January 2013 – Renowned Colombian singer and song-writer Shakira, who is expecting her first child with Spanish football star Gerard Piqué, is helping to raise awareness on the world’s most vulnerable infants through an unusual method: an online baby shower hosted by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). “To celebrate the arrival of our first child, we hope that, in his name, other less privileged children in the world can have their basic needs covered through gifts and donations,” … [Read more...]
Shakira and UNICEF raise awareness on child survival
January 17, 2013 by Team Celebration
Filed Under: Contributors, WOMEN that "Share in Positive Action" for Our World! Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, and UNICEF raise awareness on child survival, babies, baby, child survival, children, football star, football star Gerard Piqué, Gerard Piqué, girls, raise awareness, Shakira, Unicef, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, women.
South African bus carries message of hope – victims of domestic violence
August 31, 2012 by Team Celebration
August 2012 - A centre supported by UNODC to assist victims of domestic violence in South Africa's capital Pretoria has come up with an innovative idea to reach the community: by turning one of the regular municipality public buses into a colourful and bright mobile advertisement which urges victims of domestic violence to "Speak" and reach out to the centre for help. For the next 8 months, passengers, pedestrians and other drivers will be seeing this advertisement daily. "We know that … [Read more...]
Filed Under: AFRICA, CA-- USES, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES, WOMEN Taking ACTION, YOUTH of ACTION™ Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, bus carries message of hope, Gauteng Department of Social Development, gender violence, gender-based violence, raise awareness, raise awareness of domestic violence, South African, South African students, South African women, stop domestic violence, students, The SunnySide One-Stop Centre, UN, UNODC, victims of domestic violence, violence against women., women helping women, youth of action
Time is running out: Nominate a Teen Advisor!
May 27, 2012 by Team Celebration
Hi friends, Know an inspiring teen girl ready to change the world? Tell us who and she could be the next Girl Up Teen Advisor! Only five days left until nominations close May 31. Teen Advisors raise awareness of Girl Up's work for girls in Africa and Central America. They organize events and fundraisers, and ensure that Girl Up lives out its motto of being both "for girls" AND "by girls" as it helps the United Nations make a difference in girls’ lives around the world. Nominate a girl … [Read more...]
Prevention and Protection Save Lives: Girls, Women, and HIV
June 10, 2011 by admin
HIV prevention and protection for women and girls cannot wait The International Peace Institute, in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations, Women Deliver, and Family Care International, hosted a policy forum entitled Prevention and Protection Save Lives: Girls, Women, and HIV on the sidelines of the 2011 UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS on 8 June. HIV is now recognized as the leading cause of death among women of reproductive age, the … [Read more...]
Filed Under: AIDS - H.I.V., SELF CARE Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, AIDS, and Family Care International, Annie Lennox, Carmen Barroso, China CCTV, cure, Every Woman Every Child, girls, Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Goodwill Ambassador, HIV, HIV PROTECTION CANNOT WAIT, HRH Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, IPPF/WHR, James Chau, Jan Beagle Deputy Executive Director, Mali Youth Summit, Management and External Relations, Ms Lindsay Menard-Freeman, Permanent Mission of Norway, PREVENTION CAN'T WAIT, raise awareness, Regional Director, reproductive age, Take Action, UN, UN General Assembly High Level Meeting, UN Women, UNAIDS, UNAIDS International Goodwill Ambassador, Women Deliver, women taking action, women.
