UN WOMEN

Early day motion 1318, tabled 21 January 2011 by Baroness Laing of Elderslie (Conservative). Signed by 73 members.

That this House recognises that around the world women continue to suffer discrimination and injustice simply because of their gender; notes that underlying inequality between men and women is the driving force that results in 70 per cent. of the world's poor being female; recognises that empowering women will drive progress towards all the Millennium Development Goals; welcomes the launch of UN Women, the UN Agency for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, on 1 January 2011; recognises that the agency is an example of UN reform to improve efficiency and co-ordination; and calls on the Government to provide support to the new agency to ensure it has the resources required to end the discrimination that keeps millions of women in poverty.

Signatures by party: Labour 33, Liberal Democrat 18, Conservative 16, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Alliance 1, Independent 1, Plaid Cymru 1.