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Date: 19 November 2013
Location: UN HQ NY
Program: Preventing Child Trafficking and Exploitation: Strategies and Programmes that Work
Format: Panel Discussion
Organization: Canada’s and the Philippines’ Permanent Missions and WGG
Speakers:
HE Guillermo Rishchynski, Ambassador, Mission of Canada to UN
Marta Santos Pais, SRSG on Violence against Children
Ellen Maduhu, Permanent Mission of the United...
Date: December 9, 2013
Program: The Role of Men and Boys in Ending Violence Against Women and Girls
Format: Moderator//Panel
Organization: Permanent Missions of Canada
Speakers: Mr. Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees; Mr. Dean Peacock, Sonke Gender Justice Network; Major General (retired) Patrick Cammaert and former advisor to UN-DPKO and commander of MONUSCO; Dr. Michael Gurian, Michael Gurian Institute; Mr.
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To involve FAWCO members worldwide in supporting the UN's development agenda, the FAWCO Target Program and other UN-related...
25 November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and the start of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, which end on 10 December (International Human Rights Day). FAWCO Human Rights sub-committee Ending Violence for Women and Children published ideas for clubs to raise awareness. Click here to download the sub-committee's newsletter with ideas.
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Universal Children's Day is celebrated every November 20th in honor the day that the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) was adopted in 1989. The CRC has been ratified by 193 nations. Sadly, the United States is one of the few countries in the world which has not ratified it. The others are South Sudan and Somalia. If you...
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