U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon announced in September, 14th that former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet will head UN Women, an agency formed in July to pull together four existing U.N. bodies dealing with the advancement and welfare of women. She recently assigned by the Secretary General of the United Nations to head UN Women, held her first press conference in the auditorium of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library.
Read more in the links below:
>> Michelle Bachelet’s First Press Conference at the United Nations (GEAR Campaign)
>> Former Chilean President to Head New High-Profile UN Women’s Agency (UN website)
>> Chilean ex-President Bachelet to head UN women’s agency (BBC News)