The United Nations Foundation will donate US$100,000 for 100,000
signatures collected at www.saynotoviolence.org. This is for projects
administered by the UN Trust Fund and UNIFEM.
Please go to www.saynotoviolence.org and simply sign your
name.
The campaign will end on 8th March
2008.
So far, only 40,000 plus names collected. Pls help... cos date is
nearing. Spread this message to your email friends.
More info below:
What is the violence going on?
Amnesty International says the torture of women was reported in
every armed conflict it investigated between 1999 and 2000, most
often in the form of sexual violence.
Rape, when used as a weapon of war, is systematically employed for
a variety of purposes, including intimidation, humiliation,
political terror, extracting information, rewarding soldiers, and
"ethnic cleansing," says Amnesty International. "Violence against
women in armed conflict situations is largely based on traditional
views of women as property, and often as sexual objects."
Wars and conflicts still going on in parts of
Africa:
"Despite the fact the women bear much of the responsibility of
taking care of many families here in Africa, it is a shame that violence against
women is a menace that has persisted over the years. Of
course, this problem is not limited to Africa but is somewhat more
common here. This would not be unconnected to wide-spread poverty
and some bad cultural practices."
"The new study notes that between 1990 and 2007, nearly 900 Chilean
women were killed, mostly by their partners or ex-partners, while
in the Bahamas in 2000, almost half of all murders committed were
feminicides – women being
killed at the hands of their partners or because of their gender
status – and rose to 44 per cent in 2001 and 53 per cent in
2002."
Where will the funds go?
[Recipients of the Fund’s grants “are showing how to address the
interlinkages of violence against women and HIV/AIDS, how to
involve men and boys in ending violence against women and how to
reach marginalized groups – such as rural indigenous women – so
that they, too, can benefit from improved laws and policies on
ending violence against women,”] - UNIFEM Acting Executive Director
Joanne Sandler.
“The more names we collect, the stronger
our case to make ending violence against women a top priority for
governments everywhere.” - Nicole Kidman.