India on Tuesday contributed one million dollars to the core voluntary budget of the United Nations Women (United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women) for the financial year 2012- 2013.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon recently announced the appointment of Lakshmi Puri as the Assistant Secretary-General for Intergovernmental Support and Strategic Partnerships at the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as UN Women.
India is one of the founding members of the Executive Board of the UN Women, and is presently serving on the UN Women's Executive Board.
The hit Harry Potter series actress's speech touched on many issues, including the confusion over the word feminism.
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