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Article: UN agencies endeavor to make world's cities safer for women
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- June 4, 2009
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UN agencies endeavor to make world's cities safer for women
UNITED NATIONS, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Two United Nations agencies
have teamed up to combat violence against women and girls in the
world's cities, including by proposing measures such as improved
street lighting and female-only modes of transportation.
UN-HABITAT, the agency charged with ensuring adequate shelter for
all, and the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) have signed a
memorandum of understanding that brings the shelter agency into
UNIFEM's existing Global Program on Safe Cities Free of Violence
against Women and Girls, the agencies announced here Thursday.
The Executive Director of UN-HABITAT, Anna Tibaijuka, and the