LEADERSHIP – Building Organizational Courage in Your Company
~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...]
UNIFEM – Women's Empowerment Principles
The Women's Empowerment Principles are a set of Principles for business ofference guidance on how to empower women in the workplace, marketplace and community. They are the result of a collaboration between the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the United Nations Global Compact. The development of the Principles included an international multi-stakeholder consulation process, which was launched in March 2009. Sub-titled Equality Means Business, the Principles … [Read more...]
Pakistan floods: Top 3 UN human rights bodies urge the authorities not to leave behind the most vulnerable
Photo: SAVE THE CHILDREN, SWEDEN http://sca.savethechildren.se/sca/News/News-Archive/Committee-on-the-Rights- GENEVA (27 October 2010) – Three United Nations human rights treaty bodies on Monday issued a joint appeal* to the Pakistani authorities and relief agencies to strengthen the human rights-based approach of their efforts, in order to prevent further victimization of the most vulnerable population affected by the country's worst monsoon flooding in a century. "The floods have … [Read more...]
UNFPA – Statement @ Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, UNFPA Executive Director
32nd Annual Forum of Parliamentarians for Global Action - UNFPA - Progress and Challenges: Women’s Health and Education for Girls Keynote Address of Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, UNFPA Executive Director, at the 32nd Annual Forum of Parliamentarians for Global Action: Empowering Women – Building Human Security ______________________________________________________________________________ "Thank you very much for the kind introduction and thank you for inviting me here. … [Read more...]
Michelle Bachelet Taking Action!
UN Women UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet addresses a meeting of the UN Security Council marking the 10th anniversary of landmark resolution 1325 on women, peace and security, 26 October 2010 (UN Photo/Devra Berkowitz). ______________________________________________ United Nations, New York, 27 October 2010 – UN Under-Secretary-General for UN Women, Michelle Bachelet, has commended the UN Security Council for its willingness to accelerate progress on historic … [Read more...]
GENDER: Ignoring women with guns with Megan MacKenzie, Helen Basini
Photo: Sagar Shrestha/IRIN A female Maoist rebel in 2005 Johannesburg, 27 October 2010 (IRIN) - The perception that women are only ever victims of conflict ignores the large numbers of female combatants, which can result in their exclusion from disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) programmes. The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) report, State of the World Population 2010: From Conflict and Crisis to Renewal: Generations of Change, released on 20 October 2010, acknowledges the … [Read more...]
VERONICA – The Journey With Your Soul
The Journey With Your Soul "As one walks through a life it is sometimes difficult to feel the full connection with the soulful energy. If it is indeed a journey, how then does one make that journey with the soul? It is important to remember that by incarnating one establishes a singularity. In the body with all of the linear distractions, that separateness can create a vivid loneliness. Finding oneself in the physical environment without the companionship of the soul can be … [Read more...]
CHANGING TIMES – Selacia – Channel for The Council of 12
...a message from The Council of 12 channeled by Selacia Right now, we are in the midst of a revolution in human consciousness. This involves such significant changes in how people live and view life that you don’t yet have language for it. "You are having some previews of coming attractions in those fleeting moments when you realize you know something there’s “no way” you could have known. It happens when you lose track of time, and when you discover that some projects typically taking … [Read more...]
Grenada Thanksgiving Day – Celebrating October 25
Grenada celebrates Thanksgiving Day October 25 Grenada Celebrates Thanksgiving Day as a National Holiday In Grenada, Thanksgiving Day is a public holiday that commemorates the anniversary of the 1983 Caribbean and American military intervention in Grenada. A joint military force arrived in Grenada on Oct 25th to restore stability to the country following the deaths of then Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and some of his colleagues. Grenada Thanksgiving Day History Grenada … [Read more...]
West Africa makes efforts to involve Women in Peacemaking
WOMEN in PEACEKEEPING is Critical The rape of women at a peaceful rally in Conakry in Guinea in September last year has demonstrated the vulnerability of women in West Africa, according to the top United Nations envoy in the region. Said Djinnit Said Djinnit, made the comments while marking the 10th anniversary of Security Council resolution 1325 which calls for the involvement of women in peacemaking and post-conflict reconstruction. Mr. Djinnit recalled that a declaration … [Read more...]
US-Afghan Women’s Council – Mrs. Khojesta Ebrahimkhel, Chargé d’Affaires
Mrs. Khojesta Ebrahimkhel, Chargé d’Affaires, met with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and members of the US-Afghan Women’s Council WASHINGTON, D.C. – Mrs. Khojesta Ebrahimkhel, Chargé d’Affaires, met with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and members of the US-Afghan Women’s Council today for a formal presentation of the Council’s projects. The meeting began with welcomes from Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues, and … [Read more...]
Four Ways To Empower Women
October 2010 Women make up slightly more than 50 percent of the world's population, but account for over 60 percent of the world's hungry. Copyright: WFP/Riccardo Gangale Women hold the key to a future free from hunger and poverty. By supporting women’s education, training them as business leaders, equipping them to become better farmers and aiding those displaced by conflict, the Women’s Empowerment Fund is giving WFP and its supporters a new way to help them do … [Read more...]
