An introduction to the Safe World Campaign
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"Violence against women is perhaps the most shameful human rights violation"
Kofi Annan, Former UN Secretary-General
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99 years ago, International Women’s Day was launched, with women demanding the right to vote, work, hold public office and an end to job discrimination.
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65 years ago, The Charter of the United Nations was the first international agreement to proclaim gender equality as a fundamental human right.
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62 years ago, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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17 years ago, the United Nations passed a resolution, saying States should condemn violence against women.
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16 years ago, the UN passed a resolution outlining a platform for action for states to eliminate violence against women and girls.
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7 years ago, the UN passed a resolution saying states should implement the commitments made in the platform for action.
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5 years ago, at the World Summit, world leaders declared that ‘progress for women is progress for all’.
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2 years ago, UNIFEM began a public campaign to ‘inspire’ the member states to act by 2015.
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March 2009, Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General All of us – men and women, soldiers and peacekeepers, citizens and leaders – States must
honour their commitments to prevent violence, bring
perpetrators to justice and provide redress to victims. And each of us have a responsibility to help end violence against women…… …………..
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….etc etc etc……
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Meanwhile, in the first 7 months of this year medical staff at the Herat’s burns unit in Afghanistan said they have seen 51 cases of women ‘setting themselves on fire’. Only 13 have survived.
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We say enough is enough. Enough talk. It is time to end the violence.
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We are all here because..• We want to work together for change• To find solutions to help our sisters wherever
they live• Abuse of Women affects all - across borders,
cultures, rich and poor
We are all here because..
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A Safe World for women is a Safe World for all
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Thank you for being here