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UNPOL and Timor Police Assist Domestic Abuse Victim

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:15:11 GMT

A UN Police (UNPOL) officer with the UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) and a member of the Timorese national police's Vulnerable Persons Unit conduct an interview with a domestic abuse victim in Dili, Timor-Leste.

All-Woman Samoan Police Contingent Arrives to UNMIT

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:15:11 GMT

Radio producers Joyce De Pina and Paulo Gama of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) interview Deborah Pata-Ioane, a member of the all-woman Samoan police contingent newly-arrived to serve with the Mission. Ms. Pata-Ioane, along with a fellow officer and the contingent's commander, was selected by Samoan authorities to help underline the importance of gender equality in police work.

Woman Collects Rice in Timor-Leste

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:15:11 GMT

A woman collects rice with a machete near Manatuto, Timor-Leste.

Founder of Institute on Gender in Media Holds Press Conference

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:15:11 GMT

Geena Davis, Academy Award-winning actress and founder of non-profit organization Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, speaks to journalists following the opening of the 2010 Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) High-Level Segment. Ms. Davis briefed on issues of gender disparity, emphasizing the portrayal of women in the media and its effect on young girls.

Woman in Mbalmayo, Cameroonian Community Engaged in MDGs

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:15:11 GMT

A Cameroonian woman in the town of Mbalmayo. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited Mbalmayo, a community engaged in several projects to further the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Sudanese Men Play Football for 'End Violence against Women' Campaign

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:15:11 GMT

Local football teams inside Abu Shouk Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp, North Darfur, square off as part of the campaign 'We Can End Violence against Women', organized by the Public Information Office of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

Timor Police Team Visits Victims, House by House

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:15:11 GMT

A two-person team, comprised of a UN Police officer (left, with children) and an officer from the Vulnerable Persons Unit of the Polícia Nacional de Timor-Leste (PNTL), makes house calls where there are reports of abuse against women and children. Here they travel on foot along an unpaved road inaccessible to cars.

Sudanese Prison Drama Group Performs on Theme "Violence against Women"

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:15:11 GMT

In Sudan, the Rule of Law-Prison Advisory Unit from the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) collaborate to organize a prison drama group whose performance theme is "violence against women". Pictured here, a scene from one of the performances.

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:15:11 GMT

A singer performs at UN Headquarters' commemorative event for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. During the event Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Governments, civil society, women's organizations, young people, the private sector, artists, the media, the entire United Nations system, and individual women and men, to join forces in addressing the global pandemic of violence against women and girls.

Parliamentary and Presidential Elections in Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:15:11 GMT

Voters came in large numbers, especially among women, to exercise their right to elect new regional, parliamentary, and presidential representatives in the notably orderly and peaceful Parliamentary and Presidential elections in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. UN election observers from the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) organized and carried out the elections.

Voter at polling station in Erbil.