[WCUSP] Happy International Women's Day 1325

[yvonne simmons]

In October 2000 the United Nations Security Council
passed Resolution 1325 on women, Peace and security.
This is the first resolution passed by the United
Nations Security council to recognize the women's
contributions to peace and security. It asks for
member states and others to include women and civilian
groups in the peace process and conflict resolution.
> >
> > GA President's Message Message of the 
> > Secretary-General 
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> > Background 
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> > UN Webcast History of the day Commission on the 
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> > Women's Day 2006 UN Home 
> >  Message of the Secretary-General 
> > MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 
> > 8 March 2007
> > I am happy and honoured to send you my warmest
> > wishes
> > on International Women’s Day – my first one as
> > Secretary-General of the United Nations. I hope
> you
> > will all come to know me as your representative
> and
> > ally in the years ahead.
> > 
> > This day is an opportunity for all of us -- women
> > and
> > men -- to unite in a cause that embraces all
> > humankind. Empowering women is not only a goal in
> > itself. It is a condition for building better
> lives
> > for everyone on the planet. 
> > 
> > No one can dispute the evidence that this is so.
> And
> > no one can gainsay the outcome of the 2005 World
> > Summit, when leaders reaffirmed that gender
> equality
> > and human rights for all are essential to
> advancing
> > development, peace and security. 
> > 
> > Yet we are still so very far from turning this
> > understanding into universal practice. In almost
> all
> > countries, women continue to be under-represented
> in
> > decision-making positions. Women’s work continues
> to
> > be undervalued, underpaid, or not paid at all. Out
> > of
> > more than 100 million children who are not in
> > school,
> > the majority are girls. Out of more than 800
> million
> > adults who cannot read, the majority are women.
> > 
> > Worst of all, violence against women and girls
> > continues unabated in every continent, country and
> > culture. It takes a devastating toll on women's
> > lives,
> > on their families, and on society as a whole. Most
> > societies prohibit such violence -- yet the
> reality
> > is
> > that too often, it is covered up or tacitly
> > condoned.
> > 
> > That is why International Women’s Day is so
> > important.
> > It spells out our responsibility to work for
> > enduring
> > change in values and attitudes. It calls on us to
> > work
> > in partnership -- Governments, international
> > organizations, civil society and the private
> sector.
> > It urges us to work for a transformation in
> > relations
> > between women and men, at all levels of society.
> It
> > compels us to strengthen every means of empowering
> > women and girls -- from education to microcredit.
> > 
> > The United Nations must be at the forefront of
> those
> > endeavours. I pledge to do all I can to ensure
> that
> > it
> > is -- not only on International Women’s Day, but
> > every
> > day. I look forward to working with you in our
> > collective mission.
> > 
> > --- yvonne simmons <roweenayvonne at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > 
> > >          
> > > 
> > > Subject:  [womeninblack] Ban Ki-Moon’s message
> on
> > > Intern ational Women's Day - 8 March 2007 
> > >     [do note the intersections between gender
> > > justice
> > > & women’s rights, with development, peace &
> > > security
]
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > Ban Ki-Moon’s message on International Women's
> Day
> > -
> > > 8
> > > March 2007 
> > > “Empowering women is not only a goal in itself.
> It
> > > is
> > > a condition for building better lives for
> everyone
> > > on
> > > the planet. No one can dispute the evidence that
> > > this
> > > is so. And no one can gainsay the outcome of the
> > > 2005
> > > World Summit, when leaders reaffirmed that
> gender
> > > equality and human rights for all are essential
> to
> > > advancing development, peace and security. It
> > spells
> > > out our responsibility to work for enduring
> change
> > > in
> > > values and attitudes,” said UN Secretary-General
> > Ban
> > > Ki-moon. For more information, see
> > >
> www.un.org/events/women/iwd/2007/sg-message.shtml
>


 
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