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University for Peace course Costa Rica (July 22-27, 2013)

July 11, 2013 by Team Celebration

Headquartered in Costa Rica, the United Nations-mandated University for Peace was established in December 1980 as a Treaty Organization by the UN General Assembly. As determined in the Charter of the University, the mission of the University for Peace is: “to provide humanity with an international institution of higher education for peace with the aim of promoting among all human beings the spirit of understanding, tolerance and peaceful coexistence, to stimulate cooperation among peoples and to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CA-- USES, CONTRIBUTORS, FEATURED EVENTS, Uncategorized, WOMEN "Positive Action", WOMEN Taking ACTION, WOMEN that "Share in Positive Action" for Our World! Tagged With: (Costa Rica), (July 22-27, 2013, A Celebration of Women, course, dreamers, NGOs, PEACEKEEPERS, research for peace, United Nations, universities, university, University for Peace, white lighters, women taking action, women.

Women and Democracy: Past, Present, Future

May 14, 2013 by Team Celebration

Women Mobilizing the Third Wave of Democratization For the past twenty-five years, there has been a rapid increase in the number of women who are politically mobilized, a trend that has coincided with the so-called Third Wave of Democratization. These “notes for discussion” address two basic questions: What is the impact of women’s mobilization on the process of democratization? How has the process of democratization affected women’s movements and agendas? The analysis is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: AFRICA, ASIA, CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL AMERICA, EDUCATION, EURASIA, EUROPE, FORMER SOVIET UNION, MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AMERICA, OCEANIA, SOUTH AMERICA, Uncategorized, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES, WOMEN Taking ACTION Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, democracy, Dobrinka Kostova, endemic violence, future, Future @ Jane S. Jaquette, gender, Gender Equality, increasing inequality, Jane S. Jaquette, judicial reform, Julia Szalai, liberalization, Maria del Carmen Feijoó, Maria Elena Valenzuela, Maruja Barrig, NGO, NGOs, Occidental College, past, Philippe C. Schmitter, political change, present, Renata Siemienska, Sharon L. Wolchik, Teresa P. R. Caldeira, the dismal quality of education, Volunteerism, woman's movement, Women and Democracy, Women and Democracy: Past, women in government, women taking action, women vote, women's groups, women's movement, women.

Yoko Ono celebrates International Widow’s Day – JUNE 23

June 23, 2012 by Team Celebration

International Widows Day is a United Nations ratified day of action to address the “poverty and injustice faced by millions of widows and their dependents in many countries”. The day takes place annually on 23 June. International Widows Day was established by The Loomba Foundation to raise awareness of the issue of widowhood. The significance of 23 June is that it was on that day in 1954 that Shrimati Pushpa Wati Loomba - mother of the Foundation’s founder, Lord Loomba – herself became a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: AFRICA, ASIA, CENTRAL AMERICA, EURASIA, EUROPE, FEATURED EVENTS, FORMER SOVIET UNION, MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AMERICA, OCEANIA, SELF CARE, SPECIAL DAYS TO REMEMBER, WORLD EVENTS, WORLD ISSUES Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, Celebrated JUNE 23, Cherie Blair, Death, governments, grandmothers, Hillary Clinton, husbands, Indian cabinet minister Renuka Chowdhury, international organizations, International Widow's Day, International Widow's Day - Celebrated JUNE 23, life after death, Lord Loomba, Madame Sylvia Bongo Ondimba, marriage, mourning, NGOs, Shrimati Pushpa Wati Loomba, survivors, The Loomba Foundation, the widow, widows, wife, wives, women., Yoko Ono

What is going to happen in Rio?

June 1, 2012 by Team Celebration

What has in the past and what is going to happen in Rio 2012? Rio+20: from environment to sustainable development To grasp the background and stakes of Rio+20, it is useful to have a look at the Stockholm-to-Rio continuum of the Conferences, and to go through some key milestones in the long march that gave birth to international agreements on sustainable development. How did we move from Environment to Sustainable Development, what are the consequences of this move, and where … [Read more...]

Filed Under: AFRICA, AMERICAN [U.S.A.], ASIA, CANADIAN, CENTRAL AMERICA, EURASIA, EUROPE, FEATURED EVENTS, Government Speaks to our Women, MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AMERICA, OCEANIA, SOUTH AMERICA, WORLD EVENTS Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, academic institutions, associations, Brazil, civil society representatives, governments, Major Groups, Member States, Millennium Development Goals, NGOs, other Major Group organizations, partnerships involving more than one stakeholder, philanthropic organizations, private sector, RIO +20, Rio+20 Voluntary Commitments, scientific community, stakeholders businesses, UN, UN entities, UN system, What is going to happen in Rio?, women.

Awareness and education are key to beating human trafficking

February 9, 2011 by admin

February 2011 - In November 2010, the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking was launched to assist those most in need as a result of having been trafficked. Administered by UNODC, the Trust Fund is guided by a five-member, geographically representative board of trustees. One of the Trustees, Dr. Saisuree Chutikul of Thailand, has many years of experience in working to fight human trafficking and its related social evils, such as gender-based violence. As the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: AFRICA, ASIA, CA-- USES, EURASIA, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AMERICA, OCEANIA, SELF CARE, SOUTH AMERICA, WORLD ISSUES Tagged With: boys, children, civil society, confinement, Dr. Chutikul…, Dr. Saisuree Chutikul of Thailand, girls, governments, grassroots, hostages, human slavery, in-kind contribuions, kidnapping, NGOs, prisoners, prostitution, resources, sex trade, slavery, The Trust Fund, torture, Trafficking, UNODC…, woman, women.

A Way Forward in Egypt …..Brookings Doha Center

February 7, 2011 by admin

On Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama edged closer to ending Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule by stating: "It is my belief that an orderly transition must be meaningful, it must be peaceful and it must begin now." This was a turnaround in the U.S. administration's position, which a week earlier had assessed that the "Egyptian government is stable." But even this new, apparently tougher, line is still not keeping up with the chaotic events on the ground, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AMERICA, WORLD EVENTS, WORLD ISSUES Tagged With: A National Commission, Afghanistan, banking, Brookings Doha Center, Egypt, Egyptian society, Egyptian State TV, European Union, foreign commerce, Gamal, human rights groups, including intellectuals, Iraq, key economic drivers, Middle East, Mubarak, Mubarak regime, National Democratic Party, National Unity Government, NGOs, president's son, pro-Mubarak forces, Salman Shaikh, Tahrir Square, the business establishment, the free media, tourism, trade services, U.S. President Barack Obama, United States, Western allies, writers and artists

PAMAC – UNDP Support Programme for Associations and NGOs – celebrating Christine Kafando!

January 29, 2011 by admin

Burkina Faso: Women help stop the spread of HIV and AIDS Women from the rural village of Gassan attend an informal discussion on HIV/AIDS. (Photo: UNDP) Burkina Faso - 27-year old Assiétou was pregnant with her third child when she discovered that she was HIV positive. “I thought it was the end of the world,” she recalls. “I immediately thought about my husband and I was very worried about his reaction. In the end, I summoned up all my courage and went to talk to him.” Assiétou’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: AIDS - H.I.V., FEATURED, SELF CARE, WOMEN "Positive Action", WORLD ISSUES Tagged With: (Programme d’appui au monde associatif et communautaire), and NGOs, and Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, but as those delivering results, celebrating, Chirstine Kafando, disadvantaged children, empowerment of civil society, Guinéa-Conakry, HIV screening tests, NGOs, NIGER, not just as advocates, orphans, PAMAC, PAMAC model, Programme d’Appui aux organisations de la Société Civile (PASCI), Support Programme for Associations, UNDP, UNDP Support Programme for Associations

Global Strategy to Stop FGM – WARNING ~ Graphic Content

August 19, 2010 by admin

WARNING: The Following Article may be too Graphic for some Viewers. This global strategy against medicalization of FGM has been developed in collaboration with key stakeholders, including UN organizations and health-care professional bodies, national governments and NGOs. The strategy is intended for a broad audience of policy-makers in governments, parliamentarians, international agencies, professional associations, community leaders, religious leaders, NGOs and other … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CA-- USES, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES Tagged With: community leaders, Global Strategy to Stop FGM, health-care for women, international agencies, medicalization of FGM, NGOs, parliamentarians, policy-makers in governments, professional associations, religious leaders, Take Action, UN organization, women genitals, women in action, WOMEN of ACTION™

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