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June 2007, Ireland: Six of the women nonimated for the Nobel Peace Prize as part of the 1000 Women for the Nobel Prize 2005 Campaign. From left to right: Farida Shaheed, Shirkat Gah, Pakistan; Charlotte Bunch, CWGL, USA; Ruth-Gaby Vermot-Mangold, Peacewomen Across the Globe, Switzerland; Haya Shalom, Women in Black, Israel; Nani Zulminarni, Women Headed Household Empowerment Program (PEKKA), Indonesia; and Terry Greenblatt, Bat Shalom-The Jerusalem Center for Women's Action, Israel. Click on photo for larger view. |
- December 7, 2006: View photos from Claiming Our Rights, Defending Our Future: Celebrating 16 Years of 16 Days of Activism event, held in New York City.
- December 4, 2006: Submission to the OHCHR on HIV/AIDS and gender-based violence against women, for the United Nations Secretary General report on HIV/AIDS, Center for Women’s Global Leadership (US), in collaboration with Action Aid International, Action Canada for Population and Development/ACPD (Canada), Center for Health and Gender Equity/CHANGE (US), Center for Reproductive Rights (US), Fundación para Estudio e Investigación de la Mujer /FEIM (Argentina), Gestos-Soropositividade, Comunicação e Gênero (Brazil), International AIDS Women's Caucus, International Women’s Health Coalition/IWHC (US), and Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network/LACWHN.
- November 29, 2006: For Immediate Release
Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS: Human Rights Report Focuses on Women's Advocacy
- November 25 - December 10, 2006: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/16days/home.html
- November 24, 2006: Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, interviewed in Women and the United Nations Today, a radio program distributed and co-produced internationally to member stations on three continents through Canadian radio syndicate WINGS - Women’s International News Gathering Service http://womennewsnetwork.podbean.com/2006/11/24/women-and-the-united-nations-today
- November 24, 2006: Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, quoted in U.N. Women Primed for Stronger, Central Agency by Bojana Stoparic,
WeNews correspondent http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/2972/context/archive
- November 9, 2006: Coherence Panel Issues Recomendations to Strengthen Work on Gender Equality in the UN http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/globalcenter/policy/unadvocacy/index.html
- October 9, 2006:
For Immediate Release
UN: New Report Says Violence Against Women Is a Human Rights Violation
Classification Obliges States to Punish Perpetrators and Prevent Abuse
- September 2006: The UN Secretary General's in-depth study on violence against women is now available on the Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW) website as a background document for the 61st session of the General Assembly: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/vaw/violenceagainstwomenstudydoc.pdf. The presentation to the Third Committee of the General Assembly and launch is scheduled for Monday, October 9, 2006. In preparing the study, the DAW solicited input through a variety of means, e.g. holding expert group meetings, forming an advisory committee and creating an NGO taskforce. The Center for Women's Global Leadership was a member of the NGO taskforce and Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, served on the international advisory committee.
Please visit http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/globalcenter/policy/unadvocacy/index.html for further updates on NGO activities related to the release of the study.
- August 2006: 16 Days Theme Announcement
- August 2006: New CWGL report: Strengthening Resistance: Confronting Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS
- August 2006: International Feminist Task Force for the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) Statement on the situation in Lebanon
- August 2006: International Feminist Task Force for the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) Statement to the XVI International AIDS Conference August 14-18, 2006 Toronto, Canada
- August 2006: CWGL activities at the XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto, Canada http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/globalcenter/policy/HIVAIDS/toronto.htm
- Updates on CWGL Advocacy at the United Nations: http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/globalcenter/policy/unadvocacy/index.html
- June 2006: Executive Director, Charlotte Bunch, quoted in United Nations: Post-War Peace Building Still a Boys Club, by Thalif Deen in TerraViva-EUROPE http://www.ipsterraviva.net/Europe/article.aspx?id=3505
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Research and Service of Center Executive Director Honored by Rutgers Board of Trustees: On May 4, 2006, Charlotte Bunch, CWGL Executive Director and Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies, received the Rutgers University Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research for the year 2005 – 2006. The award honors faculty members who have made distinguished research contributions to their discipline and/or society at large. University President Richard L. McCormick presented the award and honorarium to Charlotte and other university honorees at a ceremony and reception at his home. In 2002, she was selected by the Board of Governors as a Distinguished Service Professor, and was awarded annual funds to support her ongoing research in the field of women’s human rights. |
- March 2006: Article on 16 Days Campaign in Peacework online magazine, Ending Violence Against Women http://www.afsc.org/pwork/0603/060312.htm
- March 2006: As part of the Institute for Women's Leadership (IWL) consortium, CWGL was acknowledged by the New Jersey state legislature. View resolution.
- December 21, 2005: Women’s International Coalition for Economic Justice moves headquarters, transitions to rotating coordination. Press Release (Word, PDF)
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- The Center for Women's Global Leadership joins more than 200 organizations and individuals in opposing U.S. policies that affect AIDS funding.
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