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History of UNIFEM
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UN General Assembly Declares 1975 International Women's Year
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International Women's Year (IWY)
The theme for IWY was equality, development, and peace. During this year, a proposal was made for establishing a fund for gender-specific development intitatives. -
Voluntary Fund For UN Decade for Women established
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UNIFEM officially established
UNIFEM was established in 1984, after being formally established away from the Voluntary Fund for the UN Decade for Women in 1976. At the time, UNIFEM was the only gender-specialised agency in the UN, which endeavoured to be a catalyst for ensuring the involvement of women in mainstream development activities and finance. -
1996 UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador
Princess Basma bint Talal of Jordan was appointed UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador in 1996. -
1998 UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador
In 1998, Hon. Mrs. Phoebe Asiyo was appointed UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador. -
2006 UNIFEM Goodwill ambassador
In 2006, Australian actress Nicole Kidman was appointed UNIFEM Goowill Ambassador. -
UN Women created
In 2010, the UN General Assembly voted to create a new entity committed to the emancipation of women, named the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, or UN Women. Secretary Ban-Ki Moon was quoted as saying “I have made gender equality and the empowerment of women one of my top priorities”, and the subsequent merge of UNIFEM and four other gender-equality focused bodies, was a result of his commitment to making a greater impact in the area of gender equality.
