November 25 is the International Day to End Violence Against Women, and the first day of the #16 Days Campaign. Why November 25th? I heard the Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the UN in Vienna tell the story of Las Hermanas Mirabal, or the Mirabal Sisters. Patria, Minerva and Antonia Mirabal, killed in the Dominican Republic on November 25,
We visited Otávio Roth’s xylographs of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, an art installation on permanent exhibit at the UN Headquarters in NYC.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. The Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on...
She Surfs Freedom: Approaches to Ending Violence against Women and Girls Online and Creating Safe Spaces for Young Women and Girls
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Salvation Army Auditorium
This panel discussed the results of a survey conducted during the 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-based...
Girl Scouts of USA
Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 10:30 am-12:30 pm
Salvation Army Auditorium
Sarah from Oklahoma. I was impressed by her experience of not being able to access the Internet in her small, rural town of 2,334 residents. This made me realize that not everyone has the privilege to have access to what...