Lillian’s Story of Abduction Lillian was abducted by the LRA when she was only 13 years old. The year was 1998. She was living in Pajuele village in the Kitgum District of northern Uganda with her family. Many from her village had gathered to sleep together in a single house for fear of being abducted. She was lying with her parents on the crowded floor when she awoke from sleep and suddenly became aware that many soldiers were at the door. They kicked the door in and began ordering … [Read more...]
Lillian’s Story: Abducted at 13 by LRA, Uganda
October 15, 2014 by Team Celebration
Filed Under: AFRICA, Uncategorized, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES, YOUTH of ACTION™ Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, abductions, acelebrationofwomen.org, Africa, African girls, African women, Lillian's Story: Abducted at 13 by LRA, LRA, Uganda, Ugandan girls, Ugandan women, Violence against Children
Brazil joins Blue Heart Campaign against Human Trafficking
May 11, 2013 by Team Celebration
May 2013 - Brazil is the latest country to join the Blue Heart Campaign against Human Trafficking, with singer Ivete Sangalo appointed as a national UNODC Goodwill Ambassador and face of the campaign. There are millions of victims of human trafficking across the globe. The campaign aims to mobilize Brazilian society against this crime. The launch was marked at a ceremony in the Brazilian Ministry of Justice yesterday, 9 May 2013, and counting with the presence of UNODC's Executive Director … [Read more...]
Filed Under: CA-- USES, FEATURED EVENTS, SOUTH AMERICA, Uncategorized, WOMEN "Positive Action" Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, Blue Heart Campaign, Brazil, child slavery, end human trafficking, girls, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, Ivete Sangalo, rape, sex, sex slavery, singer, singer Ivete Sangalo, South America, STOP sexual violence, trafficking of children, Violence against Children, violence against women., women.
International Day of the Girl Child – Celebrating October 11
October 8, 2012 by Team Celebration
The world will celebrate the very first International Day of the Girl Child. It’s a day to promote girls’ empowerment and address the challenges that girls worldwide face. Girls everywhere are coming together and taking action for the first International Girls Day. Join and support them! Join the Virtual Summit for Girls. On Tuesday, 9 October, from 7 PM – 8 PM Eastern Standard Time, Say NO - UNiTE will have a live chat on “Girls ending violence against girls”. Take … [Read more...]
Filed Under: AMERICAN [U.S.A.], CANADIAN, FEATURED EVENTS, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES, WORLD EVENTS, YOUTH of ACTION™ Tagged With: 2012, Brownies, Celebrating Inaugural on October 11, child marriage, child trafficking, children, children are out future, children's rights, education for girls, female youth, future of our world, Girl Guides, girl of our world, Girl Scouts, girls, HUMAN RIGHTS, human rights violations, International Day of the Girl Child, love your children, October 11, STOP HUMAN TRAFFICKING, Take Action, universal education, Violence against Children, violence against women., youth of action
SWAZILAND – ‘Kwendizisa’, Child Marriages Banned ~~ Celebrate
September 21, 2012 by Team Celebration
SWAZILAND: Child Marriages Banned MBABANE, September 2012 (PlusNews) - The practice of men marrying underage girls - which has been an accepted social norm for centuries but has been linked in recent years to the spread of HIV - was recently declared illegal in Swaziland. Known in SiSwati as ‘kwendizisa’, the marriage of an adult man to an underage girl was considered a legal “grey area” prior to the promulgation of the Children’s Protection and Welfare Act of 2012. According to the … [Read more...]
Filed Under: FEATURED, SOUTH AMERICA, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES, YOUTH of ACTION™ Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, Africa, celebrate, child abuse, child marriage, Child Marriages Banned, Child Marriages Banned ~~ Celebrate !!!, children, sexual abuse, South Africa, Swaziland, SWAZILAND - ‘Kwendizisa’, Violence against Children, violence against women., women and children, women., ‘Kwendizisa’
Victims Without a Voice – 18 month old dies from RAPE – Take Action!
May 23, 2012 by Team Celebration
- Fighting child sexual abuse - "18-month old baby boy died of internal damage after being raped" "I am not sure which of the following story is more painful; the pain of the children without a voice OR the spiritual condition of the souls inside these perpetrators, brutally pillaging INNOCENCE. WHAT compels a grown man to violently hurt a child let alone penetrate and violate through RAPE?" KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 2012 – A nine-year old boy was systematically raped by his … [Read more...]
Filed Under: AFRICA, AIDS - H.I.V., ASIA, CA-- USES, CENTRAL AMERICA, EURASIA, EUROPE, FEATURED, MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AMERICA, OCEANIA, SOUTH AMERICA, WORLD ISSUES Tagged With: (Jamaica), A Celebration of Women, babies, Child sexual abuse, Congo, Eastern Caribbean, harm and further violence, rape, sexual violence against children, shame, sodomy, Solange Nyamulisa, STIGMA, Take Action, Teddy Bear Campaign, Unicef, Victims Without a Voice, Violence against Children
