United Voices Say NO to Violence against Women

A high-level event on advocacy and action to end violence against women, featuring the presentation of all signatures to UNIFEM’s Say NO campaign to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
25 November 2008, 13:00–14:30 EST
ECOSOC Chamber, UN Headquarters

PROGRAMME

Moderator: Daljit Dhaliwal
Host of Foreign Exchange on PBS

Inés Alberdi
Executive Director, UNIFEM

Ban Ki-moon
Secretary-General, United Nations

Nicole Kidman
UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador

Marie Nyombo Zaina
Coordinator of RENADEF, National NGO Network for Women and Development in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Grantee of the UN Trust Fund to Eliminate Violence against Women

Andrew Hughes
Director of Police Division, UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations

Monseigneur Hector Fabio Henao
Coordinator of Justice, Peace and Reconciliation Team, Latin American and Caribbean Secretariat of Caritas (SELACC), and Director of Caritas, Colombia

Andrea Jung
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Avon Products Inc.

MATERIALS & HIGHLIGHTS

Video (RealMedia)

Photos

Speeches

Speaker Bios (PDF)