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...]
The Riddle: new Anti-homophobia message from UN Human Rights
May 16, 2013 by Team Celebration
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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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Guatemala, Unleashing the Potential of Indigenous Girls
Getting results Team leaders report: Higher self-esteem Desire to pursue higher education Plans to delay marriage and childbearing Parents also report changed expectations for their daughtersNearly 40 per cent of Guatemala's 14 million people belong to one of more than 20 indigenous Mayan groups. A disproportionate number live in poor and isolated rural areas with limited access to basic services such as water, sanitation, education and health. Opportunities for the young people … [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...]
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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...]
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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...]
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Nicaragua: Celebrating Gender Equality Through School Meals
The intense summer heat does not seem to bother the 1,300 students in the afternoon shift at René Schick School, located in the capital district of the same name. Voices and laughter fill the classrooms where the children wait eagerly to receive their plate of rice, beans, tortillas and a bowl of fortified cereal. Today there is a special guest- Norma Ortiz Jiménez, Director of the Integral School Nutrition Programme of the Ministry of Education. Director Norma Ortiz (left) joins teacher … [Read more...]
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World Pulse: Wipe Out Breast Ironing with Women Like Leina
What if this Mother’s Day you could change the future for millions of grandmothers, mothers, and daughters by giving them a chance to be heard? You can. Donate today and our board chair, Ellen Wingard, will match your gift dollar-for-dollar. Your donation to World Pulse will support the leadership of women like Leina. Chi Yvonne Leina gathered the courage to write an article about the devastating, little-known practice of breast ironing that affects 3-4 million girls in her … [Read more...]
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Running in Fear, Sprinting Towards Hope
Migrants tell their stories at the UN Commission on Population and Development UNITED NATIONS, New York — In an increasingly interconnected world, more individuals than ever before are leaving their homes to begin a new life somewhere else. Since 1990 the number of migrants has increased from 155 million to around 214 million, with women making up an increasing proportion of that total. Sometimes running in fear, other times sprinting towards hope, migrants take off for reasons as … [Read more...]
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