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Special Issue – Say NO to Violence against WomenIn This Issue:
UN Foundation Pledges US$100,000 Matching Grant for First 100,000 SignaturesThe United Nations Foundation has pledged to donate US$1 for each of the first 100,000 signatures to the Say NO to Violence against Women campaign. “Each day, each hour, each minute, a woman in the world is a victim of violence,” said Mr. Timothy Wirth, president of the UN Foundation. “Taking this simple step, signing on to the campaign, sends the message that enough is enough and the cycle of violence must stop now.” The contributions will go to the UNIFEM-managed UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, which supports innovative initiatives by governments and non-governmental organizations to end violence against women. Since its establishment in 1996, the UN Trust Fund has helped fund some 250 initiatives in 120 countries. read more »
Catherine Deneuve, Hillary Swank, Sir Bob Geldof Say NO to Violence against Women at Cinema for Peace GalaInternationally acclaimed artists, social activists, and politicians, including Catherine Deneuve, Hillary Swank, Christopher Lee, Sir Bob Geldof and German Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, added their names to the Say NO to Violence against Women campaign at the Cinema for Peace annual gala event held on 11 February in Berlin, Germany. UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman said in a video message: “We cannot be together without our conscience being deeply troubled by the situation in Darfur, in Eastern Congo and in so many under-reported conflicts where women’s bodies have become part of the battlefield, where rape is being used intentionally as a weapon of war. This is why I have lent my passionate support to the United Nations’ efforts aimed at ending violence against women.” The gala raised more than US$100,000 for the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women. read more »
More than 150 Organizations Lend Their Support to the CampaignMore than 150 organizations have pledged their support to UNIFEM’s Say NO to Violence against Women campaign and signed on as supporting partners. If your organization would like to support the campaign as well, please send an e-mail message to saynotoviolence[at]unifem.org, and we will send you a toolkit to assist you in your efforts to promote the campaign. You Too Can HelpWe hope to be able to count on you to help spread the word on this campaign. Please forward this special issue of UNIFEM Currents to colleagues and friends. Encourage them to add their voices and demonstrate that there is an ever-growing movement of people demanding an end to all forms of violence against women. The campaign toolkit that contains basic fact sheets on violence against women, banners that you can use in your e-mail signature or on your organization's website and e-cards may further help you to spread the word: http://www.unifem.org/campaigns/vaw/toolkit.php Highlights from around the WorldChina Mobilizes
to Say NO to Violence against Women Men
Join the Fight against Gender-Based Violence
in Africa Upcoming Events
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A number of UNIFEM field offices in Africa
co-organized events around UNIFEM’s Say NO
to Violence against Women campaign and the
16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence. The
events in Burundi, Central African Republic and
Rwanda had something in common: activists mobilized
men as partners in saying NO to Violence against
Women.