Celebrated by women’s rights activists across the world annu ally on 8 March\, International Women’s Day (IWD) has been marked by the U N since 1975.
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170308 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170309 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:International Women’s Day (IWD) URL:http://futureshedeserves.net/event/international-womens-day-iwd/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-262@futureshedeserves.net DTSTAMP:20170228T102554Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:By resolution 54/134 of 17 December 1999\, the United Na tions General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women\, and invited governments\, int ernational organizations and NGOs to organize activities designed to raise public awareness of the problem on that day.
\nWomen’s activists ha ve marked 25 November as a day against violence since 1981. This date came from the brutal assassination in 1960\, of the three Mirabal sisters\, po litical activists in the Dominican Republic\, on orders of Dominican ruler Rafael Trujillo (1930-1961).
\nOn 20 December 1993 the General Asse mbly\, by resolution 48/104\, adopted the Declaration on the Eliminati on of Violence against Women.
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171125 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171126 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women URL:http://futureshedeserves.net/event/international-day-for-the-eliminatio n-of-violence-against-women/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-265@futureshedeserves.net DTSTAMP:20170228T102554Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:The UN General Assembly proclaimed 10 December as Human Righ ts Day in 1950\, to bring to the attention ‘of the peoples of the world’ t he Universal Declaration of Human Rights as the common standard of achieve ment for all peoples and all nations.
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171210 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171211 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Human Rights Day URL:http://futureshedeserves.net/event/human-rights-day/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-152@futureshedeserves.net DTSTAMP:20170228T102554Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:United Nations CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:On 20 December 2012\, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolu
tion A/RES/67/146 in which it
\n“Calls upon Sta
tes\, the United Nations system\, civil society and all stakeholders to co
ntinue to observe 6 February as the International Day of Zero Tolerance fo
r Female Genital Mutilation and to use the day to enhance awareness- raisi
ng campaigns and to take concrete actions against female genital mutilatio
ns”.
In December 2014\, the UN General Assembly adopted without a vote Resolut ion A/RES/69/150 “Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of femal e genital mutilations”\, callling upon member States to develop\, support and implement comprehensive and integrated strategies for the prevention o f FGM including training of medical personnel\, social workers and communi ty and religious leaders to ensure they provide competent\, supportive ser vices and care to women and girls who are at risk of or who have undergone FGM. The resolution also acknowledges that intensifying efforts for the e limination of FGM is needed\, and in this regard\, the importance of givin g the issue due consideration in the elaboration of the post-2015 developm ent agenda.
\nMore on the United Nations website: http://www.un.org /en/events/femalegenitalmutilationday/
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180206 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180207 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Intl. Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation URL:http://futureshedeserves.net/event/intl-day-of-zero-tolerance-for-femal e-genital-mutilation/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR