National Committee for ...
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