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Women Now for Development was founded by the author Samer Yasbek, and is a partner organization to the Gunda-Werner-Institute.

The new Secretary General of the United Nations will be called António Guterres. On the 1st of January 2017 he will succeed the current head of the UN, Ban Ki-moon. In spite of Ki-moon's encouragment to elect a female candidate, and a campaign supported by more than 50 states, another man will hold the prestigious position.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has presented a Report at the 29th Session of the Human Rights Council, which calls for the global decriminalisation of homosexuality.

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Die European Women's Lobby (EWL) calls for EU and it's member states to protect migrant and refugee women from sexualized violence and abuse.

About 30.000 women and girls have been abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda up until 2011. They were abused as cheap workers, as girl wifes and as combattants. Now, they struggle to reintegrate into Ugandan society.

The UN has launched its training program designed to attract and prepare female UN Peacekeepers and help them prevent sexual and gender-based violence. 

In the context of the one-year anniversary of the kidnapping of almost 300 young girls in Chibok, the UN Women's executive director offers her support to Nigeria and calls for international cooperation in the resistance against extremist violence.

In light of the 15th anniversary of the UNSCR 1325, the security coundil and secretary general, as well as civil society organizations have launched a global study on the implementation of resolution 1325. 

On International Women's Day 2015, Ban Ki-moon stresses the importance of international cooperation against the opponents of women's rights and self-determination.