---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Say NO to VAW <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 1:00 PM Subject: [Say NO to Violence] - February 2009 Update To: [email protected]
[image: Say NO to Violence against Women - www.saynotoviolence.org]<http://www.saynotoviolence.org/> Dear Friend, [image: UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman presents names collected during the Say NO to Violence against Women campaign to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, 25 November 2008.]<http://www.unifem.org/campaigns/vaw/photo_detail.php?recordID=24>Thanks to you, on 25 November 2008, UNIFEM pre sented UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with more than 5 million signatures to the *Say NO to Violence against Women* <http://www.saynotoviolence.org/> campaign. Handing over the signatures to the Secretary-General, UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman said, "As long as one in three women and girls may be abused in their lifetimes, violence against women must be everybody's business." The Secretary-General responded: "Social mobilization is the spark that ignites action. I am delighted that governments, civil society organizations and the private sector have come together through the *Say NO* initiative." >From all over the world, 5,066,549 people said *NO* to violence against women and girls and urged *YES* to governments everywhere to take action. Governments answered our call to action in many ways: - Representatives at the ministerial or higher level from 68 governments, as well as some *600 parliamentarians* signed on to the campaign; - [image: The Government of Tanzania launched a broad-based national committee to strengthen the national action plan on violence against women.]Tanzania launched a broad-based national committee to strengthen the national action plan on violence against women and trained police officers to provide victims with support; - Australia signed on to the campaign and announced accession to the UN CEDAW Optional Protocol; - Seychelles inaugurated a website dedicated to gender equality, along with the National Strategy on Domestic Violence; - Ministers from the Kingdom of Bahrain are among the most recent signatories of the campaign. The Swedish Member of the European Parliament and Vice Chair of the Women's Rights Committee Ms. Eva-Britt Svensson is leading efforts among all members of the European Parliament for a "Written Declaration on the Say NO to Violence against Women Campaign." With enough signatures, the European Parliament can call for a "European Year on Zero Tolerance of Violence against Women." [image: Rock al Parque 2008, Colombia]<http://www.unifem.org/campaigns/vaw/photo_detail.php?recordID=7>UNIFEM Executive Director Inés Alberdi will participate at the Global Symposium on Engaging Men and Boys in Gender Equality in Rio de Janeiro on 31 March to support the work on involving men and boys to end violence against women, which is a priority within the framework of the Secretary-General's *UNiTE to End Violence against Women* campa ign. As the *Say NO* network continues to expand, please send us news about how you are continuing the work on ending violence against women and any suggestions about how *Say NO* can contribute towards your ongoing initiatives. Stay tuned for more updates coming soon on the *Say NO* website<http://www.saynotoviolence.org/> ! Sincerely, The UNIFEM *Say NO* Team The following information is a reminder of your current mailing list subscription: You are receiving this message because you asked to be subscribed to the following mailing list: *Say NO to VAW* *List Description:* This is a mailing list of people who signed the Say NO to Violence against Women campaign, who requested that they be kept informed. You may automatically unsubscribe from this list at any time by visiting the following URL: http://www.unifem.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/sayno2vaw/ If the above URL is inoperable, make sure that you have copied the entire address. Some mail readers will wrap a long URL and thus break this automatic unsubscribe mechanism. You may also change your subscription by visiting this list's main screen: http://www.unifem.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/sayno2vaw If you're still having trouble, please contact the list owner at: [email protected] The following physical address is associated with this mailing list: UNIFEM, 304 East 45th Street, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10017 Mailing List Powered by Dada Mail<http://www.unifem.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/what_is_dada_mail/> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
