Take Action
Take Action §
The mission of Women Graduates-USA is to: Empower women globally through education, friendship and mutual support to secure a better world.
Women Graduates-USA will provide information in areas where our membership can 'take action' on an issue and will be marked by this symbol ( § ).
Some areas already identified:
§ Ratify Cedaw
§ International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA)
§ The White Ribbon Campaign
§ "Say NO to Violence Against Women"
The United Nations Foundation has announced that it will donate $1 for each of the first 100,000 signatures to the UNIFEM-managed UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women. To read more about the challenge click here.
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.
>> Roadmap for a Conference (introduction) -- PDF
>> UN Secretary General's Study (full document) -- PDF
