Haitian Women and Girls Trading Sex to Survive (Vïdeo)

 

Groups Release Report Analyzing Sexual Exploitation

January 12, 2012—New York, NY—Two years after an earthquake devastated

Haiti, a report detailing the impact of sexual exploitation on

displaced Haitian women and girls has been released. The report is

authored by MADRE, the Commission of Women Victims for Victims

(KOFAVIV), the International Women’s Human Rights (IWHR) Clinic at the

City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law, the Global Justice

Clinic at NYU School of Law (GJC) and the Center for Gender & Refugee

Studies at UC Hastings College of the Law (CGRS).

The drastic increase in sexual violence in displacement camps has been

well documented since the disaster. But another face of the epidemic

has emerged as a pressing issue: the sexual exploitation of displaced

women and girls.

The World at 7 Billion People: Major Event to Highlight Women and Girls

MEDIA ADVISORY

09 September 2011

The World at 7 Billion People: Major Event to Highlight Women and Girls

The United Nations, U.S. Government, Advocates and Celebrities focus on Unleashing the Power of Half the World’s Population

WASHINGTON – In late October 2011, world population will reach 7 billion people. Given this new reality, unleashing the power of women and girls is key to alleviating poverty and accelerating progress on global development goals.

National Geographic magazine created a yearlong series—including a feature on changing fertility patterns in Brazil in the September 2011 issue—and has devoted a special section of its website to this population milestone. UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is the lead agency on the United Nations’ 7 Billion Actions campaign.

On September 13, National Geographic and UNFPA are joining several government agencies and non-governmental organizations to host an event focusing on women and girls as critical engines of change in the new reality of 7 billion people.

Speakers and a youth advocate will spotlight ways that investing in women and girls is both cost-effective and essential to solving the challenges facing today’s world. When women are healthy, educated and can contribute fully to society, they trigger progress in their families, communities and nations, improving prospects for current and future generations.

WHAT:
A special event as world population reaches the 7 billion mark to raise awareness around global issues related to women and girls, unleash their potential and empower them to bring social change.

WHO:

• Lois Quam, Executive Director of the Global Health Initiative, U.S. Department of State
• Donald Steinberg, Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development
• Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund
• Kathy Calvin, Chief Executive Officer of the United Nations Foundation
• Natalie Imbruglia, Singer, Actress and Virgin Unite Ambassador to end fistula.
• Monique Coleman, Actress (High School Musical) and United Nations Youth Championwill join;
• A panel of youth advocates: Ronan Farrow, Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for Global Youth Issues, U.S. Department of State; Alexandra Garita, Program Officer for International Policy, International Women's Health Coalition; Assumpta Namusoke, Advocate for PACE Uganda, an affiliate of PSI, a global health organization; and Kakenya Ntaiya, President and Founder of The Kakenya Center for Excellence.
•  A special letter with a call to action from Ashley Judd, Actress, Humanitarian and PSI Global Ambassador

WHEN: Tuesday, September 13, 2011, 3-5 p.m. Reception to Follow

WHERE: National Geographic Society Headquarters Auditorium, 1145 17th St. NW, Washington, D.C.

Sponsor organizations include UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund;
U.S. Department of State;
U.S. Agency for International Development;
United Nations Foundation;
Americans for UNFPA;
National Geographic;
PSI (Population Services International); Population Action International;
International Women’s Health Coalition;
Aspen Global Health and Development;
Global Leaders Council for Reproductive Health;
and Monique Coleman’s GimmeMo.

For more information, visit the fact sheets on the 7 Billion Actions website, a National Geographic 7 billion video, and a recent PBS NewsHour feature.

Note to Reporters: To arrange speaker interviews, or for media inquiries and images, please contact: Kathy Bonk, kathybonk@ccmc.org, 202-326-6767 or 202-258-6767 (cell).

For information about the National Geographic article by Cynthia Gorney and photojournalist John Stanmeyer, contact Beth Foster, befoster@ngs.org.

Más información, en la web

Federico Mayor Zaragoza. Los mercados insaciables...

A continuación exponemos breve reseña de artículo más extenso publicado en su blog junto con un vídeo de sus aportaciones en Televisión de Andalucía.

...Somalia se muere 

Esta fotografía impresionante, se publicó en portada de “El País” correspondiente al 14 de agosto pasado:
Safia Adem, refugiada en la Catedral de Mogadiscio, llora la muerte de su hijo de 3 años. Esta es la imagen que debemos de retener todos en nuestra mente de forma permanente. Estas son las auténticas necesidades que no pueden ocultar los frenéticos movimientos bursátiles.
Si se aplicaran estos fondos a tantas y tantas personas que hoy viven debajo del umbral de la pobreza en todo el mundo, incluyendo los Estados Unidos, habría más “clientes” potenciales, habría una auténtica movilización de recursos para pasar de una economía de especulación, explotación y guerra a una economía de desarrollo global sostenible... 

Millions of poor people will have mobile phone numbers under UN-backed scheme

4 August 2011 – 

Three million poor people in Africa and South Asia, the majority of them women, will gain access to low-cost mobile phone numbers as part of technology firm Movirtu’s partnership with the United Nations-backed initiative that enlists the private sector in efforts to fight poverty.Instead of sharing a phone number with family members or neighbours, those provided with a Movirtu cloud phone number will be able to use any mobile phone to log in with their own unique number to make and receive individual calls and access critical information and services such as banking or agriculture support.

The new effort is part of the Business Call to Action (BCtA), a global initiativesupported by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the corporate responsibility scheme known as the UN Global Compact and several other organizations and governments.

Evidence shows that access to mobile communications is a way of improving lives and expanding the earning potential of one billion people living on $1-2 a day

“Evidence shows that access to mobile communications is a way of improving lives and expanding the earning potential of one billion people living on $1-2 a day,” said Amanda Gardiner, BCtA Acting Programme Manager.

“By providing low-income communities with access to secure mobile accounts and identities, Movirtu is helping to bridge the divide between those that have easy access to mobile phones and those that rely on community phones or paying a borrower’s premium to friends to meet their communication needs,” she added.

The United Kingdom-based company plans to bring the phone technology to at least 12 markets in Africa and South Asia by early 2013, giving at least 50 million people in both continents access to the technology, with a target of 3 million using it on a regular basis.

Insight to Action: Gender and Property Rights

Securing women’s property rights is increasingly recognized as critical to achieving poverty reduction and gender equality. However, many women are unable to realize their rights.
ICRW’s research and program work in gender and property rights aims to advance knowledge on how women’s and men’s property rights are measured and to strengthen community-based programs addressing women’s property rights.
ICRW experts will discuss the results from two programs in sub-Saharan Africa.
Learn more »
This is a brown bag seminar, with drinks and light snacks provided.
RSVP to Gwenn Hollingworth at ghollingworth@icrw.org or 202.742.1236
Speakers:
Krista Jacobs, Economist
Meredith Saggers, Economist, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
When:
Thursday, June 23, 2011
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Where:
International Center for Research on Women
1120 20th Street N.W. Suite 500 North
Washington, D.C. 20036
United States
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La mayoría de los pobres del mundo son mujeres, señala ONU

17 de febrero, 2011  La mayoría de los pobres del mundo son mujeres y también son éstas las que sufren más la falta de acceso a los servicios sociales básicos, sostuvo hoy la directora ejecutiva de ONU-Mujeres.

Michelle Bachelet participó en un evento sobre protección social, que se celebra esta semana en la sede de Naciones Unidas en Nueva York.

“Las mujeres están en una posición particularmente vulnerable y en el mercado laboral, sus salarios son menores que los de sus pares masculinos. La falta de protección social socava el desarrollo económico y alimenta la inestabilidad política e institucional”, dijo la alta funcionaria.

Por otra parte, indicó que a pesar de seis décadas de crecimiento económico, el 75% de la población mundial todavía no tiene una cobertura social adecuada.

Bachelet recordó asimismo que casi 1.500 millones de personas viven con menos de 1,25 dólares al día.