Currently there are 3.5 billion girls and women in the world. This actually means to global advocates that there are 3.5 billion ways to change the world. The G(irls)20 Summit, in its third session, brought together 22 young women as delegates representing the G20 countries, including the African Union, to discuss issues and solutions for economic growth. (..) “Men are [also] part of the solution and they’re benefited from whatever we do for women”, said Isatou Jallow, Chief of Women, Children … [Read more...]
Girls are Taking Action in our world, G20 Summit, Rio+20
June 24, 2012 by Team Celebration
Filed Under: YOUTH of ACTION™ Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, Action, activism, children rights, G20 Summit, girls, Girls are Taking Action in our world, global issues, HUMAN RIGHTS, Rio+20, women's rights, women., youth of action
Saleema (uncut girls) celebrated for their status as being “perfect, whole, as God made them”.
June 20, 2012 by Team Celebration
Ghalfa, the Sudanese word describing a girl who has not had her genitals ritually cut, carries connotations of impurity, promiscuity, even prostitution. For many years, the social stigma attached to this word helped keep female genital mutilation or cutting alive in Sudan. Despite efforts to end the practice, prevalence among young girls has declined only slightly from 92 per cent in 1990 to 89 per cent in 2006, the latest year for which data is available. But reframing the conversation about … [Read more...]
Filed Under: AFRICA, ASIA, CENTRAL AMERICA, EURASIA, EUROPE, FEATURED EVENTS, FORMER SOVIET UNION, MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AMERICA, OCEANIA, SELF CARE, SOUTH AMERICA, WORLD EVENTS, YOUTH of ACTION™ Tagged With: (uncut girls) celebrated, A Celebration of Women, as God made them", connotations of impurity, Female Genital Mutilation, genital, Ghalfa, girls, promiscuity, prostitution, Saleema, social stigma, status as being "perfect, Sudanese, the Sudanese, whole, woman, women.
ADELE BUTLER – Women of Spirit: China's Unwanted Girls
June 19, 2012 by admin
ADELE BUTLER - Women of Spirit China's Unwanted Girls Today marks the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day and this morning I heard on The Current that there has been some progress in women’s fight for equality but there is still much to be done. I just read the same thing on Yahoo News. "The last century has seen an unprecedented expansion of women's legal rights and entitlements," Bachelet said, pointing to virtually universal voting rights for women, major inroads for … [Read more...]
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Geena Davis – special envoy to ‘Tech Needs Girls’ campaign
June 14, 2012 by Team Celebration
June 2012 – The United Nations telecoms agency has designated Academy Award-winning Hollywood actress Geena Davis as a special envoy to promote the empowering role technology can play in the lives of women and girls. Among her duties will be to promote the ‘Tech Needs Girls’ campaign of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) – a three-year campaign that seeks to raise global awareness of the role information and communication technologies (ICTs) can play in empowering … [Read more...]
Filed Under: WOMEN Taking ACTION, YOUTH of ACTION™ Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, Geena Davis, girls, IT, Special Envoy, techy, UN, UN Women, web portals, women., ‘Tech Needs Girls’ campaign
‘EveTeasing’ [euphemism-sexual harassment] lead Women to Commit Suicide
June 6, 2012 by admin
Sexual harassment in Bangladesh ... that led the government to declare June 13th "Eve Teasing Protection Day." Sexual harassment in Bangladesh is driving women to commit suicide as a means of escape. According to local human rights groups 28 women committed suicide this year to escape frequent sexual harassment. Before killing themselves most of them wrote a note demanding an end to the sexual harassment known locally as ‘eve teasing’ where boys intercept girls on … [Read more...]
Filed Under: ADELE BUTLER - Women of Spirit, ASIA, MIDDLE EAST, WORLD EVENTS, WORLD ISSUES Tagged With: (a euphemism for sexual harassment), A Celebration of Women, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Women to Commit Suicide, boys, daughter, Drive, education, equality, eve teasing, freedom, girls, harassment, HUMAN RIGHTS, men, ministry, Mother, rights, SUICIDE, Supreme Court, WOMEN of ACTION™, women taking action, women.
INSPIRATIONAL – The Teenage Girl is our Future Woman!
June 5, 2012 by admin
Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: future, girls, inspirations, quotes, women.
Dr. Nazli “Educating our young women is Key to Survival”
June 4, 2012 by Team Celebration
"Dear friends, Educating our children/young women in the ways of peace and empowering our poor women as equal citizens is our mission. We are facing many challenges like other Pakistani NGO’s are facing right now; like it is difficult to work for Peace and Equality in an environment of deep-seated traditionalism. Terrorism, Political, instability, Bad economy, Weak Information from Media, Wrong image, International Laws & Policies of Foundations, Ignorance for this region made it … [Read more...]
Filed Under: CA-- USES, Contributors, FEATURED, WOMEN Taking ACTION, YOUTH of ACTION™ Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, Celebration House, charity, donations, education, girls, HDO, Hope Development organization, mdg, NOT FOR PROFIT, Pakistan, philanthropy, women., young women
WOMAN of ACTION – Joy Reyes
June 3, 2012 by admin
A Celebration of Women is honored to Celebrate the Life of this Woman, a teacher 'Divinely Guided', a Woman with a 'heart of a lamb and the strength of a lion'. The motivation of this Woman's Actions are definitely rooted in LOVE, pure unadulterated LOVE. If our world had more Women like this one, the possiblity of Peace on Earth would increase immensely. In honor of PEACE WEEK, we have chosen to share this week, the Life of this Living Inspiration with the Women of our World. A … [Read more...]
Filed Under: WOMEN of ACTION™ Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, academic, barrio, bilingual, children, COMMUNITY, dignity, Domincan Republic, education, faith, financial, girls, God, growth, heart, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, husband, Idaho, Joy, JOY REYES, lamb, life, lion, mission, needs, Oregon, Parents, school, soul, spiritual, study, touch
Bullying – Sticks, stones and what to do
June 2, 2012 by Team Celebration
Bullying is a form of aggressive behavior manifested by the use of force or coercion to affect others, particularly when the behavior is habitual and involves an imbalance of power. It can include verbal harassment, physical assault or coercion and may be directed repeatedly towards particular victims, perhaps on grounds of race, religion, gender, sexuality, or ability. The "imbalance of power" may be social power and/or physical power. The victim of bullying is sometimes referred to as a … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Contributors, FEATURED, YOUTH of ACTION™ Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, abuse, actions, adults, and what to do, boys, Bullying, Bullying - Sticks, cyberbullying, emotional abuse, fighting, get help, girls, high schools, namecalling, Physical Abuse, Psychological Abuse, schools, Sticks, stones, stones and what to do, Take Action, TEENS, verbal abuse, victims, witness
Women Deliver’s third global conference opens on Friday, 1 June.
June 1, 2012 by Team Celebration
Women Deliver 2013 Conference Registration Opens Early bird registration for Women Deliver’s third global conference opens on Friday, 1 June. Women Deliver 2013 is expected to be the largest conference of the decade to focus on the health and empowerment of girls and women, featuring world-renowned speakers, a Ministers and Parliamentarians Forum, over 100 breakout sessions and over 5,000 attendees. The early bird registration rate of $500 will expire on January 31, 2013, at … [Read more...]
Filed Under: FEATURED EVENTS, SELF CARE, WORLD EVENTS Tagged With: 1 June, A Celebration of Women, childbirth, girls, health, Maternal health, maternity, UN, Women Deliver 2013 Conference, women., youth
Sub-Saharan Africa, inadequate school and teaching resources
June 1, 2012 by Team Celebration
Overcrowded classrooms, too few trained teachers, insufficient schoolbooks and few toilets, often without separation between boys and girls: these are some of the problems facing primary school students in Sub-Saharan Africa. A statistical survey of school and teaching resources in the region by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) highlights these challenges which undermine children’s chances to succeed in their studies*. The UIS survey shows that a child in Sub-Saharan Africa is likely … [Read more...]
Filed Under: AFRICA, CA-- USES, YOUTH of ACTION™ Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, Africa, Celebration House, children, education, girls, inadequate school and teaching resources, Sub-Saharan Africa, UN, women.
Michelle Bachelet, 1st Anniversary UNESCO’s Global Partnership for Girls’ and Women’s Education
May 26, 2012 by Team Celebration
Remarks by UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet at the first anniversary of UNESCO’s Global Partnership for Girls’ and Women’s Education Paris, 25 May 2012. I am happy to be part of the first anniversary of UNESCO’s Global Partnership for Girls’ and Women’s Education. I congratulate UNESCO on the first anniversary of this initiative, which addresses two key areas that require increased attention – secondary education and adult literacy. It is more urgent than ever to address … [Read more...]
Filed Under: FEATURED, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES, YOUTH of ACTION™ Tagged With: 1st Anniversary, A Celebration of Women, future women leaders, girls, Michelle Bachelet, UN, UN partnerships, UN Women, UNESCO, women taking action, women., youth
Youth activists working to end violence against women and girls
May 25, 2012 by Team Celebration
United Nations, Bangkok, 24 May 2012 — From 22 to 24 May, over 40 young people from around the globe gathered in Bangkok for the first-ever Global UNiTE Youth Forum. The event was hosted by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s global campaign UNiTE to End Violence Against Women and brought together young activists, aged 18-30, to build partnerships and strengthen the movement of young people working to end persistent gender inequality and violence against women and girls. The three-day … [Read more...]
Filed Under: YOUTH of ACTION™ Tagged With: end violence against women and girls, girls, SayNO, sexual abuse, TEENS, UN, violence against women., women., Youth activists working
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting – Tide is finally turning ‘against’ FGM
May 24, 2012 by Team Celebration
For centuries, female genital mutilation or cutting has been practiced throughout much of Africa. But dealing as it does with a very intimate subject, FGM/C was often spoken of, if at all, only in whispers. Today the movement against it is open, public and highly visible. And FGM/C seems to be out in the open and on its way out. Farmers in remote villages in Mali are listening to radio talk shows debating the issue. Community groups in Senegal talk about it in terms of human rights. Islamic … [Read more...]
Filed Under: AFRICA, SELF CARE, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES, WORLD EVENTS Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, Africa, children, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting, FGM, gender, gender issues, girls, Senegal, SEXUALITY, Somalia, Sudan, TEENS, Tide is finally turning 'against' FGM, Uganda, UN, UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme, violence, women.
WOMEN in RECOVERY – Mental Illness: 1 in 4 Suffer (For Women Only)
May 23, 2012 by admin
3 Women's Stories Women in Recovery, a video presented by the Southwest Regional Mental Health Board. Three women share their personal recovery stories and how they reclaimed their lives and moved forward in their roles as mother, wife, business owner, worker, and friend. Southwest Connecticut - Norwalk, CT http://www.swrmhb.org Women's mental health: The Facts Depressive disorders account for close to 41.9% of the disability from neuropsychiatric … [Read more...]
Filed Under: INSPIRATIONAL VIDEO, RECOVERY, SELF CARE, WOMEN that "Share in Positive Action" for Our World! Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, Abundance, advice, affection, Balance, celebration, consciousness, depression, doctor, education, For Women Only - Mental Illness, girls, healing, health, hope, imbalance, life, medical treatment, psychiatry, recovery, spiritual healing, spiritual recovery, STIGMA, stillness, stories, stories of recovery, treatment, woman, Women Mental Illness, Women's Health, women.
