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...]
HHS Recovery Act Plans & Reports – Implementation Summary
November 18, 2010 by
HHS.gov/Recovery Updates Implementation Summary HHS received $145.7 billion in Recovery Act funds. As of November 12, 2010 Total HHS Recovery Funds Obligated (through grants and contracts): $117.0 Billion Total Gross Outlays (spent by recipients): $95.7 Billion Cumulative Recovery Act Medicaid FMAP State draw downs total about $76.2 billion. Also see: Recovery Act Medicaid FMAP State Awards Savings to States' Prescription Drug (Part D) Costs All the HHS Recovery Weekly … [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...]
PACHA Advises on HHS National HIV/AIDS Strategy Operational Plan
November 17, 2010 by
Robert Greenwald (bottom right) and other distinguished members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) meet at the White House. The Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) shared observations and feedback on a preliminary, confidential draft of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) Operational Plan during a members-only conference call on November 9, 2010. My colleague Christopher Bates, PACHA’s Executive Director, and … [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...]
SPEAK YOUR MIND – '36,000 African women deaths annually' – Take Action!
November 13, 2010 by
Thoko Ruzvidzo is from the UN's Economic Commission for Africa. Her focus at the centre for Gender and Social Development is to push for legalisation. "36,000 African women die annually from unsafe abortions" Mother holding her child It's thought an estimated 36,000 women die annually from unsafe abortions in Africa. Many of them are young girls who have unwanted pregnancies and who are forced to have operations illegally....so-called back-street abortions. Abortion is, in most … [Read more...]
SPEAK YOUR MIND – ‘36,000 African women deaths annually’ – Take Action!
November 13, 2010 by
Thoko Ruzvidzo is from the UN's Economic Commission for Africa. Her focus at the centre for Gender and Social Development is to push for legalisation. "36,000 African women die annually from unsafe abortions" Mother holding her child It's thought an estimated 36,000 women die annually from unsafe abortions in Africa. Many of them are young girls who have unwanted pregnancies and who are forced to have operations illegally....so-called back-street abortions. Abortion is, in most … [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...]
AIDS.gov – Tobacco Control and HIV
November 12, 2010 by
Dr.Koh speaking to the press after the release of the Tobacco Strategy Yesterday, Dr. Howard Koh, Assistant Secretary for Health and Secretary Kathleen Sebelius , launched the first ever comprehensive tobacco control strategic action plan, Ending the Tobacco Epidemic: A Tobacco Control Strategic Action Plan (PDF) that outlines specific, evidence-based actions that will help create a society free of tobacco-related death and disease. During a press conference at George Washington … [Read more...]
