True Colors Annual Conference XV
Friday, March 14 & Saturday, March 15, 2008
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North East Digital Village
Women's History Month March 2007
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Generations of Women Moving History Forward: The celebration "presents special opportunities to highlight some critically important historic events, including the 50th anniversary of the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, and the 30th anniversary of the National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas."
"In 1957, the integration of Central High School helped ignite the Civil Rights Movement and in 1977, the Houston Conference marked a high point in the influence of the Women's Rights Movement on the formation of government policy."
"The National Women's History Project 2007 theme, 'Generations of Women Moving History Forward', is an expansion of the theme of the Houston Conference, 'We Are Here to Move History Forward.' This theme recognizes the wisdom and tenacity of the generations of women who have come before us and those who will follow. Recognition of the historic anniversaries of 2007 presents special opportunities to acknowledge and celebrate the courage, determination, and steadfastness needed to move history forward."
cite: nwhp.org/whm/
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You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
You are able to say to yourself, "I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." . . .
You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) You Learn by Living (1960)
Women's History Month News
March 7, 2007: Ban pledges to give women parity in UN system
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon pledged to strike a gender balance in the UN senior management as the world body prepares to mark International Women's Day this week. Women continue to be under represented in the decision-making machinery of world governments, Ban told the UN General Assembly Tuesday.
"I pledge to work for a collaborative and coordinated approach to gender perspectives - one that involves and engages the entire UN system in supporting member states' work for gender equality and empowerment of women," he said.
cite: Malaysia Sun, malaysiasun.com
March 6, 2007: UN Human Rights Commissioner voices concern over arrest of Iranian women
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour today expressed strong concern over the arrest by the security police of at least 31 women activists during a peaceful gathering in front of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tehran on 4 March.
The High Commissioner highlighted that the arrests occurred four days before the celebration of International Women's Day (8 March), which is dedicated this year to the theme of "Ending Impunity for Violence against Women and Girls." The High Commissioner noted in this regard that on 8 March last year, Iranian security forces also violently broke up a peaceful gathering of hundreds of women who were demonstrating for their rights in Tehran's Daneshjoo Park.
cite: unhchr.ch
March 5, 2007: Amnesty International Says Arrests of Iranian Women may be an Attempt to Prevent International Women's Day Calls for Equality
Amnesty International called for the immediate and unconditional release of over 30 women activists who were arrested on Sunday, March 4, while staging a peaceful demonstration in Tehran. The organization believes the arrests may be intended to deter activists from organizing events to mark International Women's Day on March 8 [2007].
cite: prnewswire.com
March 2, 2007: CSW: Empower women to eliminate poverty
Women's empowerment as a poverty eradication tool was discussed by top UN officials at the 51st session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). Despite several promising steps, including increased provision of microcredit and the accession of several States to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), "challenges remain," Rachel N. Mayanja, the Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women, said at a meeting yesterday.
"Continued discrimination against the girl child, violence against girls and women, and low representation of women in decision-making" still pose major problems", Ms. Mayanja said.
cite: undispatch.com
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Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation.
Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) speaking out for divorce law reform, 1860
2007 National Women's History Project's Honorees
National Women's History Projects Archive of biographies of the National Women's History Month Honorees
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