Menstrual hygiene issues should be integrated into programmes and policies across sectors, including water, sanitation and hygiene, reproductive health, emergency management, and education, notes a new report. Currently, taboos surrounding menstruation leave many girls and women in low- and middle-income countries without access to sanitation facilities and excluded from school and opportunities.
An ILO report says women’s pay has become closer to that of men in most countries but warns that in some cases this may just mean that men are worse off now than before the crisis.
Source: UN News
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the inauguration of the Olympic Torch Display in New York on 18 December:
After 17 years of women struggling for parity with men in the household, Côte d’Ivoire’s legislature has finally adopted a law which establishes equal responsibility for legally married spouses. But not everyone is happy.
Gathering for the first time here in Washington, representatives of the newly established human rights commission of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) stated Thursday that they plan to start their substantive work by the end of the month.
SAN FRANCISCO--()--Demandbase, Inc., the real-time targeting and personalization platform, today announced the early results of a new campaign to target and engage donors at the top global companies on the behalf of the 10x10 Campaign for girls education. Demandbase’s technology is helping 10x10 to laser target employees at philanthropic companies with the greatest global influence in order to drive awareness and donations to support the cause.
“As a campaign that needs to make the most of our resources, we’re thrilled to work with Demandbase and target those who are most likely to be excited to engage in our efforts for girls education”
Directed by Academy Award nominated director Richard E. Robbins, with voice performances from Meryl Streep, Kerry Washington, Selena Gomez and others, Girl Rising reveals the extraordinary stories of girls from around the globe, fighting to overcome impossible odds on the road to realizing their dreams of education. In an effort to drive donations and support, the Demandbase platform serves personalized display ads to engage people who work at a pre-determined list of 57 companies for their philanthropic efforts and global influence.
Early results have shown increased clicks, impressions, social sharing, and donations to the cause. Ads personalized for each specific organization—along with the company’s name and a tailored message—have increased its click-thru rate for 10x10 ads by 3X and 60 percent of the target companies engaged with the organization within the first month of the campaign launch.
“As a campaign that needs to make the most of our resources, we’re thrilled to work with Demandbase and target those who are most likely to be excited to engage in our efforts for girls education,” said HollyGordon, Executive Director of the 10x10 Campaign.
With Demandbase, prospects can be identified by the business they work for without the use of cookies or other tracking mechanisms, and ads are served only to the predetermined company targets. Initial results have shown that companies that received the ad were 4.4 times more likely to engage with 10x10.
“One of the core values at Demandbase is giving back to the community, both here in San Francisco and on a global scale,” said Chris Golec, CEO of Demandbase. “We’re thrilled to be able to use our technology to help drive the organizational support necessary to bring education to girls worldwide.”
10x10 is a global campaign to educate and empower girls – working to create a ripple effect that will transform communities for generations. At the center of this campaign is an innovative feature film, Girl Rising, which journeys around the globe to witness the strength of the human spirit and the power of education to change the world. From Robbins and the award-winning producers of The Documentary Group and Vulcan Productions, Girl Rising spotlights the stories of unforgettable girls born into unforgiving circumstances. It captures their dreams, their voices, and their remarkable lives.
About Demandbase
Demandbase is the first real-time targeting and personalization platform for B2B, transforming the effectiveness of marketing programs and marketing’s ability to impact revenue. While personalization tools have long existed for B2C, until now, none were geared specifically to enable B2B marketers to make online interactions more effective, delivering the right message at the right time. Without the use of cookies, Demandbase’s Real-time Identification service bridges the gap between known and anonymous web visitors by identifying and segmenting the companies visiting a website, and providing detailed, targetable business attributes in real-time. Demandbase integrates with other sales and marketing technologies to deliver unique intelligence about web visitors, and better attract, convert and retain the right customers. Enterprise leaders and high-growth companies alike use Demandbase todrive better marketing performance. For more information, visit http://www.demandbase.com.
About 10x10 and The Documentary Group
10x10 was founded by award-winning journalists at The Documentary Group and Paul G. Allen’s Vulcan Productions, along with strategic partner, Intel Corporation. 10x10 is built on a foundation of partnerships with NGOs, corporations, policy makers, and grassroots organizations — all working to change minds, lives, and policy. 10x10’s coalition of NGO partners include a high-impact network of champions and leaders in girls’ education. These organizations provide life-changing services to girls every day, and are among the best practitioners of their kind. 10x10’s film, Girl Rising, will be broadcast by CNN Films.
Many women in Zimbabwe face war in their homes daily and face war with the state when we try to overcome it. Often we find ourselves in combat when all we are actually trying to do is to crawl out of our own small room, says Betty Makoni.
In a rare interview, Graça Machel, the humanitarian campaigner and wife of Nelson Mandela, talks about her lifelong commitment to children's and women's rights.
Several Gender Based Violence (GBV) campaigners, predominately women, have made a commitment to continue the fight by making sure that the Liberian society is free of GBV.
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has released new guidelines - titled 'Prevention and Treatment of HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections for Sex Workers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries' - recommending, among other things, that countries should work towards decriminalizing sex work.
Kenya’s rights activists are furious that the country’s highest court “violated” women’s constitutional rights by ruling against the implementation of a gender quota in parliament ahead of the 2013 general elections.
Source: IOE
Despite widespread notions that girls and women are increasingly successful and most gender equality issues have been addressed in UK society, "girls face increasing pressures around 'sexualisation' and sexism in their peer groups, at school and in wider society," says Dr Jessica Ringrose, senior lecturer in the sociology of gender and education at the Institute of Education (IOE), London.
Source: Scotsman
ONE of the more difficult questions I found myself being asked when I was a United Nations under-secretary-general, especially when addressing a general audience, was: “What is the single most important thing that can be done to improve the world?”
Campaigns to lower the rate of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Sierra Leone are having some impact, but efforts to ban the practice have failed thus far, and despite a push to communicate its health risks, many still believe FGM/C promotes good health and hygiene.
A group of Pygmy women singers from Likouala, in the extreme north of the Republic of Congo, has released a music album, which they and their backer hope will help safeguard the rights of the country’s Baka Pygmies.
It's a country the size of all of western Europe, with enormous mineral riches that enable the artifacts of modern life, from mobile phones and tablets to circuit boards and solar panels. It is also, by many accounts, the worst place to be a woman.
Noting that women have not benefited equally from progress made in achieving the anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a senior United Nations official today highlighted the need for more to be done to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women.
Source: PlanUK
THE announcement today by the United Nations and the Pakistan government of a ‘Malala Fund’ to educate underprivileged girls has been welcomed by child rights organisation Plan International.
Source: UN Radio
27% of all victims of human trafficking officially detected globally between 2007 and 2010 are children, up 7 per cent from the period 2003 to 2006.
That according to the 2012 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons released by the UN Office on drugs and Crime (UNODC).
The Report, which is based on official data supplied by 132 countries, notes that also worrying is the increase in the number of girl victims, who make up two- thirds of all trafficked children. Girls now constitute 15 to 20 per cent of the total number of all detected victims, including adults, whereas boys comprise about 10 per cent.
The vast majority of trafficked persons are women, accounting for 55 to 60 per cent of victims detected globally. However, the total proportion of women and girls together soars to about 75 per cent, with men constituting about 14 per cent of the total of detected victims.
Executive Director of UNODC, Yury Fedotov, commenting on the findings, says “Human trafficking requires a forceful response founded on the assistance and protection for victims, rigorous enforcement by the criminal justice system, a sound migration policy and firm regulation of the labour markets.”
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A group of United Nations human rights experts today voiced deep concern about Egypt’s draft constitution, and called on its Government to ensure equality, non-discrimination and protection and promotion of women’s rights in the final text.