Category Archives: UN Activities

Zoroastrian delegation at UN part of 58th Commission on the Status of Women

Empowering Women to break away from the vicious circle of poverty NEW YORK, March 11, 2014 – Women from all over the World gathered to attend parallel events happening at the Church Centre in the UN Plaza for the CSW meeting.  Havovi Bharda, Tanya Bharda, Rayomond Dinshaw, Homi Gandhi, Nurelle Mehta, Afreed Mistry, Nina Mistry, Behram Pastakia and Mani Rao

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Empowering Women to Break Away from poverty

Fezana to Present Workshop at the United Nations  on Empowering Women to Break Away from the Circle of Poverty Monday, 10 March 2014 2:30 pm to 4: 00 pm Church Center, Drew Room 777 United Nations Plaza  New York, New York Contact: Afreed Mistry:  afreed.mistry ( @ ) gmail.com

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UN Commission on the status of Women

FEZANA presents a panel event at the UN Commission on the status of Women – March 10, 2014 at New York

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International Day of Nowruz

Quick Facts The UN’s International Day of Nowruz, also known as Nowruz, No-Ruz, No-Rooz or No Ruz, is observed on March 21 each year. Local names Name Language International Day of Nowruz English Día Internacional de Nowruz Spanish נורוז Hebrew نوروز Arabic 누루즈 Korean Internationaler Norooz-Tag German International Day of Nowruz 2014 Friday, March 21, 2014 International Day of Nowruz 2015 Saturday,

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New app to strengthen women’s human rights

Civil Society Section UN Women 220 East 42nd Street, 18th floor New York, NY 10017 http://www.unwomen.org New app to strengthen women’s human rights Bern, 24.09.2013 – To make the texts and content of international agreements, UN resolutions and other documents relating to women’s human rights more easily accessible, the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) and the Swiss Centre of Expertise

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UN Commission on the status of Women

FEZANA presents a panel event at the UN Commission on the status of Women – March 10, 2014 at New York

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52nd Session, Commission for Social Development – 11 – 21 February 2014

The Commission for Social Development (CSocD) will meet at UN Headquarters in New York under the priority theme is “Promoting empowerment of people in achieving poverty eradication, social integration and full employment and decent work for all”.  This year will be devoted to the policy segment of the cycle. For more information: http://undesadspd.org/CommissionforSocialDevelopment/Sessions/2014.aspx. NGOs in General and Special Consultative Status with ECOSOC interested

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International Day of Peace

This is an opportunity for our Zarathushti community worldwide to develop and sustain projects for  Education for Peace. Homi  D. Gandhi Vice President, FEZANA Dear NGO Colleagues,  Today, 13 June 2013, we start the 100-day count-down to the International Day of Peace, which is celebrated on 21 September each year. We want to share with you the message that the Secretary-General has

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NGO Youth Representatives on the UN Intranet

In an effort to capitalize on youth activism and attract more young people to the work of the United Nations, the DPI NGO Relations Section introduced in 2010 the concept of the NGO Youth Representative. Their response to our suggestion was immediate and encouraging. Scores of Youth Representatives came on board. Following the successful launch of its Youth Representative initiative,

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Zoroastrian prayer at UN

Zarathushti Offers Prayer at 67th United Nations General Assembly Nina Mistry offers prayers at the United Nations FEZANA Representative February 14, 2013 United Nations, New York Click here for the Video Courtesy : Gave Narielwalla

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