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- The United Nations regional economic agency (ECLAC) says more attention needs to be drawn to women’s unpaid work in Latin America. See report: What kind of state? What kind of Equality?
- UN Women is a new United Nations department that merges 4 international agencies and offices and will give a much stronger voice to gender equality at a global level.
- The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) launches a series of televised debates to discuss the theme Women’s empowerment, development cooperation and culture.
- OECD, ICRW and UNIFEM event on July 1st. “From Behind the Scenes to the Forefront: Gender Equality, Social Institutions and the Millennium Development Goals”
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- United Nations “Global Open Day for Women and Peace” kicks off 10th anniversary commemorations of UN Security Council resolution 1325. Read more
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In the Spotlight: Women, Business and the Law 2010 report
Women, Business and the Law measures, in an objective fashion, legal differentiations on the basis of gender in 128 economies around the world. It is the first report that measures the gender gap in policy variables using quantitative and objective data. It examines the laws, regulations and institutions that differentiate between women and men in ways that affect women’s incentives or capacity to work or to set up and run a business. The six topics covered are: 
- Accessing institutions
- Using property
- Getting a job
- Dealing with taxes
- Building credit
- Going to court
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In the Spotlight: Creation of new UN entity on gender equality
The UN General Assembly voted unanimously on Friday 2 July 2010 the creation of a new UN body – 'UN Women' with the mission to accelerate progress in achieving gender equality and women's empowerment. This Community Portal’s special focus will look at how the press has been covering this important event. Learn more about this and other gender equality topics covered by the media on the Community Portal page.
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Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice
The Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice is an international women’s human rights organization advocating for gender-inclusive justice and working towards an effective and independent International Criminal Court (ICC). It works globally to ensure justice for women in an independent and effective International Criminal Court. The Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice advocates for inclusion of gender based crimes in the investigations and prosecutions of the ICC and promotes the rights of women victims/survivors of armed conflict throughout the justice process including through the Trust Fund for Victims
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