Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka to head UN Women
The Secretary General’s selection comes as a complete surprise, unknown to race observers
UN Women: Whom will Ban choose?
The Secretary General’s advisors have narrowed the possible candidates for Executive Director at UN Women to a shortlist.
UN Women Candidate Interviews
The Association for Women In Development (AWID) asked three of the four confirmed nominees their thoughts on UN Women and their candidacies
Six Seven nominees for UN Women | UPDATED
Nominations close on the UN Women’s Executive Director race and at least six candidates are rumored to be under consideration
UN Women Acting Head appointed, nominations invited
Lakshmi Puri, the UN Women’s Deputy Executive Director, will head the agency pending nominations from member states and selection of the organization’s new head this summer by the UN Secretary General
Selection for new UN Women head to start “very soon” | UPDATED
Michelle Bachelet, the first Executive Director, of UN Women, announced her sudden resignation Friday at the close of the 57th session of the Commission on the Status of Women.
Morning Memo
Nine new members of the Committee on the Rights of the Child were elected yesterday