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Joint NGO Statement at the UN Human
Rights Council 8th Session
Geneva - 16 June 2008
Women's World Summit Foundation
International Federation of
University Women
Pan Pacific Association of South
East and West
Pan Pacific & South East Asian
Women's Association
Zonta International
Inter-African Committee
The World Movement of Mothers
Solar Cookers International
Worldwide Organization of Women
Contact: Elly Pradervand - Women's
World Summit Foundation - WWSF
wwsf@wwsf.ch;
Phone: 022 738 66 19
Inclusion of text on RURAL WOMEN as
"Rural women make up a quarter of the world's population and produce more
than half the world's food; yet they own less than 2% of the land. ...The
General Assembly 2007 declared to annually observe 15 October as International
Day of Rural Women....."
WOMEN ARE THE KEY TO ENDING POVERTY
AND HUNGER, BUT THEY NEED RESOURCES TO HELP SAVE, ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN, FROM
MALNUTRITION AND STARVATION.
"New data has made it evident
that investment in women's economic empowerment yields striking improvements in
nutrition, shelter, health care, and schooling for all."
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