EventsLaunch Ceremony - 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
Launch Ceremony - 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
December 10, 2008 - 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights!
CEDAW - Expert Group Meeting
Legislation on Cards to End Violence Against Women
EVAW Joint Event - Brief Report
Benazir a strong advocate of women's rights, says UN WOMEN
Equality of rights for women is a basic principle of the United Nations. The Preamble to the Charter of the United Nations sets as one of the Organization's central goals the reaffirmation of "faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women". Article 1 proclaims that one of the purposes of the United Nations is to achieve international cooperation in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to, inter alia, sex. By the terms of the Charter, the first international instrument to refer specifically to human rights and to the equal rights of men and women, all members of the United Nations are legally bound to strive towards the full realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms. The status of human rights, including the goal of equality between women and men, is thereby elevated: a matter of ethics becomes a contractual obligation of all Governments and of the UN.
