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Rebeca Grynspan, “That’s the development message we have to give.”

March 28, 2013 by Team Celebration

Violence Against Women also hurts business and development | Suki Beavers & Benjamin Kumpf Violence against Women and Girls is a human rights violation – and this should be enough to trigger dedicated action. But this widespread violence also causes economic and development problems that remain invisible in most debates. A SEXUAL VIOLENCE SURVIVOR IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. AFTER RECEIVING PSYCHO-SOCIAL SUPPORT AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING AT A MULTIFUNCTIONAL COMMUNITY CENTRE, SHE … [Read more...]

Filed Under: RELATIONSHIPS, SELF CARE, Uncategorized, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES, WOMEN Taking ACTION Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, abuse, child abuse, CSW, domestic abuse, domestic violence, Millennium Goal 6, Rebeca Grynspan, stop the violence, stop violence, stop violence against women, Suki Beavers & Benjamin Kumpf, Take Action, UN, UN Women, UNDP, woman, Woman of Action, women and girls, WOMEN of ACTION™, women taking action, women.

National Girls and Women in Sports Day – FEB 6

February 3, 2013 by Team Celebration

NGWSD Central Welcome to the 27th Annual Celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day! NAGWS is one of four Coalition members who plan the Washington, DC-based celebration on Capitol Hill and prepare the materials and products available for you to host an event in your school or community. On February 6, 2013, thousands of sports educators, coaches, athletic directors, recreation directors, association members, sponsors, students, and parents across the country will show … [Read more...]

Filed Under: AMERICAN [U.S.A.], FEATURED, YOUTH of ACTION™ Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, athletes, female athletes, girls, girls and women, girls in sports, National Girls and Women in Sports Day - FEB 6, sports, Take Action, USA EVENTS, women and girls, women in sports, WOMEN of ACTION™, women taking action, women., youth of action

“Vocational and Violence Free Girls” seeking support

January 21, 2013 by Team Celebration

Women Inspiration Development Center (WIDC) is planning to establish “Vocational and Violence Free Girls” (VVIFREG) in Nigerian Secondary Schools to mark 2013 International Women Day. The rise in domestic and sexual violence cases in Nigeria has laid open the practice of discrimination against female gender as a tradition. Women and girls are vulnerable to violence, discrimination and silence as a result of strong patriarchal traditions, lack of confidence, poor knowledge and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: AFRICA, AIDS - H.I.V., CA-- USES, CONTRIBUTORS, WOMEN "Positive Action", WOMEN Taking ACTION, WOMEN that "Share in Positive Action" for Our World! Tagged With: Africa, African women taking action, AIDS, Counselling unit, Counsellor, education, girls, HIV, Ile-Ife, lack of confidence, Nigeria, OAU, Obafemi Awolowo University, Obisakin Christianah Busayo, Osogbo, Osun State University, patriarchal traditions, poor knowledge and awareness, students, Take Action, women and girls, women taking action, WORLD PULSE, youth

UNFPA, women and girls face violence in the home

November 27, 2012 by Team Celebration

This year, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women with a focus on the impact of ongoing conflicts and natural disasters on violence against women. Every day, women and girls face violence in the home, in communities, in conflicts, in aftermaths of natural disasters. It is estimated that up to 70 per cent of women – which is 7 out of every 10 women – experience some form of violence in their life. No human … [Read more...]

Filed Under: AFRICA, ASIA, CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL AMERICA, EURASIA, EUROPE, FORMER SOVIET UNION, MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AMERICA, OCEANIA, SOUTH AMERICA, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES, WORLD ISSUES, YOUTH of ACTION™ Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, Afghanistan, Sahel, Security Council resolution 1325, Syria, Take Action, UNFPA, violence in the home, women and girls, women and girls face violence in the home, women taking action, Yemen

Pacific Leaders in Cook Islands 43rd Forum – Michelle Bachelet attends

August 29, 2012 by Team Celebration

Michelle Bachelet, UN Women’s Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, will attend the 43rd Pacific Islands Forum Meeting, to be held in Rarotonga, Cook Islands from 28 to 30 of August 2012. She will attend the Forum on behalf of the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the invitation of the Forum host, the Government of the Cooks Islands. This will be Ms Bachelet’s first visit to the Pacific region since her appointment as the Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: EURASIA, FEATURED, FEATURED EVENTS, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES, WORLD EVENTS Tagged With: 43rd Forum - Michelle Bachelet attends, A Celebration of Women, Cook Islands, Michelle Bachelet, Pacific Leaders, Pacific Leaders in Cook Islands 43rd Forum, sexual violence, UN Women, women and girls, women.

Women and girls who use drugs, in Afghanistan

March 28, 2012 by Team Celebration

March 2012 - Until 2009, available data showed Afghanistan as a country with a low HIV prevalence rate. However, research conducted in Kabul, Herat and Mazar-e-Sharif in 2009 showed an average HIV prevalence of 7.1 per cent among people who inject drugs. Of one million drug users, 110,000 of whom are female, only 10 per cent have access to treatment services. Drug use is a problem across the globe. luckily, in the United States, we have access to drug tests using urine that make it impossible to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ASIA, EURASIA, MIDDLE EAST, WOMEN that "Share in Positive Action" for Our World! Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, addiction, addiction and recovery, Afghani addiction, Afghanistan, drug abuse, in Afghanistan, recovery, Take Action, who use drugs, women and girls, Women and girls who use drugs, women drug users, Women's Health

National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

March 9, 2012 by Team Celebration

National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day MARCH 10, 2012 Dr. Nancy C. Lee By Nancy C. Lee, M.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health - Women’s Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Today, nearly 300,000 women are living with HIV in the United States. While men represent the majority of AIDS diagnoses, as well as new and existing HIV infections, the impact of HIV/AIDS on women has grown since the beginning of the epidemic. Compared with women of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: AIDS - H.I.V., AMERICAN [U.S.A.], FEATURED EVENTS Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, AIDS, AIDS.gov, girls, HIV, HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, National, USA, women and girls

September 13, National Geographic and UNFPA – 7 Billion in October 2011

September 13, 2011 by Team Celebration

The United Nations, U.S. Government, Advocates and Celebrities focus on Unleashing the Power of Half the World’s Population WASHINGTON – In late October 2011, world population will reach 7 billion people. Given this new reality, unleashing the power of women and girls is key to alleviating poverty and accelerating progress on global development goals. National Geographic magazine created a yearlong series—including a feature on changing fertility patterns in Brazil in the September … [Read more...]

Filed Under: AMERICAN [U.S.A.], FEATURED EVENTS, WORLD EVENTS Tagged With: 7 Billion in October 2011, A Celebration of Women, advocates, critical engines of change, fertility patterns in Brazil, girls, National Geographic, U.S. Government, UN, UNFPA, United Nations, women and girls, women., world population

Rebeca Grynspan, “That’s the development message we have to give.”

Pacific Leaders in Cook Islands 43rd Forum – Michelle Bachelet attends

National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

September 13, National Geographic and UNFPA – 7 Billion in October 2011

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