As the world’s best football teams face off in Germany for the World Cup, the United Nations Development Programme is using the event to spotlight the need to empower women to play leading roles in daily life. Brazilian football star and UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, Marta Vieira da Silva, is delivering the message that we all win when women play leading roles not only on the pitch but also in families, schools and the workplace.
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Be creative and think outside the box!
Thursday, 26 May 2011 11:17
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Stefán Einarsson, the winner of last year´s UN European Ad Competition is no stranger to international prizes in graphic design, but he says winning the UN competition helped him gain attention both at home and internationally. “It was quite important for me to get so much attention to my work,” Einarsson says, “and for such a good cause too.”
Know an inspiring woman? Look this way!
Friday, 04 March 2011 17:42
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Do you know an inspiring woman? Someone who is making a difference in her life or in the lives of people around her, someone who has made the Millennium Development Goals real and has inspired positive change in towns, cities and local communities?
- UN Women announces members of Global Civil Society Advisory Group
- UN Women welcomes increased number of women in Algeria’s Parliament
- Circles of life: Community groups in Zimbabwe turn early warnings into early action
- Women shine at Jordan’s Fifth National Technology Parade
- Michelle Bachelet 2012 Commencement Speech at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
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