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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.
The High-Level Panel (HLP) for Women’s Economic Empowerment presents its first report to the United Nations Secretary-General. The report findings highlight seven drivers to unlock the power of women to work and achieve their financial independence, such as tackling adverse norms and discriminatory laws, reducing and redistributing unpaid work and care, increasing access to loans and changing discriminatory business practices.
The Panel, created by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon earlier this year, aims at placing women’s economic empowerment at the top of the global agenda to accelerate progress towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The list of speakers included:
HLP Co-Chairs Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera, President of Costa Rica, and Simona Scarpaleggia, CEO of IKEA Switzerland. Panel members Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women; Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of Oxfam International; Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund; Jim Kim, President of The World Bank Group and Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization. Government representatives include Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica; Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway; and Priti Patel, Secretary of State for International Development, the United Kingdom.
The event was held in the ECOSOC chamber at UN headquarters on 22 September 2016.
www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2016/9/speech-by-ed-on-hl...
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
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May 23, 2013 - Scenes from the Empower Campaign launch party marking the start of the University's $1 billion comprehensive campaign at an event held in the Marino Center that featured interactive research exhibits and inspiring calls to support the University’s momentum.
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.
Diagram 3…Instinct Brain
“Snakes and Ladders”-Resilience Guide
By Terri Turner
The instinct brain is the oldest part of our brains and its jobs have seen our entire human race for thousands and thousands of centuries be able to survive and claim victory over forces of nature to grow our societies into what we have today surrounding the entire planet.
But it is this same part of the human brain that saved us trillions of times over and over again that is now attempting to destroy everything our ancestors built and matured into.
It is urgent our children know how this brain works and get mastery over it and strengthen their super human power of choice to now through maturity and knowledge choose other ways to respond through our social, emotional and spiritual inner capacities.
When a bad feeling is experienced in the feeling/emotional brain it triggers an instant “snake” like slide down into our instinct brain which has us either fighting, running away, freezing or using negative inner attacks like passive aggressive responses.
The instinct brains dominate learning style is action/doing and when the child is asked a question their eyes will look downwards (right brain dominate will look mainly to the right; left brain dominate will look mainly to the left; straight ahead looking down indicates a balanced action/doing brain style using both sides of the brain to think).
These children have to be doing/actions while you talk to them otherwise they find it very difficult to actually hear you when standing or sitting still (whistles are great for these kinds of learners because they hear through the vibrations throughout their body). These children need different support to learn to develop their visual/feeling and auditory learning capacities.
"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
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.
May 23, 2013 - Scenes from the Empower Campaign launch party marking the start of the University's $1 billion comprehensive campaign at an event held in the Marino Center that featured interactive research exhibits and inspiring calls to support the University’s momentum.
v.l.n.r.: Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Ing. Christoph Maurer, Dr. Barbara Schmidt, DI Wolfgang Anzengruber, Mag. Dr. Barbara Kappel, Dr. Magnus Brunner, Mag. Christiane Brunner, Josef Schellhorn, Dr. Christoph Matznetter
Oesterreichs Energie Trendforum: Empowering Austria
Die Stromstrategie – wie können wir die 2030-Ziele erreichen?
Am 31. März diskutierten heimische Energiepolitiker im Zuge des ersten Oesterreichs Energie Trendforums 2016 vor über 170 Branchenvertretern die Erreichung der Energie- und Klimaziele.
Strom spielt eine wesentliche Rolle bei der Erreichung der Weltklimaziele. Oesterreichs Energie hat daher eine Stromstrategie für Österreich entwickelt, die im Kern mehr Strom im Energiesystem, mehr Erneuerbare und mehr Flexibilität im Stromsystem sowie mehr Partizipation aller Marktteilnehmer am Stromsystem fordert.
Beim Trendforum diskutierten Politiker der im Nationalrat vertretenen Parteien die Stromstrategie. Am Podium vertreten waren:
Dr. Christoph Matznetter, SPÖ – Wirtschaftssprecher
Dr. Magnus Brunner, LL.M, ÖVP – Mitglied des Bundesrates; und Vorstandsvorsitzender der OeMAG
Mag. Dr. Barbara Kappel, FPÖ – Abgeordnete zum EU Parlament
Mag. Christiane Brunner, Die Grünen – Bereichssprecherin Umwelt, Klimaschutz, Energie
Josef Schellhorn, NEOS – Wirtschaftssprecher
Auf OesterreichsEnergie.at finden Sie ab heute den ausführlichen Nachbericht zur Veranstaltung inkl. Video-Dokumentation der Veranstaltungen sowie die wichtigsten Statements und weitere Infos zur Stromstrategie.
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Event: Bikini Under the Bridge 2009
Location: Dumbo Park, Brooklyn, NY
Date: August 15, 2009
The 4th annual Bikini Under the Bridge was a beautiful success. There were two shows, each featuring six very talented and creative designers. The first show was at 5:00 pm and the second was at 7:00 pm. The make-up artistes were great. The models were amazing. The afternoon was perfect. Photographs and videos from this very special and illustrious event are coming right here soon. In the meantime, here are some candids.
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“Snakes and Ladders”-Resilience Guide By Terri Turner
Continued from DAY 1
At that moment the child can reclaim their own dignity and their own inner nobility back from continuous shattering and torment every time a slide down that “snake” happens dragging them back into the clutches of the ancient instinct brain.
The ancient instinct brain was needed as a safety net when humanity was in the child stage of development but human beings now maturing at a rapid rate need new skills to strengthen their inner capacities so each and every one of us can build strong resilient social, emotional and spiritual inner selves.
BEFORE PLAYING THE GAME...
Show the child diagrams 1 to 4 and discuss each part of the human brain and what each separate brains main jobs and learning styles are.
Children need to know we have three main brains and each one has a very different part to play. We all need to know how stress experienced in our daily lives gets processed by the different parts of our human brain.
Each part of the human brain also has a major learning style attached to it and children love to know that information also.
KHOST, 17 December 2015 - The UNAMA Field office Gardez facilitated women empowerment seminar- If I did, you can do it too, held on Monday in Khost province that was attended by around 100 participants. They include women rights activists, university and school teachers and students, members of the women councils, government officials, representatives of the civil society organizations and correspondents of the local media institutions.
Photo by UNAMA / Dilawar Khan Dilawar|
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.
11 October 2022, 11WS22451 - Empowering young people from the proximity of local governments
Belgium - Brussels - October 2022
© European Union / Laurie Dieffembacq
Mission to Cambodia: Beneficiaries of the EmPower project in Cambodia, 17-19 October 2022
Photo: UN Women/Ploy Phutpheng
U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues, Catherine Russell introduces U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry as he prepares to deliver remarks at the launch event for U.S. Global Strategy to Empower Adolescent Girls, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 15, 2016. [State Department Photo/Public Domain]
This photo is part of a Participatory Photography workshop conducted in Huataquita, Puno, Peru. Photography is used as a tool to understand the local needs, knowledge and hopes for the next generation of farmers. Photocredit: Gian Betancourt (CIAT) Please credit accordingly. For more information please contact m.j.koningstein@cgiar.org
American Soccer Players from Gallaudet University lead training camp at a Ugandan school for the deaf.
ILO Training for Rural Economic Empowerment (TREE) Programme: Women from Pakistan receive training in dressmaking to build the skills and abilities needed to generate additional income. © ILO
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License. To view a copy of this license, visit creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/deed.en_US.
Scenes from the Side Event "The contribution of sport to achieve gender equality and end violence against women and girls" held on 17 March 2016 during the 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women at United Nations Headquarters.
Organized by Brazil, UN Women, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
The 2030 Agenda adopted in September 2015 reaffirms the contribution of sport as an important enabler of sustainable development and recognizes the contribution it makes to the empowerment of women and youth, individuals and communities. Evidence shows that sport can help enhance girls’ and women’s health and well-being, foster self-esteem and empowerment, facilitate social inclusion and integration, challenge gender norms, and provide opportunities for leadership and achievement. CSW60 provides a unique occasion to place sport as an important tool to eradicate endemic discriminations such as gender-based violence. In this Olympic year, the side event will offer an opportunity for Member States, UN agencies, NGOs, civil society and the sports world to come together and address the contribution of sport to achieve Goal 5, including ending violence against women and girls.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
This album contains photos of Ashreen Mridha, a Bangladeshi delegate on the 2018 GSMP: Empower Women through Sports program.
Scenes from the Side Event "The contribution of sport to achieve gender equality and end violence against women and girls" held on 17 March 2016 during the 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women at United Nations Headquarters.
Organized by Brazil, UN Women, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
The 2030 Agenda adopted in September 2015 reaffirms the contribution of sport as an important enabler of sustainable development and recognizes the contribution it makes to the empowerment of women and youth, individuals and communities. Evidence shows that sport can help enhance girls’ and women’s health and well-being, foster self-esteem and empowerment, facilitate social inclusion and integration, challenge gender norms, and provide opportunities for leadership and achievement. CSW60 provides a unique occasion to place sport as an important tool to eradicate endemic discriminations such as gender-based violence. In this Olympic year, the side event will offer an opportunity for Member States, UN agencies, NGOs, civil society and the sports world to come together and address the contribution of sport to achieve Goal 5, including ending violence against women and girls.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
May 23, 2013 - Scenes from the Empower Campaign launch party marking the start of the University's $1 billion comprehensive campaign at an event held in the Marino Center that featured interactive research exhibits and inspiring calls to support the University’s momentum.
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.
Mission to Cambodia: Beneficiaries of the EmPower project in Cambodia, 17-19 October 2022
Photo: UN Women/Ploy Phutpheng
The Abuse of Power
Quite a few years ago electricity supply was deregulated in the state of my residence. Energy deregulation means electricity competition. It used to be that there were only a few energy providers. These companies held a monopoly, as well as a lock on your pocket book. They could charge whatever they wanted and jacked up the rates during the summer, as well as in the winter, when it is needed the most. In many cases electricity producing plants used fossil fuels, and there was little or no choice about using clean energy, such as from wind farms or solar grids. Now this has all changed. With deregulation, the energy companies compete for your business. Newer companies, ones that use alternative sources to make electricity, now have the ability to offer cleaner forms of electricity. This means that you don't have to be stuck with a company that has high rates, or that uses fossil fuels in the production of electricity. Now you can pick your company, one that has the lowest rates. It also means that there are more companies available. You now have a better choice in determining where this energy comes from. You no longer have to put up with companies that change their rates every few months, customer service that is poor or non-existent, and you can stand up for cleaner, renewable electricity. For myself, it meant a lower electric bill. For a period of time i just kept the same company that had supplied me previous, as there wern't yet that many new companies around to choose from. But as the years passed more companies started making their way into the supplier marketplace. About five years ago i did an active search and found this new supplier that was offering a considerable cut in the price of electricity compared to the company i was then receiving it from. They made it easy to switch, and i did. Until about two weeks ago, i was quite naively happy with the electricity they were supplying to me. Over the time period that i was receiving electricity from them they slowly crept their price up to the point that they were higher than most other suppliers. Being occupied with many other aspects of life i never really gave it any mind. About two weeks ago they sent me a letter in the mail thanking me for being such a loyal, valued customer. Great. Thanks for thanking me! Then i read a little further on. Effective with your February 2013 bill your new electricity price will be $0.0892 per kWh, is what it said. It went on... No action is required on your part if you wish to continue your service with us. How convenient. Not really knowing what the going rate of electricity was i did some research. Turns out they were presently charging me $0.0829 per kWh. This was already higher than most other suppliers and they were raising it more. Hmmm. After some more research i found a company that was charging $0.069 per kWh. That doesn't seem like a big difference but for me it equates to about $300 a year in my pocket. So i switched. The past couple of days my home phone has been ringing off the hook. Typically i don't answer the home phone because nine times out of ten it's not somebody i care to talk to. There's no answering machine so i just let it ring. If somebody i know is going to be calling i'll answer it. In addition, my cell phone has voice mail and the number is pretty much only known by those whom i want to know it. Yesterday evening i was expecting a call from someone and when the home phone rang, i answered it. Turns out it was the company which i had just switched from for my electricity supply. The person stated that they had recieved notice that i was switching to another supplier and was wondering if i knew that. Hunnnnnh? Yes, i stated. My thinking was the next question would be, "Could you tell us why?" But it wasn't. They apparently knew why. The next statement was, "Well we are prepared to offer you $0.079 per kWh, if you stay with us. How does that sound to you?" The next sound they heard was click. You've been overcharging me for about three years, send me a letter telling me you are going to overcharge me even more. When i wake up and find another supplier you are now going to offer a lower price? Hah! Talk about the abuse of power. My electric bill runs about $1200 a year. That's $1200 that won't be going to them. Big deal right? But if ten customers switched...
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.