Initially called the Voluntary Fund for the UN Decade for Women, the organization was given an expanded mandate by the General Assembly in February 1985, when it became the United Nations Development Fund for Women ( UNIFEM ).
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The group has been affiliated with the Ministry of Health, United Nations Children's Fund, United Nations Population Fund, United Nation Development Fund for Women, United Nations Development Program, and the World Food Program.
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The prize is sponsored by the United Nations Development Fund for Women and the London-based human rights organization International Alert to recognize women's leadership in building peace, holding communities together during war, and bridging ethnic divides.
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Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, declared in a 2006 report posted on the United Nations Development Fund for Women ( UNIFEM ) website that : Violence against women and girls is a problem of pandemic proportions.
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In 2004, she was awarded the United Nations Development Fund for Women Canada Award, given " for outstanding contributions towards the advancement of women " . . An award is named after her at MicroSkills, the Margot Franssen Leadership Award.
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In 2006, Dr Soin was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the United Nations Development Fund for Women ( Unifem ) Singapore for consistently excelling in her job and for her selfless contribution to society, especially towards the less advantaged.
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Noeleen Heyzer, director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women, is concerned the partnership between women's groups and governments that helped make the Beijing conference such a success may start to crumble _ and a key reason is money.
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In 1978 Snyder accepted a position with the United Nations, New York, to be the first director of the Voluntary Fund for the UN Decade for Women ( VFDW ), later renamed the United Nations Development Fund for Women ( UNIFEM ).
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The United Nations Development Fund for Women, known as UNIFEM, commissioned an independent study last year to examine the impact of war on women and women's role in peacebuilding in 14 locations in Europe, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.
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While at the UN, he further chaired the Consultative Committee for the United Nations Development Fund for Women ( UNIFEM ) from 2004 2007, and, in 2004, was named Advisor to the Secretary-General on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in UN Peacekeeping.
