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The Palace of Nations.The United Nations Office at Geneva (Switzerland) is the second most important UN centre, after the United Nations Headquarters.. While the Secretariat of the United Nations is headquartered in New York City, its many bodies, specialized agencies, and related organizations are headquartered in other parts of the world, particularly in Europe.
Ameerah Haq is a Bangladeshi technocrat who served as United Nations Under-Secretary-General for the Department of Field Support, the highest-ranking Bangladeshi official at the United Nations, from April 2012 until her resignation in July 2014. [1]
Bangladesh Mahila Parishad in 1972 demanded government of Bangladesh to change the inheritance laws and increase the number reserved seats for women. [3] It also asked the government for direct election to reserved women's seat. [3] It received official registration in 1976 and is member of the Economic and Social Council of United Nations. [3]
The U.N. human rights office said Friday that it will deploy a fact-finding team to Bangladesh to investigate alleged rights abuses and violations through use of excessive force by security forces ...
UN Women is charged with advocating for the rights of women and girls, and focusing on a number of issues, including violence against women and violence against LGBT people. UN Women was established by a merger of the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM, established in 1976) and other entities and became operational in 2011. [3]
The industry allows for women, in many cases, to become the bread winners for their families as well as having elevation in social status. In the International People's Health Assembly held in Bangladesh in 2000, voices of women spoke out against the threat of imposing international labour standards threatening their garment industry jobs. [27]
The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is an international treaty adopted in 1979 by the United Nations General Assembly. Described as an international bill of rights for women, it was instituted on 3 September 1981 and has been ratified by 189 states. [1]
The official title is High Commissioner for Canada in Bangladesh. The current Canadian High Commissioner is Lilly Nicholls who was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on December 20, 2021. [1] The High Commission of Canada is located at United Nations Road, Baridhara, Dhaka, Bangladesh.