Empowering women promotes peace: UN Chief

Updated at: 1738 PST,  Tuesday, April 21, 2009  NEW YORK: Empowering women is essential to build better lives for all, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said, calling for greater efforts to achieve gender equality. “We are still far from turning this understanding into universal practice,” the UN chief said in a video message to the “Women for Peace” dinner in New York.  Women are still under-represented in decision-making positions especially when it comes to peace making, peace building and peacekeeping in most nations, Ban said........... full story