Innovation Award: Call for Stories on People’s Empowerment DESA’s Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) seeks to find and bring to scale the most incredible stories on people’s empowerment around the globe. Stories like YOURS! You can nominate yourself, or another person you admire who empowered you and therefore your unique and special story. We truly believe that the major social challenges of our time can be solved only with the full participation of … [Read more...]
Innovation Award 2013: Call for Stories on People’s Empowerment
March 1, 2013 by Team Celebration
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ECOSOC is arranging a Youth Forum on 27 March
March 1, 2013 by Team Celebration
Shaping tomorrow’s innovators “Empowering young people is crucial. Half the world is under 25 years of age. Young women and men everywhere want decent jobs." They want dignity! They want a greater say in their own destiny,” said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recently. With the purpose of leveraging the potentials of youth in solving global challenges, ECOSOC is arranging a Youth Forum on 27 March. The number of young people in the world has never been higher with 1.2 billion being … [Read more...]
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Let’sMove celebrates 3 Year Anniversary, March 4, 2013
March 1, 2013 by Team Celebration
HAPPY 3rd BIRTHDAY, LET'S MOVE! MARCH 1, 2013 YOU'RE INVITED First Lady Michelle Obama just finished a national tour celebrating the third anniversary of Let's Move! and now invites you to continue the dialogue about healthy families. Join First Lady Michelle Obama for her first Google+ Hangout, a virtual conversation with parents and kids around the country county can help make a difference for families. Watch on YouTube.com/LetsMove at 11:10 a.m. ET on Monday, March 4th. And don't … [Read more...]
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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...]
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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...]
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Be a Fearless Woman – Yes, You Can!
February 22, 2013 by Team Celebration
Yes, You CAN! Surprise! This is really a story about how much I suck at running :) (Don’t worry, we’ll get around to the fearlessness thing in just a minute, but first things first … ) I’ve always wanted to be a runner. Or maybe I’ve just always wanted to be thinner and was enticed by the fantasy of one day jogging happily (sexily?) around my neighborhood park in shorts and a sports bra. Either way for most of my life, I’ve longed to be part of the elusive and illustrious club of … [Read more...]
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Ireland/ILO on Women Entrepreneurs, developing countries
February 22, 2013 by Team Celebration
Education and access to credit are critical to ensuring that women in the developing world can start small businesses, Ireland's Minister for Trade and Development Joe Costello and Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) said. DUBLIN - Speaking at a forum on women's entrepreneurship in Dublin, Minister Costello said women in the developing world were far more likely to work in vulnerable sectors, such as unpaid domestic work and casual farm labour. … [Read more...]
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WHY WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS CAN HAVE IT ALL
February 22, 2013 by Team Celebration
A Worthy Message from one of our World Women Leaders, Sheryl Sandburg When I graduated from Barnard College over a decade ago, my class was not treated to the uplifting feminist message we had come to expect from our feminist professors. Joyce Purnick, the first woman Metro editor at the Times, contradicted the feminist-era message that women could have it all and be the equals of men when she stated that women with children simply could not compete with women who did not have children and, … [Read more...]
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“Stop the Violence: Girls on the Frontlines of Prevention”, attend MAR 7
February 17, 2013 by Team Celebration
UN Women and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts cordially invite you to attend; “Stop the Violence: Girls on the Frontlines of Prevention” 7 March 2013, from 1:15 – 2:30 PM at the UN Head Quarters, North Lawn Building (Conference Room 7). Please fill out the following form if you would like to attend the event. The event will launch an innovative non-formal education curriculum on ending violence against girls and women and highlight the importance of placing … [Read more...]
WEST BANK, Refugee girls receive international chess prizes
February 13, 2013 by Team Celebration
WEST BANK Three young Palestine refugee girls showed off their talent and creativity in international chess games this month, earning top prizes internationally. 14-year-old Yara, 13-year-old Nadeen, and 11-year-old Rahaf began playing chess as part of an UNRWA programme to incorporate extra-curricular activities in its schools. Saturday chess activities Every Saturday, in coordination with the Qattana Sport Club, UNRWA’s Qattana School near Jerusalem trains students in many sports … [Read more...]
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Girl child soldiers face new battles in civilian life
February 13, 2013 by Team Celebration
JOHANNESBURG, February 2013 (IRIN) - Girl child soldiers are often thought of only as “sex slaves”, a term that glosses over the complex roles many play within armed groups and in some national armies. This thinking contributes to their subsequent invisibility in the demobilization processes - in fact, girls are frequently the most challenging child soldiers to rehabilitate. The broad categorization of girl soldiers as victims of sexual abuse obscures the fact that they are often highly … [Read more...]
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At the Precipice, TAKE the One Billion Rising Pledge Today!
February 11, 2013 by Team Celebration
We're At the Precipice of a New World YOUR PLEDGE is Needed To Take The Leap We are only days away from One Billion Rising and couldn't be more excited! There are now 200 countries signed up to participate in this world wide event, along with world leaders, celebrities, organizations, and activists who are ready to STRIKE, DANCE, RISE, proving that everyone is ready to say enough and end violence against women for good. One Billion Rising is the beginning of the new world ignited by a new … [Read more...]
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Bronx Global Learning Institute for Girls – Taking Action
February 8, 2013 by Team Celebration
Students from the Bronx Global Learning Institute for Girls write about education (part 1 of 4) NEW YORK, 5 February 2013 – Recently, a group of students from the Bronx Global Learning Institute for Girls who had learned about the tragic events in Pakistan that had left 14-year old Malala severely wounded wrote to The United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) expressing their solidarity, outrage and passion for education. Today we’d like to introduce you to each of these girls and … [Read more...]
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Celebrating ANIM Tour in NYC, Carnegie Hall, Feb 12 is the next stop!
February 8, 2013 by Team Celebration
February 8, 2013 Afghan National Institute of Music tour completes 1st stop in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON – The Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM) has made history with the start of its first U.S. tour. Since arriving in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, members of the Afghan Youth Orchestra and other smaller ensembles have performed an astounding six times culminating in a historic performance at the Kennedy Center on Thursday evening. The free Millennium Stage … [Read more...]
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Aghan Youth Orchestra celebrates FEB 7 [Kennedy Center] Tickets Free!
February 6, 2013 by Team Celebration
Filed Under: AMERICAN [U.S.A.], Contributors, FEATURED, MIDDLE EAST, YOUTH of ACTION™ Tagged With: concerts, concerts at the Kennedy Center, New York concerts, NYC, youth orchestras
