Today we are proud to announce the release of the report by the President’s Working Group on the Intersection of HIV/AIDS, Violence against Women and Girls, and Gender-Related Health Disparities. We have had the honor of serving as co-chairs of the interagency Federal Working Group since March 2012, when President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum to address two overlapping challenges to the health and wellbeing of communities across the United States: the effects of HIV/AIDS, and the … [Read more...]
HIV/AIDS, Violence against Women and Girls, and Gender-Related Health Disparities
September 6, 2013 by Team Celebration
Filed Under: AIDS - H.I.V., CONTRIBUTORS Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, acelebrationofwomen.org, Affordable Care Act, AIDS.gov, American Women, and Gender-Related Health Disparities, healthcare, healthcare for women, HIV/AIDS, medical care, New Orleans, Obama, Obamacare, rape, sexual violence, United States Conference on HIV/AIDS, USA, violence against women and girls, women.
The Role of Data in Violence against Women and Girls
February 27, 2013 by Team Celebration
As the global spotlight has turned more sharply over the last decade on the persistence of violence against women and girls, the need for more and better data to inform evidence-based programming in order to address this human rights violation has escalated. As this brochure describes, advocates and defenders of women’s and girls’ safety and rights, as well as international agencies, national policymakers and donors, need to to understand the nature and magnitude of the violence. They seek … [Read more...]
Filed Under: AFRICA, ASIA, CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL AMERICA, EURASIA, EUROPE, FORMER SOVIET UNION, INSPIRATIONAL BOOKS, MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AMERICA, OCEANIA, SOUTH AMERICA, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES, WORLD ISSUES, YOUTH of ACTION™ Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, Addressing Violence against Women and Girls, data, gender, The Role of Data, UNFPA, VAW, VAWA, violence, violence against women and girls, violence against women., women.
Noorjahan Akbar – YOUTH of ACTION™
February 27, 2013 by Team Celebration
A Celebration of Women™ is elated to Celebrate the Life of this young woman with the vision to Take Action against the atrocities that the women of her homeland have suffered for generations; with intention is to 'break the change' of abuse, all forms of Violence Against Women. As co-founder of Young Women for Change, we celebrate her Courage to fight for Women's Rights in Afghanistan. For example, she is a prime example of how most activism on this issue is by young women, the … [Read more...]
Filed Under: WOMEN of ACTION™, YOUTH of ACTION™ Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, Afghan Children’s Songbook, Afghan girls, Afghan women, Afghani women, Afghanistan, Dickinson College, Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, Middle Eastern women, Noorjahan Akbar, Noorjahan Akbar - YOUTH of ACTION™, Pennsylvania, violence against women and girls, women., youth of action
One Billion Rising: Rosario Dawson on why she is joining Eve Ensler
October 9, 2012 by Team Celebration
One Billion Rising: Rosario Dawson on why she is joining Eve Ensler's campaign Actor and activist Rosario Dawson explains why she's joining Eve Ensler's One Billion Rising Campaign, which aims to encourage people around the world to Take Action to 'end violence against women and girls'. Rosario Isabel Dawson (born May 9, 1979) is an American actress, singer, and writer. She has appeared in films such as Kids, Men in Black II, 25th Hour, Sin City, Clerks II, Rent, Death Proof, … [Read more...]
Filed Under: CA-- USES, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES, WOMEN that "Share in Positive Action" for Our World! Tagged With: 25th Hour, A Celebration of Women, Alexander, Clerks II, Death Proof, Eagle Eye, Eve Ensler, girl, girls, kids, Men in Black II, on why she is joining, ONE BILLION RISING, Rent, Rosario Dawson, Seven Pounds, Sin City, The Rundown, Unstoppable, V-DAY, violence against women and girls, violence against women., woman, women.
