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Foto's Kirsten van Sant
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Uit de uitnodiging:
Ambassadeurs van het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken zijn ieder uur van de dag ergens in de wereld actief voor Nederlanders en Nederland, laten hun stem horen en oefenen invloed uit op internationaal niveau. Zij houden zich bezig met thema’s als veiligheid, duurzaamheid, economische groeikansen en diversiteit & inclusiviteit.
Met dit WOMEN EMPOWERMENT EVENT in het Amsterdamse Pulitzer Hotel slaan we de brug tussen twee werelden; die van vrouwelijke ambassadeurs en die van vrouwen met invloed in de maatschappij en media. We bespreken relevante maatschappelijke thema’s op internationaal niveau met bijbehorende stellingen. Er zijn drie hoofdthema’s en twee sprekers per thema.
Jouw tafelgenoten ondernemen, schrijven, acteren of regisseren en bereiken een publiek dat zij in beweging kunnen brengen. Het zijn vrouwen met een stem die gehoord wordt en waarmee ze effect kunnen bereiken in de media en in hun eigen netwerk. Door onze krachten te bundelen kunnen wij een voorbeeldfunctie innemen en invloed uitoefenen op de nieuwe generatie vrouwen op internationaal niveau.
"A man can’t plow a field by turning it over in his mind."
- old Welsh saying
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"A man can’t plow a field just by thinking about it, he must go out to the field and get to work. Yet if he is fully present to the work and acts with mindfulness and loving attention — that is, if he brings his whole self along — then even as he turns over the rich soil beneath his plow, he turns it over in his mind and heart as well. The act of tilling the soil becomes an act of tilling the soul."
- from "Turning the Soil of Soul: Ritual as Celebration"
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At first, I only wanted to find some small thing that represented the meaning of "devotion" in my life. Devotion gives me a sense of empowerment, a sense of connection and gratitude that keeps me going. But then I asked myself: what is it that empowers my devotion? What helps me to "do devotion better"?
Just yesterday, I finished a piece on ritual as celebration that has gone up over on the Patheos CUUPS blog, Nature's Path. In my life, learning and curiosity empower my acts of devotion. Knowledge shapes my practice as a I search and research for those threads that weave us into the world.
My Word of the Day altar is set up on the windowsill next to my desk, and there on my desk was a perfect example: Catherine Bell's Ritual: Perspectives and Dimensions. When we see the diversity available to us, we're empowered to explore beyond the simple forms that we've inherited by default.
#UULent #empower #devotion #meditation #spirituality #ritual
During the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly a roundtable dialogue organized by the Group of Champions on Women’s Economic Empowerment and UN Women, with the presence of the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, urged action to advance women’s economic empowerment.
At the current pace of change, it will take 170 years to close the economic gender gap, according to a 2016 report by the World Economic Forum. The event was an opportunity to call on world leaders to accelerate progress by taking forward the recommendations made by the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel (HLP) on Women’s Economic Empowerment, with a focus on leaving no one behind.
President of Costa Rica, Luis Guillermo Solis Rivera, co-chair of the Group of Champions and a longstanding advocate for gender equality, said: “There’s much left to do regarding gender discrimination and exclusion. I am confident that the Group of Champions will serve the UN as an example that gender equality can no longer be regarded as a horizon, but as a real need for all women who cannot wait to show the world what they are capable of.”
Speaking at the event, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on all partners to implement the commitments included in the HLP report. “Women’s Economic Empowerment is also a human rights issue. It contributes to building resilient economies and peaceful societies, and it is also a condition to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals,” he said, adding: “Let us deliver on the promises we have made to bring sustainable peace to the world today.”
Read More: www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2017/9/news-event-hlp-wee...
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
An Enactus team from the Netherlands empowered Bhutanese women to knit scarves and other products to sell, and taught them how to run their own knitting workshops as a secondary source of revenue. enactus.org/seeopportunity/project-gallery/project/yarn/
The Empowered Woman,
she moves through the world
with a sense of confidence and grace.
Her once reckless spirit
now tempered by wisdom.
Quietly, yet firmly, she speaks
her truth without doubt
or hesitation
and the life she leads is
of her own creation.
She now understands
what it means to live and let live.
How much to ask for herself
and how much to give.
She has a strong,
yet generous heart
and the inner beauty
she emanates truly sets her apart.
Like the mythical Phoenix,
she has risen from the ashes
and soared to a new plane of existence,
unfettered by the things
that once posed
such resistance.
Her senses now heightened,
she sees everything so clearly.
She hears the wind rustling
through the trees;
beckoning her to live the dreams
she holds so dearly.
She feels the softness of her hands
and muses at the strength
that they possess.
Her needs and desires
she has learned to express.
She has tasted the bitter and savored
the sweet fruits of life,
overcome adversity and pushed past heartache and strife.
And the one thing she never understood, she now knows to be true,
it all begins and ends with you.....Sonny Carroll poem
Foto's Kirsten van Sant
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Uit de uitnodiging:
Ambassadeurs van het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken zijn ieder uur van de dag ergens in de wereld actief voor Nederlanders en Nederland, laten hun stem horen en oefenen invloed uit op internationaal niveau. Zij houden zich bezig met thema’s als veiligheid, duurzaamheid, economische groeikansen en diversiteit & inclusiviteit.
Met dit WOMEN EMPOWERMENT EVENT in het Amsterdamse Pulitzer Hotel slaan we de brug tussen twee werelden; die van vrouwelijke ambassadeurs en die van vrouwen met invloed in de maatschappij en media. We bespreken relevante maatschappelijke thema’s op internationaal niveau met bijbehorende stellingen. Er zijn drie hoofdthema’s en twee sprekers per thema.
Jouw tafelgenoten ondernemen, schrijven, acteren of regisseren en bereiken een publiek dat zij in beweging kunnen brengen. Het zijn vrouwen met een stem die gehoord wordt en waarmee ze effect kunnen bereiken in de media en in hun eigen netwerk. Door onze krachten te bundelen kunnen wij een voorbeeldfunctie innemen en invloed uitoefenen op de nieuwe generatie vrouwen op internationaal niveau.
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In the spirit of advancing the crucial role of the private sector to achieve Goal 5 "Gender Equality", UN Women, United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and United Nations Office for Partnerships (UNOP) joined forces to to organize the Annual Women’s Empowerment Principles Forum. The Forum took place in New York on 15 March 2018 and provided a platform for presenting ongoing, successful business initiatives that aim at women’s empowerment, economic inclusion and entrepreneurship globally.
Speakers included:
Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations
H.E Mrs. Geraldine Byrne Nason, CSW62 Chair, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations
Ambassador Mara Marinaki, Principal Advisor on Gender and on the Implementation of UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, European Union
Ms. Laura Trevelyan, BBC Anchor/Correspondent
Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women
Ms. Lise Kingo, CEO and Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact
Ms. Laura Stachel, Co-Founder and Executive Director,We Care Solar
Ms. Michèle Sabban, Honorary President of R20 and President of the Green Fund for Women
Mr. Eduardo Martinez, President, The UPS Foundation and Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, UPS
Mr. Scott N. Mitchell, President & CEO, Sumitomo Chemical America
Ms. Katherine Lucey, Founder and CEO, Solar Sister
Ms. Luz Maria Jaramillo, President, Pavimentos Colombia
Ms. Joanne Farrell, Managing Director, Rio Tinto
Keynote Remarks
Ms. Padma Lakshmi, Author, actress, model, television host, executive producer
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Scenes from the CSW62 Side Event: Empowering Women Across the Humanitarian Development Nexus held at UN Headquarters on 20 March 2018.
Gender equality in humanitarian action, recovery, reconstruction and development is underfunded and under-prioritised. While women and girls are disproportionately affected by crises, only 1.7% of humanitarian programming targets gender equality and women's empowerment, and only 1.6 % of the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) in 2016 went to address gender-based violence. Similarly, a mere 2% of all aid to peace and security in fragile states and economies targeted gender equality as a principal objective. Advancing SDG5 in crises contexts should be a priority and a key strategy for building back better, sustaining peace and achieving security for all.
Whether in crisis zones, in refugee camps or as returnees, women play active roles sustaining their families and rebuilding their communities. Displaced women who are unmarried or separated from their husbands, for example, are often unable to register their newborn children in the countries in which they have sought refuge. It gives rise to denial of access to basic resources including health care, education and employment. Protecting their rights and harnessing their knowledge and leadership is vital for the achievement of lasting peace and sustainable development.
Towards this end, UNDP, UN Women, and UNHCR are preparing a joint initiative to enhance the coordination and the capacities of the UN Country Teams in selected crisis and post crisis countries to deliver better results together with national and local governments and civil society on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls across the humanitarian-development-peace nexus.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Foto's Kirsten van Sant
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Uit de uitnodiging:
Ambassadeurs van het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken zijn ieder uur van de dag ergens in de wereld actief voor Nederlanders en Nederland, laten hun stem horen en oefenen invloed uit op internationaal niveau. Zij houden zich bezig met thema’s als veiligheid, duurzaamheid, economische groeikansen en diversiteit & inclusiviteit.
Met dit WOMEN EMPOWERMENT EVENT in het Amsterdamse Pulitzer Hotel slaan we de brug tussen twee werelden; die van vrouwelijke ambassadeurs en die van vrouwen met invloed in de maatschappij en media. We bespreken relevante maatschappelijke thema’s op internationaal niveau met bijbehorende stellingen. Er zijn drie hoofdthema’s en twee sprekers per thema.
Jouw tafelgenoten ondernemen, schrijven, acteren of regisseren en bereiken een publiek dat zij in beweging kunnen brengen. Het zijn vrouwen met een stem die gehoord wordt en waarmee ze effect kunnen bereiken in de media en in hun eigen netwerk. Door onze krachten te bundelen kunnen wij een voorbeeldfunctie innemen en invloed uitoefenen op de nieuwe generatie vrouwen op internationaal niveau.
First Lady Jeannette Kagame joined the first UK Rwandan Women and Youth Empowerment Conference, which was held in London, on 24 June 2017.
This event brought together hundreds of participants coming from London, neighbouring areas and Rwanda.
This convention was organised by the UK Rwandan Diaspora, in collaboration with the Embassy of Rwanda in the U.S.
The event featured a panel discussion looking at the roles of women and the young generation in the shaping of our nation; and the experiences of those in the diaspora, who continue to uphold Rwanda's heritage despite the challenges they might face.
May 23, 2013 - Scenes from the Empower Campaign launch party marking the start of the University's $1 billion comprehensive campaign on Thursday night at an event held in the Marino Center that featured inter?ac?give research exhibits and inspiring calls to sup?port the university’s momentum.
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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro and Secretary Clinton’s Senior Advisor for Innovation Alec Ross opened the TechCamp Tel Aviv on Monday, April 30th 9.00 AM, at the Kfar Ha'Makkabia center Tel Aviv. "You may have already guessed that Tech Camp is much more than a conference; it is an opportunity for us to explore how technology can produce change in our society," Ambassador Shapiro said to a crowd over 110 men and women interested in the theme of women's empowerment and technology.
The TechCamp, a two-day interactive event, provides hands on training for civil society leaders to learn how to use free, low cost and easy to implement digital tools that can help advance their missions. TechCamp Tel Aviv is held in collaboration with Appleseeds Academy, an Israeli NGO which promotes social change and equal opportunities through technology.
The TechCamp conference is the eighth to take place to date as part of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Civil Society 2.0 initiative. TechCamp Tel Aviv features the theme of women’s empowerment and will focus on education and entrepreneurship.
The workshop aims to highlight the growing importance of the mobile phone as an inevitable tool in the Indian context, for empowering the citizens and enabling socio economic development services with the help of a case study and a brief contextual discussion around the subject.
Day 1
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He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
May 23, 2013 - Scenes from the Empower Campaign launch party marking the start of the University's $1 billion comprehensive campaign on Thursday night at an event held in the Marino Center that featured inter?ac?give research exhibits and inspiring calls to sup?port the university’s momentum.
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REPRO FREE At the Launch in Dublin of the EUCAPA (European Congress in Adapted Physical Activity) Conference due to take take place in Killarney, Co. Kerry from 6-8th May 2012 from right, Seamus O'Shea, Head of Computing and Science at IT Tralee, Kathleen Lynch, Minister of State, Department of Health and Department of Justice, Equality & Defence with responsibility for Disability, Older People, Equality & Mental Health, Paralympian Nadine Lattimore and John Treacy, Chief Executive, Irish Sports Council
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www.dwalshphoto.com-- PRESS INFO The EUCAPA (European Congress in Adapted Physical Activity) Conference will take place in Killarney, Co. Kerry from 6-8th May 2012. The Conference, with its theme of âPutting Practice Based Research into Actionâ will have a strong focus on national and international research and case studies which inform day to day practice in relation to the inclusion and empowerment of people with disabilities in sport. 300 delegates and presenters from 31 countries are expected to this truly intentional event with an impressive line-up of international speakers.The event is organised by the Institute of Technology, Tralee with the support of Fáilte Ireland, the Department of Justice and Equality (who are funding the awards), the National Disability Authority, the CARA Adapted Physical Activity Centre and the Irish Sports Council. Topics will cover physical education, physical activity and rehabilitation services for people with disabilities.Minister Kathleen Lynch, launching the conference at Leinster House said:-âSport has the physical and mental attributes to improve the quality of life for all participants especially for the disabled for whom club and friends and social life combines with healthy competition in a favourite sport. It is, by its nature, inclusive of players and spectators, provides role models and excitement and a seamless participation in the social and cultural life of the nation be it local, national or international where success is measured by inclusion and empowerment as well as prowess on the field.âAs well as impressive presentations there will be practical workshops allowing delegates to experience different methods of delivering a variety of activities in different settings e.g., inclusive football/ground hurling; adapted aquatics; self-defence for people with vision impairments. The full conference programme can be viewed on the conference website www.eucapa2012.euNote for Editors:-The Institute of Technology Tralee has previously hosted four highly successful National Adapted Physical Activity Conference the first of which was in 2003. Since then, the Institute in conjunction with the Irish Sports Council has led a number of significant developments in the area of adapted physical activity (APA) in Ireland and Europe. Winning the bid to host the European Congress in Ireland offers us an opportunity to showcase the many excellent APA initiatives to other countries while also keeping abreast of best practice abroad so we can raise standards even higher at home.The title and theme of the conference: The conference theme is âPutting Practice Based Research into Actionâ. The organising committee have purposely sought presenters who can give practical tips to PE teachers, parents, coaches, physiotherapists, carers on how to increase the amount and quality of physical activity for people with disabilities. Many of the sessions are practical in nature so that delegates get to experience disability sports and inclusive activities so that they can implement programme immediately after the conference.Who is speaking at the event - and keynotes of interest: There is an impressive International line-up including the most renowned names in Adapted Physical Activity. There are 5 keynote speakers - Main International Speakers will include David Carless who will look at the area of physical activity and mental health; Vicky Tolfrey an expert in sports science for paralympic athletes and Donna Goodwin whose research explores disability as a social construction and the resulting impact of societal actions on opportunities for engagement in active lifestyles. Overall there will be 70 oral presentations and 70 poster presentations.What is likely to be discussed at the conference: The conference will outline what positive developments are happening in Ireland and further afield. The presentations will inform people working in the areas of sport, active recreation, physical education, disability services, health services and rehabilitation on best practice at home and abroad which will give them knowledge on how to improve their service delivery. Chairperson of the organising committee Pat Flanagan predicts that âThis conference will guide the provision of physical activity, sport and physical education for people with disabilities for many years to come. It is essential that all stakeholders in this area grasp this opportunity to influence the future of APA in Ireland and Europe.âAnd finally:-People with disabilities in Ireland are 3 times more likely to be inactive than people without a disability. Also according to the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) children with disabilities are 38% more likely to be obese than their counterparts. Improved access to physical activity can reduce these startling statistics. With speakers and researchers from 31 countries attending this conference it is hoped that Ireland can learn from the successes of programmes from Ireland and across the world and turn the tide on access to activity, increase participation rates and reduce obesity amongst people with disabilities in Ireland and abroad.For further information contact:Pat Flanagan, Institute of Technology, Tralee.Phone: 086 1599334 or 066-7145678Email: pat.flanagan@staff.ittralee.ie