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After a week of debates and workshops on the role and the importance of women in the society, the culmination was on 8 March in downtown with a civil march-past on city center streets attended by more than 500 orange-dressed women raising, messaging banners, placards and self-made products.
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Marking the International Women’s Day (WD) in Bissau, women from all origins, status, creeds and crafts called for empowerment and more inclusion in the decision-making process at all levels in the country.
Bissau, 24 February 2017 (UNIOGBIS/PIU) – The United Nations Security Council yesterday extended for another year the mandate of the UN Integrated Peace-Building Office in Guinea-Bissau-UNIOGBIS- and urged stakeholders to strictly respect and comply with the Conakry Agreement and the ECOWAS road map in addressing their differences and the challenges facing their country. It also underscored the need for inclusive dialogue to consolidate peace and stability and called upon the national authorities to expedite the review of Guinea-Bissau's Constitution.
A multidisciplinary mission of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office for Guinea-Bissau –UNIOGBIS- led by its Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Marco Carmignani , visited the town of Buba, in Quinara region, south, on 20-21 February to strenghthen collaboration with local administrative authorities, polpulations and get a closer look at the work of the local UNIOGBIS regional office.
Bissau, 15 February (UNIOGBIS) –Presenting the report of the Secretary-General on Guinea-Bissau and on the activities of UNIOGBIS, yesterday before the Security Council, SRSG Modibo Touré stressed that any breakthrough in the political dialogue would remain short-lived if the structural causes of the instability are not addressed.
The international symposium "Facing the past to build the future Guinea-Bissau" (Nó nfrenta past pa nô kumpu nô Guiné-bissau di amanhá) which was to take place this weekend was rescheduled to 8-11 February 2017 at the national parliament building, in Bissau.
Following a request from the Government of Guinea-Bissau to the United Nations system in the country and major international partners, a multidisciplinary commission was set up to prepare a plan to assist the thousands of Gambian refugees who have already entered the country.
Following consultations with more than 3,000 people across Guinea-Bissau, the Commission for the Organization of the National Conference "Pathways to Peace and Development" (COCN), mandated by the Bissau-Guinean parliament to resume the process leading to national reconciliation, organizes on 27-30 January 2017 an international symposium (provisional programme attached).
November 25 is the first of 16 days of activism to eliminate violence against women. As part of this year's commemoration, under the theme: "Alarming the world: mobilizing resources to end violence against women and girls," United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon encouraged global leaders to collaborate with the UN Women and the United Nations Fund for Ending Violence against Women.
In celebration of World Day of Human Rights, December 10, in Guinea-Bissau different civil society organizations in partnership with the United Nations have carried out many activities for the promotion and defense of Human rights, such as lectures in schools and universities, and distribution of a practical human rights guide.
On 1 December, World AIDS Day is commemorated - an act of solidarity with the 78 million people infected with HIV and remember the 35 million who died of AIDS-related illnesses since the earliest HIV cases were detected. This year the focus is on “Access Equity Rights Now".