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| UN creates new body on women, gende |
| UN creates new body on women, gender equality
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 3-July-2010
4:56:23 AM |
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After years of difficult negotiations, the UN General Assembly voted on Friday to set up a body that will seek to improve the situation of women and girls around the world.
The new body will be known officially as the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, although officials say it will be referred to as UN Women (www.unwomen.org). It will consolidate four separate UN divisions now dealing with women's and gender issues.
"UN Women will significantly boost UN efforts to promote gender equality, expand opportunity, and tackle discrimination around the globe," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement.
UN diplomats said four years of negotiations between Western developed nations and developing countries, many of them states where women are often discriminated against, had been tough because of varying views on women's rights and gender equality.
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