Backbench business debate on UN Women
11 March 2011 (updated on 11 March 2011)
Eleanor Laing Conservative MP for Epping Forest moved a backbench business debate in the House of Commons on Thursday 10 March on UN Women
MPs debated government support for UN Women, the UN Agency for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women launched in January 2011.
Watch and read the views expressed by MPs during the debate and find current parliamentary material on equality in the Topics section on the Parliament website.
- Watch the debate: UN Women
- Commons Hansard: UN Women
- Topics: Equality
- UN Women, United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
- Backbench Business Committee
Debates
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