Burundi (pronounced /bəˈɹʊndɨ/), officially the Republic of Burundi (Kirundi: Republika y'Uburundi, [buˈɾundi]; French: République du Burundi, [byˈʁyndi]), is a landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa, bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Its capital is Bujumbura. Although the country is landlocked, much of the southwestern border is adjacent to Lake Tanganyika. The Twa, … [Read more...]
WFP Helping Burundi’s Fight Against Malnutrition
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Celebrating decent work a reality for domestic workers in Africa!
The ILO is organising a Knowledge Sharing Forum in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from 28-30 May 2013 to share good practices, practical initiatives and new policies to promote decent work for domestic workers in Africa. In 2010, an estimated 5.24 million domestic workers were in Africa, accounting for 1.4 per cent of the total employed workforce and 4.9 per cent of paid employment. Around 70 per cent of domestic workers across Africa are women. Some 40 delegates from Tripartite delegations of … [Read more...]
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The Riddle: new Anti-homophobia message from UN Human Rights
May 16, 2013 by Team Celebration
VIDEO: 76 countries still criminalize consensual same-sex relationships and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people everywhere continue to suffer violent attacks and discriminatory treatment. In this simple, high-impact video from the UN Human Rights office, individuals from diverse backgrounds pose questions directly to the viewer designed to expose the nature of human rights violations suffered by LGBT people around the world. The video includes cameo appearances by UN … [Read more...]
Filed Under: AFRICA, ASIA, CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL AMERICA, EURASIA, EUROPE, FEATURED, MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AMERICA, OCEANIA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SOUTH AMERICA, Uncategorized, WOMEN & EDUCATION, WOMEN & RELATIONSHIPS, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES, YOUTH of ACTION™ Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, bi-sexual, bi-sexuality, boys, cross gender, equal rights, freedom of sexuality, gay, gender, girls, High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, homophobia, homosexuality, human beings, HUMAN RIGHTS, LBGT, lesbian, men, new anti-homophobia message, SEXUALITY, straight, Take Action, The Riddle, transsexual, UN Human Rights, UN Human Rights Office, women taking action, women.
MEN, Step Up on Family Planning
A woman holds her baby in a village in southern Niger, where progress in women's access to family planning is being made. Our failure to give women in certain parts of the world the ability to decide the timing and number of their children is deeply damaging — not just for the women themselves but for societies, too. Lifting the obstacles is not something that can be tackled half-heartedly. Modern family planning programs were introduced widely in the developed world decades ago. … [Read more...]
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Lakshmi Puri is Taking Action to end Human Trafficking
Lakshmi Puri underlines urgent need to take more courageous and decisive action against human trafficking Ambassador Monteiro Lima, Your Royal Highness Princess Mahidol, Ambassador Lundborg, Ms. Baderschneider, Delegates, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, "Good afternoon. I am pleased to be here today and I thank the organizers for bringing us together for this important meeting. Human trafficking is one of the most vicious and shocking forms of violence and exploitation—a web … [Read more...]
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Girls receive a visit from a different man nightly, a ‘new husband’
In the words of Saran Keïta Diakité Saran Keïta Diakité is a lawyer in Mali and President of the Malian branch of the NGO Working Group on Women Peace and Security (Réseau Paix et Sécurité des Femmes de l’Espace CEDEAO). As the Donor Conference on Mali starts in Brussels, in her own words she speaks about the atrocities occurring in her country, which has been plagued by political instability and the proliferation of armed groups that have uprooted more than 415,000 people since a … [Read more...]
Filed Under: AFRICA, ASIA, CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL AMERICA, EURASIA, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AMERICA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SOUTH AMERICA, Uncategorized, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES, WOMEN Taking ACTION, YOUTH of ACTION™ Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, a ‘new husband’, CEDEAO, gang rape, Gao, girls, Islamist, Kayes, Kidal, Koulikoro, Mali, Mali girls, Mali women, Malian Women Lawyers, Mopti, Ouagadougou Declaration, rape, Réseau Paix et Sécurité des Femmes de l’Espace, Saran Keïta Diakité, Ségou, sexual abuse, Sexual slavery, Timbuktu, UN Women, weapon of war, Women Peace and Security, women.
UN General Assembly – What, Who, Why and When?
The sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly will open in September 2013. The President of the United Nations General Assembly was chosen from the GRULAC with Antigua and Barbuda's John William Ashe being the consensus candidate, thus bypassing the need for an election. The General Assembly is the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the United Nations. Comprising all 193 Members of the United Nations, it provides a unique forum for multilateral … [Read more...]
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Women and Democracy: Past, Present, Future
Women Mobilizing the Third Wave of Democratization For the past twenty-five years, there has been a rapid increase in the number of women who are politically mobilized, a trend that has coincided with the so-called Third Wave of Democratization. These “notes for discussion” address two basic questions: What is the impact of women’s mobilization on the process of democratization? How has the process of democratization affected women’s movements and agendas? The … [Read more...]
Filed Under: AFRICA, ASIA, CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL AMERICA, EURASIA, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AMERICA, OCEANIA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SOUTH AMERICA, Uncategorized, WOMEN & EDUCATION, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES, WOMEN Taking ACTION Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, democracy, Dobrinka Kostova, endemic violence, future, Future @ Jane S. Jaquette, gender, Gender Equality, increasing inequality, Jane S. Jaquette, judicial reform, Julia Szalai, liberalization, Maria del Carmen Feijoó, Maria Elena Valenzuela, Maruja Barrig, NGO, NGOs, Occidental College, past, Philippe C. Schmitter, political change, present, Renata Siemienska, Sharon L. Wolchik, Teresa P. R. Caldeira, the dismal quality of education, Volunteerism, woman's movement, Women and Democracy, Women and Democracy: Past, women in government, women taking action, women vote, women's groups, women's movement, women.
Celebrating Africa’s Wealth: Building Businesses for Shared Prosperity
FACILITATING BUSINESS AND MARKET CREATION NOT ONLY GENERATES INCOME, BUT ALSO BASIC GOODS, SERVICES AND CHOICES, WITH IMPORTANT IMPLICATIONS FOR EACH OF THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS. (PHOTO: UNDP BURUNDI) Cape Town – Involving low-income communities in markets and businesses across Africa is essential for economic growth to translate into sustainable development, according to a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report released today. “Realizing Africa's Wealth - Building … [Read more...]
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Celebrating the Work of Midwives
Midwives deliver babies — and they do much more. This slide show, created from photographs submitted by UNFPA Country Offices, shows midwives in action in more than 40 countries. The world needs midwives more than ever Chidbirth is perhaps the riskiest and most miraculous time in a woman's life. And midwives are truly the unsung heroines of the challenge to reduce the risks women face in bringing forth life. Global Resource Spotlight: Investing Now, armed with better skills … [Read more...]
Filed Under: AFRICA, ASIA, CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL AMERICA, EURASIA, EUROPE, FEATURED, MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AMERICA, OCEANIA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SOUTH AMERICA, Uncategorized, WOMEN & CAREERS, WOMEN & CHILDCARE, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES, WOMEN, HEALTH & WELL-BEING, YOUTH of ACTION™ Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, Advocacy and Partnerships, Africa, asia, babies, Belgium, birthing, Bolivia, Celebrating the Work of Midwives, child labor, childbirth, CHOUCHA CAMP, Delivering Babies, Dushanbe, Georgetown University), Ghana, Iraq, kabul, Lao PDR, MA DU VILLAGE, Maternal health, Middle East, midwife, midwifery, midwives, Midwives Deliver for the Women of the World, motherhood, Mozambique, New Delhi (India), Ninh Thuan Province, Papua New Guinea, Regional Information, SEPON HOSPITAL, TAJIKISTAN, Tunisia, UNFPA - Chief, Unicef, Viet Nam, women of the world, women.
