Celebrated by women’s rights activists across the world annually on 8 March\, Internati onal Women’s Day (IWD) has been marked by the UN since 1975.
\n< /HTML> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-262@futureshedeserves.net DTSTAMP:20170228T044804Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:By resolution 54/134 of 17 December 1999\, the United Nations G eneral Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the El imination of Violence against Women\, and invited governments\, internatio nal organizations and NGOs to organize activities designed to raise public awareness of the problem on that day.\nWomen’s activists have marked 25 N ovember as a day against violence since 1981. This date came from the brut al assassination in 1960\, of the three Mirabal sisters\, political activi sts in the Dominican Republic\, on orders of Dominican ruler Rafael Trujil lo (1930-1961).\nOn 20 December 1993 the General Assembly\, by resolution 48/104\, adopted the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Wo men. 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/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nBy resolution 54/134 of 17 December 1999\, the United Nations General Assembly desi gnated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violenc e against Women\, and invited governments\, international organizations an d NGOs to organize activities designed to raise public awareness of the pr oblem on that day.
\nWomen’s activists have marked 25 November as a day against violence since 1981. This date came from the brutal assassinat ion in 1960\, of the three Mirabal sisters\, political activists in the Do minican Republic\, on orders of Dominican ruler Rafael Trujillo (1930-1961 ).
\nOn 20 December 1993 the General Assembly\, by resolution 48/104 \, adopted the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Wome n.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-265@futureshedeserves.net DTSTAMP:20170228T044804Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:The UN General Assembly proclaimed 10 December as Human Rights Day in 1950\, to bring to the attention ‘of the peoples of the world’ the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as the common standard of achievemen t 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/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nThe UN Genera l Assembly proclaimed 10 December as Human Rights Day in 1950\, to bring t o the attention ‘of the peoples of the world’ the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as the common standard of achievement for all peoples and al l nations.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-152@futureshedeserves.net DTSTAMP:20170228T044804Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:United Nations CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:On 20 December 2012\, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolutio n A/RES/67/146 in which it\n“Calls upon States\, the United Nations system \, civil society and all stakeholders to continue to observe 6 February as the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation and to use the day to enhance awareness- raising campaigns and to take concre te actions against female genital mutilations”.\nIn December 2014\, the UN General Assembly adopted without a vote Resolution A/RES/69/150 “Intensif ying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilations”\, c allling upon member States to develop\, support and implement comprehensiv e and integrated strategies for the prevention of FGM including training o f medical personnel\, social workers and community and religious leaders t o ensure they provide competent\, supportive services and care to women an d girls who are at risk of or who have undergone FGM. The resolution also acknowledges that intensifying efforts for the elimination of FGM is neede d\, and in this regard\, the importance of giving the issue due considerat ion in the elaboration of the post-2015 development agenda.\nMore on the U nited Nations website: http://www.un.org/en/events/femalegenitalmutilatio nday/ 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/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nOn 20 Decembe
r 2012\, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution A/RES/67/146 in wh
ich it
\n“Calls upon States\, the United Nations sy
stem\, civil society and all stakeholders to continue to observe 6 Februar
y as the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
and to use the day to enhance awareness- raising campaigns and to take co
ncrete actions against female genital mutilations”.
In December 20 14\, the UN General Assembly adopted without a vote Resolution A/RES/69/150 “Intensify ing global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilations”\, ca llling upon member States to develop\, support and implement comprehensive and integrated strategies for the prevention of FGM including training of medical personnel\, social workers and community and religious leaders to ensure they provide competent\, supportive services and care to women and girls who are at risk of or who have undergone FGM. The resolution also a cknowledges that intensifying efforts for the elimination of FGM is needed \, and in this regard\, the importance of giving the issue due considerati on in the elaboration of the post-2015 development agenda.
\nMore on the United Nations website: http://www.un.org/en/events/femalegenitalmut ilationday/
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