UN Women – IsarMUN

Level

Beginner

Topics

Elimination of violence against women and deprivation of rights with special emphasis on FMG (Female Genital Mutilation) and abortion rights

Number of Delegates

Location

Room 3539

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, or UN Women is an entity whose aims are to improve the empowerment of women across the world.

Established in 2010, in response to UN General Assembly Resolution 63/311, UN Women’s role in the system of the United Nations is to enhance the focus and impact of the overall work on gender equality across the organisation. Thus, it was formally inaugurated by way of General Assembly Resolution 64/289 unanimously.

The main areas where the committee works in include, but aren’t limited to: ending violence against women, peace and security, leadership and political participation and women’s health. UN Women is also empowered to support intergovernmental organisations working towards improving gender equality, such as the Commission on the Status of Women; assist UN member states with implementing gender equality, standing by to provide financial support and expertise create partnerships with civil society groups.

Lastly, UN Women also facilitates holding the UN itself to account by the member states for the commitments it made to improving gender equality, via methods such as monitoring the progress the UN makes on a regular basis.

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The Chairs

Nika Kopajnik

Nika is 21 years old and is currently studying International Relations at the University of Ljubljana. She has been actively participating at the MUN Slovenia Club for the past 2 years. She is interested in the Western Balkans, post-conflict reconstruction of war-torn states, climate change and environmental conservation. In her free time she likes to read, cook for my friends, drink coffee and visit art galleries.

Anna Korienieva

Anna is a Ukrainian currently studying in Prague at International Relations. She has experienced two dimensions of MUN – being an organizer and a delegate. Recently, she has given a try and chairing and IsarMUN 2019 will be her second such experience. Besides MUNing, she enjoys travelling and exploring new cultures and languages.

Asutosh Pattanaik

Asutosh Pattanaik is currently studying for commercial Pilot License in Flying Academy Miami but he is originally from dubai, UAE. A former UN Youth Ambassador and the Co-Founder of United Youth Circuit, a youth organisation which currently has members from over 70 different countries and aims to have members from all around the world and become one of the best Youth Organisations in the world by 2020. He is also the secretary general of the prestigious Arab Youth International MUN Dubai which is under the patronage of Ministry Of Youth Affairs. Apart from this he is a inspirational speaker and has successfully spoken in various types of youth conferences, TEDx and BIL Conference. He recently became the Director and COO of Zueth Petroleum the first petroleum company supported by ministry of energy in Harrare, Zimbabwe. He has been a part of Model United Nations Circuit from last 8 years and have attended MUNs all over the globe. He also owns a Fashion Company called Tarif. He is also proud to be ardent Polo player and a traveller. During his school career, he is fortunate to be able to study in countries like China, India, Tanzania, United Kingdom, UAE, and South Africa. He aims to be a change agent and one of the successful entrepreneur in the world.