Secretary-General SG/SM/13257 OBV/937 WOM/1834 Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York Secretary-General, in Message, Spotlights Role of Business in Ending Violence against Women by Embracing Corporate Social Responsibility Principles Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November: As we observe the 2010 International Day for the … [Read more...]
UN: “Say NO-UNiTE” – Ending Violence against Women by Embracing Corporate Social Responsibility Principles
November 19, 2010 by
Women – The Fenty Administration has launched the "Rubber Revolution DC"
November 19, 2010 by
CLICK HERE: The District Starts a "Rubber Revolution" to Increase Condom Use Washington, DC - The Fenty Administration has launched the "Rubber Revolution DC", a new campaign to promote condom use. The campaign will feature a new web site, text messaging, ads on radio, newspapers, Metro and the Internet, as well as offer educational materials. Questions about this service? [email protected] Other inquiries? Contact HHS … [Read more...]
Women – The Fenty Administration has launched the “Rubber Revolution DC”
November 19, 2010 by
CLICK HERE: The District Starts a "Rubber Revolution" to Increase Condom Use Washington, DC - The Fenty Administration has launched the "Rubber Revolution DC", a new campaign to promote condom use. The campaign will feature a new web site, text messaging, ads on radio, newspapers, Metro and the Internet, as well as offer educational materials. Questions about this service? [email protected] Other inquiries? Contact HHS … [Read more...]
HHS.gov – Medicare Finalizes New Rules to Require Equal Visitation Rights for all Hospital Patients
November 19, 2010 by
By Miguel Gomez, AIDS.gov Director Earlier this week, the U.S. Centers for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS) finalized a new rule which requires hospitals to let patients decide who can visit them. This new rule will “empower patients to designate their own visitors, including a same-sex domestic partner”. This is an important change for the HIV community. To learn more about this new rule read this press statement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. … [Read more...]
The Courtney Project – Bill Bates Takes Action!
November 19, 2010 by
A Celebration of Women is elated to share that our WOMAN of ACTION - Courtney Leigh Hewitt, is going strong. Her life grows still, more and more each day... and we are sure her spirit, wanting to help other women, is Taking Action! This day, we celebrate Bill Bates, a gentleman, retired Marine, of great honors himself, having devoted his life to others, now takes the time to honor Courtney's Life by helping her Father Todd Hewitt, with his Taking Action! Please listen to Bill, as he … [Read more...]
WOMAN of ACTION: Trisha Smith Taking Action!
November 17, 2010 by
A Celebration of Women shares from one of our inspired WOMEN of ACTION, Trisha Smith an article that will shock you! Trisha's mission for accountibility, the protection of women's rights, human dignity and a change in the Criminal Code of Canada is one that truly needs to be addressed. It is critical that each country of a perpetrator of crime, Take Action and Responsibility of its own citizens! Unless our world comes up with a global, unified solution to Violence Against Women, there would … [Read more...]
AIDS.gov – Michelle Samplin-Salgado : Lessons for the mHealth Summit (+ Podcast)
November 17, 2010 by
Lessons for the mHealth HIV Community At last week's mHealth Summit, we had the opportunity to connect with many of our Federal and community partners about how to leverage the mobile web to improve health outcomes. Lessons for the mHealth HIV Community By Jeremy Vanderlan, Lead Programmer, and Michelle Samplin-Salgado, New Media Strategist, AIDS.gov Gwynne Kostin, GSA At last week’s mHealth Summit , we had the opportunity to connect with many of our Federal and community partners … [Read more...]
UN Women – United Nations Elects Executive Board
November 13, 2010 by
A Celebration of Women is pleased to announce... United Nations Elects Executive Board of New Agency for Women’s Empowerment ECOSOC President Hamidon Ali (left) chairs election of members of the Executive Board of UN Women. (UN Photo/Ryan Brown.) Member States today took the next step in enabling the newly-created United Nations agency on gender equality and women’s empowerment to begin its work by electing countries to serve on its Executive Board. The elections, held in the … [Read more...]
~Celebrate Who You Are~
November 12, 2010 by
~Celebrate Who You Are~ How often do you truly celebrate who you are? Because many of us, myself included, spend so much time and energy focused on what we think is "wrong" with us, celebrating ourselves doesn't often come that easy. For me, I've spent much of my life—as a student, an athlete, in business, in relationships and in general—demanding perfection of myself and, of course, falling short and feeling inadequate on a regular basis. Most people I … [Read more...]
WOMEN of ACTION – Elvira Hopper
November 10, 2010 by
A Celebration of Women is elated to Celebrate the Life of yet another amazing woman... one that has Risen Above Adversity, found her own Spirituality, grew from embracing Change throughout her life; and now devotes her life to helping others. In her own words..... WOMAN of ACTION Elvira Hopper " Life Coach to the Stars ... ! You would be hard-pressed to find anyone more passionate about seeing everyone live their BEST LIFE than me! 27 … [Read more...]
I.W.H.C. – A Just and Healthy Life: Every Woman's Right
November 10, 2010 by
Just imagine yourself as a young child wanting to make their dreams come true to be a doctor, lawyer, or engineer. But then you get married at a young age-do you really think those dreams are still alive? It would take a miracle for those dreams to happen... - From a letter to Senator Barbara Mikulski authored by Mamadou Elhadji Coulibaly, School Girls Unite, age 12 The International Women's Health Coalition has been working in close collaboration with colleagues in Washington to advocate … [Read more...]
Michelle Samplin-Salgado : mHealth Summit starts today – November 8, 2010
November 8, 2010 by
November 08, 2010 mHealth Summit starts today By Michelle Samplin-Salgado, AIDS.gov New Media Strategist and Jeremy Vanderlan, AIDS.gov Web Developer The 2010 mHealth Summit started today and AIDS.gov is looking forward to exploring ways mobile technology can improve domestic HIV programs serving minority and other communities most at-risk for, or living with, HIV. In addition to hearing about the future of mobile from keynote speakers, Bill Gates, Aneesh Chopra, Judith Rodin, and Ted … [Read more...]
LEADERSHIP – Building Organizational Courage in Your Company
November 5, 2010 by
~Take a Leap of Faith in YOURSELF~ I encourage you to make a decision to try whatever that something is that you have become isolated from doing and to take your own Leap of Faith..! Finding personal courage is hard enough, but what happens when an entire organization needs courage? Courage is the will to act in spite of fear or despair, for the purpose of human growth. Organizations are nothing more than people linked together, intricately connected by a web of activity toward a … [Read more...]
