MARCH 2017 Report from: unaid.org The First Lady of Benin has launched a foundation to improve the lives of the most vulnerable women and children in the western African country, nestled between Nigeria and Togo. The foundation will work under the umbrella of six core values: solidarity, the family, respect for differences, integrity, humility [...]
UN Sustainable Development reports:Ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being for all at all ages is essential to sustainable development. Significant strides have been made in increasing life expectancy and reducing some of the common killers associated with child and maternal mortality.Children healthChildren born into poverty are almost twice as likely to die before the [...]
Key facts Gender norms, roles and relations can influence health outcomes and affect the attainment of mental, physical and social health and well-being. Gender inequality limits access to quality health services and contributes to avoidable morbidity and mortality rates in women and men throughout the life-course. Developing gender-responsive health programmes which are appropriately implemented [...]
A peaceful and prosperous world is one in which people can feel safe and secure in their homes, with their families and in their communities. It is a world in which they can feel confident in their country, their culture and in the family of nations and peoples on our common planet. Sometimes, for [...]
Violence Against Women’s Act (VAWA) Women’s Action for New Directions supports the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), federal legislation that educates and empowers women and supports community efforts to combat violence against women in America. for complete report and more information visit: Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND) at wand.org http://ias.org/swo/human-rights-watch-and-humanitarian-work/
In order to understand the challenges that face HIV-positive women, one must first have a foundation for understanding the history of HIV globally; within the United States and then specifically what the unique challenges are that face HIV-positive women. The history of any community, country and nation is continuous, it is not duplicated in [...]
AFRICA WEEK 2016 New York Launch of the Africa Human Development Report 2016 on Accelerating Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Africa Thursday 13 October 2016 Peace Day youth Summit Friday, September 16, 2016 3:00pm-5:30pm, United Nations NY conference room 4 Please arrive early to allow time to go through security and leave [...]
Peace Day youth Summit Friday, September 16, 2016 3:00pm-5:30pm, United Nations NY conference room 4 Please arrive early to allow time to go through security and leave your message at the Chalk Walk! Register here by Tuesday, September 13th. Welcoming remarks by Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, Ahmad Alhendawi. The session features an exciting [...]
On the occasion of the 9th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, join us for a film night to pay tribute to the indigenous peoples living in cities far from their ancestral homes: To Brooklyn and Back: A Mohawk Journey (Reaghan Tarbell, Canada, 2009, 55 min, English) [...]