Monthly Archives: May 2018

UN pays tribute to the Organization’s founding mothers

UN pays tribute to the Organization’s founding mothers
Women have played a pivotal role in the United Nations since its inception in 1945, including in the first international agreement proclaiming gender equality as a fundamental human right: the UN Charter.
UN pays tribute to the Organization’s founding mothers
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Teenage girl’s death sentence spotlights Sudan’s failure to tackle forced marriage, gender-based violence – UN rights office

Teenage girl’s death sentence spotlights Sudan’s failure to tackle forced marriage, gender-based violence – UN rights office
The case of Noura Hussein Hammad Daoud, a Sudanese teenager convicted of fatally stabbing the man she was forced to marry, after he had allegedly raped her, highlights the country’s failure to tackle the tragedy of early and forced marriage, marital rape and other discrimination and violence against women and girls, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday.
Teenage girl’s death sentence spotlights Sudan’s failure to tackle forced marriage, gender-based violence – UN rights office
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

For Rohingya refugees, imminent surge in births is traumatic legacy of sexual violence – special report

For Rohingya refugees, imminent surge in births is traumatic legacy of sexual violence – special report
Late last year, as violent repression in Myanmar sent Rohingyas fleeing to safety in Bangladesh, women from the mainly Muslim minority were subjected to what a United Nations official called “a frenzy of sexual violence”.
For Rohingya refugees, imminent surge in births is traumatic legacy of sexual violence – special report
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

International Day of the Family: May 15, 2018

The NGO Committee on the Family New York invites you to attend

FOSTERING FAMILY-FRIENDLY CITIES

For the International Day of the Family
Tuesday, May 15th, 3-4:30 PM
Hardin Room, Church Center, 777 United Nations Plaza

Speakers
Beth Pappas, New York City Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs
Dr. Timothy Nelson, Princeton University

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Open Meeting: April 26, 2018

The NGO Committee on the Family New York invites you to attend
THE FAMILY’S ROLE IN
PREVENTING AND MITIGATING
THE IMPACT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
Thursday, April 26th • 1:15 – 2:45 PM
The Salvation Army, 221 E. 52nd St.

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CSW Side Event: March 21, 2018

The Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the UN
in collaboration with the NGO Committee on the Family – New York
invites you to a CSW62 Side Event:

The Role of the Family in Empowering Rural Women and Girls

Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at 12:00
Permanent Mission of Nigeria, 828 2nd Ave, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10017
LUNCH will be served

Please join us for presentations by:
H. E. Ambassador Prof. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, The Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations

Shelly Locke, Masters in Family and Human Development, Utah State University
“Family Stability, Mother’s Role and Women’s Empowerment”

Mrs. Friya Kimde Bulus, Dep. Director for Women’s Rights and Gender Development,
Federal Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Social Development of Nigeria
“Family Oriented Programs and Policies: Empowering Rural Girls and Women”

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Open Meeting: February 22, 2018

The NGO Committee on the Family New York invites you to attend

MENTAL HEALTH AND THE FAMILY:
EFFECTIVE INTERVENTION AND POLICY TO
ENSURE HEALTHY LIVES AND PROMOTE
WELL-BEING

Thursday, February 22nd, 2018, at 1:15PM
Hardin Room, 11th Floor, U.N. Church Center, 777 United Nations Plaza

Please join us for presentations by
AYORKOR GABA, PSY.D.
Senior Project Director, University of Massachusetts Medical School
TANYA ERAZO, MA, CASAC-T
Ph.D. Candidate, Clinical Psychology, The Graduate Center, CUNY
TERESA OBER, MA, MSED, MPHIL
Doctoral Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate, Educational Psychology, The Graduate Center, CUNY

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‘Gender-sensitive’ trade policies help empower East African women

‘Gender-sensitive’ trade policies help empower East African women
Trade policies which better benefit women across East Africa, can pave the way for more inclusive development and prosperity, according to a new report from the United Nations trade body.
‘Gender-sensitive’ trade policies help empower East African women
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Women journalists in Afghanistan defiant in the face of violence

Women journalists in Afghanistan defiant in the face of violence
The dangers of working as a journalist in Afghanistan have been dramatically underlined by an attack in the capital Kabul on Monday in which nine Afghan photographers and reporters were killed. They had gone to report on a suicide attack, and were targeted by a second suicide bomber when they arrived on the scene.
Women journalists in Afghanistan defiant in the face of violence
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population