Joint UN statement read by John Hendra for the launch of the inter-agency study on breaking the silence on violence against indigenous girls Joint UN statement read by John Hendra, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director Policy and Programme, UN Women at the launch of the inter-agency study: “Breaking the Silence on Violence against Indigenous Girls, Adolescents and Young Women: A call to action based an overview of existing evidence from Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin … [Read more...]
Breaking the Silence, Violence against Indigenous Girls
June 2, 2013 by Team Celebration
Filed Under: AFRICA, ASIA, CENTRAL AMERICA, EURASIA, FEATURED, MIDDLE EAST, SOUTH AMERICA, Uncategorized, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, Africa, age, Asia / Pacific, Breaking the Silence!, disability, economic circumstances, ethnicity, gender inequality, girls, in some cases, indigenous women, Latin America, location, race, sex, structural discrimination, Violence against Indigenous Girls, women.
Violence against Indigenous Girls, Breaking the Silence!
May 29, 2013 by Team Celebration
UN report calls for urgent action Breaking the Silence on Violence against Indigenous Girls 28 May 2013 – Violence against women and girls is a pervasive human rights violation that persists in every country in the world and cuts across all socioeconomic groups and cultures. Nevertheless, a UN study launched today highlights that indigenous girls are at heightened risk due to the multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination they face. Such discrimination has been caused or … [Read more...]
Filed Under: AFRICA, ASIA, CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL AMERICA, EURASIA, EUROPE, FORMER SOVIET UNION, MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AMERICA, OCEANIA, SOUTH AMERICA, Uncategorized, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES, YOUTH of ACTION™ Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, Africa, Alvaro Pop, Ambassador Gert Rosenthal, Argentina, Asia / Pacific, Assistant Secretary-General, Breaking the Silence!, child abuse, children and youth expert of UNPFII, Deputy Executive Director of UN Women, discrimination, Geeta Rao Gupta, girls, Guatemala, Indigenous Girls, KENYA, Latin America, Mexico, Moderator, Paraguay, Philippines, Photo credit, sexual abuse, sexual assault, the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), UN study, UN Women, UN Women/Nuria Felipe Soria, violence against girls, Violence against Indigenous Girls, women.
