WFWP UN Office Geneva

Women's Federation for World Peace is an international nongovernmental organization in general consultative status with ECOSOC at the UN.

[WFWP UN Office Geneva @WfwpG]

"Women's equality makes our planet safe and secure" Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury, former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the UN
#wfwpi #horizonsummit #csw63 #UN

[WFWP UN Office Geneva @WfwpG]

#CSW63 #FaithLeadership
Atiya Aftab, co-founder of the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom: we need to make sure we have space for women in our religious organizations

[WFWP UN Office Geneva @WfwpG]

Dream It, Be It - this is a powerful program that has helped girls feel more confident about their future, set goals and learn how to deal with setbacks
#Soroptimistinternational #csw63 #girlseducation

[Natascha Phillips @Nat_chi89]

Carolyn Handschin, head of WFWP UN Office in Geneva, shared about the proposal for a safe space in the DMZ for women to meet and talk about #peace at a #CSW63 event by #PeaceKoreaNow

#wfwp #peaceinthekoreanpeninsula

[WFWP UN Office Geneva @WfwpG]

Peace on the Korean Peninsula would have a wider impact beyond the peninsula itself #csw63 #koreapeacenow

[UN Women @UN_Women]

Today marks 30 years since the creation of the World Wide Web.

It’s high time we bridge the gender digital divide. #Web30

[WFWP UN Office Geneva @WfwpG]

Recounting the daily horrors of conflict and violence that women deal with in her home country of Congo, Regine Kahindo sees UNSCR 1325 as a symbol of hope.

#CSW63 #UNCSW63 #UNSCR1325 @maximumgroupRDC @GNWP_GNWP

[United Nations CSW @UN_CSW]

"When we speak about abuse by @UN staff, we don't just mean @UNPeacekeeping. We have more cases reported in agencies than in peacekeeping. It's about power relations. Important to have a solid prevention strategy & impunity. -SG @antonioguterres, #CSW63 Townhall w/ civil society

[WFWP UN Office Geneva @WfwpG]

Elizabeth Sheridan, high school student https://t.co/r3itr4Kip2

[WFWP UN Office Geneva @WfwpG]

Highlighting the importance of restorative justice when it comes to sexual harassment and abuse to create a new norm and attitude - Cai Yiping, #DAWN.

#csw63 #metoomovement #kwau #restorativejustice #wfwp

[WFWP UN Office Geneva @WfwpG]

#wfwp @wfwpusa

[WFWP UN Office Geneva @WfwpG]

#CSW63 #UN
Women's Economic Empowerment in the Middle East and North Africa.
"Progress in the region is heterogeneous and fragile but all economies have success stories" Eva Johansson, co-chair of Gender Net.

#changinglawschangingminds @oecdglobal

[United Nations Geneva @UNGeneva]

📚✏💪 Getting EVERY child into school is the best investment for the future. Major threats to development such as poverty, inequality, discrimination, armed conflict, disasters & the effects of climate change, are still keeping too many of children out of school. #GlobalGoals

[UN Women @UN_Women]

🎊Happy #InternationalWomensDay🎊

Join us in celebrating SHEroes who dare to break barriers, disrupt unjust systems and think outside the box to build more inclusive societies! https://t.co/NZSI9zMGfT #WomensDay

🎨: @kelly_bjork

[UN Women @UN_Women]

Women make up…
< 30% of researchers,
< 20% of STEM leadership positions,
3% of Nobel laureates in sciences.

To change the numbers, we need to change the mindsets.
https://t.co/9KnBegWfW5 v @UNESCO

[Women's Federation for World Peace USA @wfwpusa]

At a time of increasing divisions in our nation and world, opportunities to bring people together to reconcile their differences to common ground can be a powerful agent of change. WFWP’s #BridgeofPeace ceremonies provide such opportunities.
#BarbaraWalters #BarbaraBush

[UN Women @UN_Women]

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." -- Anne Frank.

On #HolocaustRemembrance, let's echo her words and act against discrimination.

[UN Women @UN_Women]

On #MLKDay, we remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s call to stand up against:
🛑Racism,
🛑Misogyny,
🛑Prejudice,
🛑Injustice, and
🛑Inequality.

Will you join us?

[UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @Refugees]

A refugee story which has inspired 1 million people 🙌

[UN Women @UN_Women]

As we count down to the final moments of 2018, let's stand with our sisters around the world for gender equality. 🎁🎆