Although United Nations Regional Commissions have been in existence for more than 70 years, for the first time ever, each one is currently headed by a woman designated by Secretary-General António Guterres.Read More

UN Resident Coordinator Ugochi Daniels on Monday expressed profound solidarity with the flood-stricken people in Iran and examined various avenues in hampering natural disaster in the country. She said in a training workshop themed ‘Sendai Framework Monitoring and Disaster Loss and Damage Assessment’ in Tehran on Monday.   In the workshop, she expressed profound solidarity...Read More

The UN representative in Iran says the international organization has opened a special financial channel to allow cash donations for the survivors of recent devastating floods in Iran. ‘The United Nations has established a banking channel so cash assistance would makes its way into Iran,’ UN Resident Coordinator and Representative of Secretary General in Iran...Read More

Rabab Sleiman is a self-taught trainer from Lebanon, who is playing a pivotal role in reviving the traditional craft of palm leaf weaving and teaching the skill to young Lebanese and Syrian refugee women Rabab strongly believes that the training she has provided has had a positive impact on the 17 women beneficiaries from UN...Read More

(United Nations) 13 March 2018 – On 12 March, opening day of the 62nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62), the Spotlight Initiative, a multi-year partnership between the European Union and the United Nations, brought together leaders from Government and civil society to discuss strategies for eliminating violence against women and...Read More

IRNA – An Iranian female MP on Monday briefed the 62th meeting of the UN Commission on the Status of Women on the achievements made and measures taken by the Islamic Republic of Iran to support rural women and girls. Addressing a round table debate on economic empowerment of rural women, Parvaneh Salahshoori cited training...Read More

IRNA-The 62nd Commission of the Status of Women (CSW) with participation of representatives from all over the world, including Iran, kicked off at the UN headquarters in New York on Monday. The meeting will last until March 23, 2018 and the main priority of the meeting is to consider problems and opportunity to gain access...Read More