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#WomenRio: Green #cookstoves improving women’s lives in #Ghana owl.li/ba79J #sustainabledevelopment cc @cookstoves 30 minutes ago via HootSuite
Present your ideas and shape the #futurewewant – join the #Rioplus20 dialogues! riodialogues.org about 19 hours ago via HootSuite
#5millionSayNO actions recorded by @SayNO_UNiTE... Check out the #pics! owl.li/b9RFO about 22 hours ago via HootSuite
What do women want from the #Egyptelections? Watch the video! owl.li/b5aUS #EgyPresElex #EgyElections #Egypt 10:45 AM May 26th via HootSuite
#UN Trust Fund grantee from #Jamaica honoured for its theatre for #socialchange owl.li/b8nNs 8:15 AM May 26th via HootSuite
#Egyptian women cast votes & rally for their country’s future owl.li/b9Eo7 cc @monaeltahawy @NadiaE #EgyElections #Egyptelections 2:30 PM May 25th via HootSuite
Check out #photos of Ms. #Bachelet & @LaurentFabius signing agreement between @UN_Women & #France! owl.li/b8u4t 1:15 PM May 25th via HootSuite
Watch Ms. #Bachelet 's speech at the @gbchealth conference on importance of investing in women's #health owl.li/b8mVq #GBCH12 12:00 PM May 25th via HootSuite
@a_erza Check out our website dedicated to our work in South-Eastern Europe owl.li/b9v4v 11:45 AM May 25th via HootSuite in reply to A_Erza
Read remarks by Ms. #Bachelet at1st anniv.of @unescoNOW's Global Partnership for Girls’&Women’s #Education owl.li/b9DXv #unescoED 10:45 AM May 25th via HootSuite
Nice photo of Ms. #Bachelet & @najatvb, Minister of Women's Rights of #France! owl.li/b8upt cc @FranceONU @francediplo_en 9:45 AM May 25th via HootSuite
‏RT @unescoNOW: Being born a girl remains a primary cause for exclusion today. In #Yemen, 90% of 17- 22yo have <4y of #education #unescoED 9:18 AM May 25th via HootSuite
‏RT @unescoNOW: Less than 40% of countries provide girls & boys with equal access to #education. #unescoED 8:57 AM May 25th via HootSuite
To ensure school attendance of young girls, #Kenya takes practical action owl.li/b9upw #unescoED #education 8:50 AM May 25th via HootSuite
MT @unescoNOW: Discover barefootcollege.com - #Indian NGO that helps illiterate grandmothers become #solarengineers! #unescoED 8:35 AM May 25th via HootSuite
#ICT training opens windows of opportunity for #ruralwomen owl.li/b9u8L #unescoED #GirlsinICT 8:25 AM May 25th via HootSuite
RT @unescoNOW: Human dvpmt depends on educating girls: less poverty, more protection against #HIV, social empowerment #unescoED 8:23 AM May 25th via HootSuite
RT @unescoNOW: Intolerable: 2/3 of the world's illiterate adults are female. The human right of gender equality is violated #unescoED 8:15 AM May 25th via HootSuite
@a_erza Sorry, this was a real player link. We'll post her speech soon on our website! 8:11 AM May 25th via HootSuite in reply to A_Erza
RT ‏@unescoNOW: Why are women 1/2 of humanity, but underrepresented in science & research? #unescoED LIVE debate on unesco.org 8:08 AM May 25th via HootSuite

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