Celebrate International Women's Day 2007
Thursday, March 8 is International Women’s Day! As part of NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado’s efforts to mark International Women’s Day, we’ve compiled news related to women’s rights issues. NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado’s supporters also will join Pro-Choice Day at the Capitol on March 8 to discuss the importance of emphasizing prevention first in reproductive health care. We believe reproductive health care policies that put prevention first will provide Colorado women and their families with information, tools and access to options to make informed, responsible decisions about important life issues.
About International Women’s Day 2007: “Ending Impunity for Violence against Women and Girls”
Statement from the United Nations: While manifestations of violence against women and girls vary across social, economic, cultural and historical contexts, it is clear that violence against women and girls remains a devastating reality in all parts of the world. Existing research, data and testimonials from women and girls world-wide provide chilling evidence. It is a pervasive violation of human rights and a major impediment to achieving gender equality, development and peace. Such violence is unacceptable, whether perpetrated by the State and its agents or by family members or strangers, in the public or private sphere, in peacetime or in times of conflict.
Full story U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice Commemorates International Women’s Day
“Today, we pay tribute to women of courage around the world and hold them up as examples of hope, strength, and compassion. This year it is my privilege to inaugurate the Secretary’s International Women of Courage Award. Through this annual award the United States will honor the courage of extraordinary women worldwide who have played transformative roles in their societies. The global observance of International Women’s Day reminds all nations that the empowerment of women is irrevocably tied to the safety, security, and prosperity of the world. The enfranchisement of women can no longer be a simple aspiration….”
Full story March is Women’s History Month
As recently as the 1970's, women's history was virtually an unknown topic in the K-12 curriculum or in general public consciousness. To address this situation, the Education Task Force of the Sonoma County (California) Commission on the Status of Women initiated a "Women's History Week" celebration for 1978. We chose the week of March 8 to make International Women's Day the focal point of the observance.
Full story Girls Face Widespread Violence: Governments Slow to Enforce Basic Protections for Girls
Girls the world over confront an alarming array of threats to their safety, including physical and sexual violence in their schools, places of work, and in detention facilities, said Human Rights Watch. Governments have largely failed to implement key measures preventing and responding to these abuses. Human Rights Watch recently released three background papers summarizing research on violence against girls: “Violence against Schoolgirls;” “Violence against Child Domestic Workers;” and “Violence against Girls in Conflict with the Law.”
Full story UNIFEM, UNAIDS and Johnson & Johnson Announce Grants for Combined Strategies to End Violence against Women and Prevent HIV and AIDS
UNIFEM, UNAIDS and Johnson & Johnson announced recently that they are providing grants to organizations in five countries to address links between gender-based violence and the spread of HIV/AIDS. The grants will be provided by Johnson & Johnson through the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, a multilateral funding mechanism administered by UNIFEM. The Trust Fund became operational 10 years ago and has so far awarded some $13 million to 226 initiatives in more than 100 countries.
Full story Policy Makers’ Pledge to America’s Women
“As public officials, advocates for women’s human rights, policy makers, organizations and individuals, we sign this Contract with Women of the USA to implement the Platform for Action adopted September 1995 at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women by consensus of 189 governments, including the United States of America….We pledge to work together to overcome discrimination based on sex, race, class, age, immigration status, sexual orientation, religion, and disability. We seek to end social, economic and political inequities, violence and the human rights abuses that still confront millions of women and girls in our country.”
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