Sentence examples for unifem from inspiring English sources

UNIFEM, the United Nations Development Fund for Women, has worked since 1995 to implement the Beijing Platform for Action.

Mrs. MacBain was involved in many volunteer organizations, including Trickle Up, the United Nations Hospitality Committee and most particularly UNIFEM, the United Nations Development Fund for Women.

In lieu of flowers, donations in her name to UNIFEM at 304 East 45th Street, New York, New York 10017 (212 906 6400) would be greatly appreciated.

Perhaps stung by criticism of the UK's tardiness given the lead the country has taken on supporting the new agency, Mitchell added that the figure was almost three times higher than the money previously committed to Unifem, the UN body formerly dedicated to gender equality.

Unifem, the largest of the four, has 47 staff and a budget of $129m to serve the world's three and a half billion women.

More than 36,000 women have been murdered in Mexico between 1985 and 2010, according to UNIFEM and local NGOs.

The UK government assessed UN Women in March 2013 as part of an aid review, concluding it had made progress on all measures on which its chief predecessor, Unifem, had been judged weak and poor value for money two years earlier.

The promotion of gender equality and empowerment remains one of the key Millennium Development Goals and, according to a 2010 UNIFEM-UNDP report, it is the precondition for sustainable growth and poverty reduction.

Inés Alberdi Executive Director Unifem-United Nations Development Fund for Women New York, June 17 , 2008

A born entrepreneur, she dedicated her enormous energy and unwavering optimism to a wide range of organizations that she helped found or lead, including the U.S. Committee for the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM, United Cerebral Palsy, Metropolitan College off New York, and InterAction.

Her art has been acknowledged with numerous awards and critical praise, including prizes from the NOHO Art Walk, and the UNIFEM Benefit Show.