By Chris Crowstaff, December 2010
2011 is the most significant year ever in the history of women.
There is still more progress needed!
100 YEARS OF TALK
- 100 years ago
International Women’s Day was launched, with women demanding the right to vote, work, hold public office and an end to job discrimination. - 66 years ago
The Charter of the United Nations was the first international agreement to proclaim gender equality as a fundamental human right. - 63 years ago
the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. - 18 years ago
the United Nations passed a resolution which said that States should condemn violence against women. - 17 years ago
the UN passed a resolution outlining a Platform for Action for States to eliminate violence against women and girls. - 8 years ago
the UN passed a resolution saying that States should implement the commitments made in the platform for action. - 6 years ago
at the World Summit, world leaders declared that ‘progress for women is progress for all’. - 5 years ago
Kofi Annan, Former UN Secretary-General, said… “There is no policy more effective in promoting development, health and education than the empowerment of women and girls. - 3 years ago
UNIFEM began a public campaign to ‘inspire’ the member states to act by 2015. - Two years ago
current UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said: “Violence against women is… an attack on all of us, on the foundation of our civilization. It destroys health and perpetuates poverty. It strikes against equality and empowerment.” - 18 months ago
the UN adoped the Resolution to End Violence Against Women in Conflict Zones
MEANWHILE...
Women as a commodity:
Trading in women and girls is fast becoming more lucrative than the drugs trade - and just as corrupt.