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What You Can Do § Say NO to Violence Against Women

 

UNIFEM's Say No to Violence Campaign, which IFUW has participated in as a partner, continues to gain support.  Close to 250,000 individuals and 35 Governments have signed the online petition.  UNIFEM hopes to reach 1 million names by 25 November, when all the names will be handed to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a broad-based call for governments to take action to end violence against women and girls.  All WG-USA members are encouraged to add their names to the petition and to invite three friends to do the same. >> more

 

One road map, with suggestions for the future...

The United Nations Secretary General is calling for an end to violence against women.  Development is not possible unless we succeed. The NGO Committee on the Status of Women (NGO CSW NY) decided in August 2005 to initiate a two-year project associated with the UN Secretary General’s Study on Violence against Women, due to the General Assembly in the fall of 2006. 

The NGO CSW NY established a subcommittee on violence against women to implement its initiative. Among the organizations represented on that Organizing Committee were members of the local affiliates of the “Five O’s” the international women’s organizations that have spearheaded and supported much of the work of the CSW, including Zonta International, Soroptimist International, International Federation of University Women, International Federation of Business and Professional Women and the International Council of Women.

Members of local community and professional groups joined them in this venture. The document attached here is the result of that committee and outlines the steps (the roadmap) needed to organize a conference where organizations can work together to implement recommendations that are appropriate for them. (Published by permission from Project-Five-0)

>> Roadmap for a Conference (introduction) -- PDF
>> UN Secretary General's Study (full document) -- PDF