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The 60th
anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a
historic moment, recognizing the past six decades of work to secure the
conventions and treaties that make up the human rights framework. The
principles of the declaration also gave legitimacy to activists around the
world who were calling for the realization of universal human rights.
On December 10, 2007, a civil society campaign was launched to celebrate the
upcoming 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
This project is pioneered by a group of notable activists known as “The Elders”
and seeks to reclaim the principles in the UDHR through the message that Every Human Has Rights.
The Center for Women's Global Leadership
(CWGL) is proud to be a partner in this UDHR60 NGO campaign, which comes
at a time when the legitimacy of both women’s rights and human rights are being
challenged in too many settings.
Human rights cannot be universal without human rights for women. The
UDHR60 campaign offers an opportunity to advocate for women’s rights and the
quest to end gender inequality, and to create a world free from violence,
discrimination and injustice. These are critical to building a just, peaceful
and sustainable world where human rights for all are respected. Over the
past 60 years, women have created groundbreaking global and local efforts to
challenge gender inequality and feminist approaches to human rights are being
developed and used around the world. Women’s advocacy has brought about
pioneering change in areas such as education, health, law, and political
participation – and, in interpretations of the human rights framework
itself. The global frameworks for realizing women’s rights have been
spelled out in the Women’s Convention (CEDAW), and in
documents from other UN processes, such as the Vienna
Human Rights Declaration, the Cairo
Programme of Action, the Beijing Platform for
Action, the Millennium
Development Goals, and the World
Summit. Women have successfully demanded state political will to
create meaningful change, but the implementation and resources to fulfill these
promises are still lacking.
CWGL’s focus in this UDHR60 campaign is not exhaustive, but what we will do is build on, celebrate and honor this global momentum, particularly in areas most closely related to our work on women’s human rights. In addition, we will dedicate the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign 2008 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the UDHR and to make demands to advance women’s human rights. CWGL’s primary areas of focus will be:
Recognizing that the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign provides an opportunity to bring global activism around women’s rights to the forefront of the celebration of UDHR60 on December 10 2008, we invite all to join in celebrating the anniversary of the Declaration and honoring decades of landmark women’s rights advocacy. We encourage groups to focus their plans for the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign 2008 on activities that address the many human rights challenges facing women around the globe and to celebrate the leadership of women in defending human rights.
Please
see the 2008 Take Action Kit for more details on each of these ideas, including
actions tailored especially for the 2008 16 Days Campaign.
The kit will be available online and in print in August – contact the Center
for Women’s Global Leadership at the address below to request a kit:
Center for Women’s Global Leadership
160 Ryders Lane, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8555 USA; Phone
(1-732) 932-8782; Fax: (1-732) 932-1180; E-mail: 16days@cwgl.rutgers.edu; Or to access
the kit online, go to http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/16days/home.html
Join the 16 Days
movement!
Create or join a community, campus, national or international activity for the
16 Days. Request a Take Action kit, join the 16 Days listserv, and use past 16
Days International Calendars of Activities (available online) to spark ideas
for your activities or to find information about groups in your area. Submit
your planned projects to CWGL for posting to the 2008 International Calendar of
Activities and become part of the global 16 Days movement.
Join the 16 Days
electronic discussion!
Join the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence email listserv discussion,
which lets activists share work against violence, build partnerships with
others worldwide, and to develop strategies and themes for the annual 16 Days
campaign.
To join the discussion, visit https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/16days_discussion.
Submit your materials!
Help us build a 16 Days Archive!
CWGL requests that participants in the 16 Days campaign – past as well as
present – send descriptions of your current or past 16 Days events to the
contact information below for posting in the electronic International Calendar of Activities.
CWGL would also be pleased to receive other materials, including posters,
fliers, photographs, t-shirts, video footage, poems, songs, statements, and
reports for the campaign archives. If you have photographs, documents, or other
examples of your work that you can send in an electronic version, please do so
and we will post it on the website.
The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is coordinated by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership.
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