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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.
See - they are the same size... at least lengthwise!
Daily Dog Challenge - Sunday - 5043. 9/22 "Equal"
I'll be posting a bunch of new eagle captures most likely, so I wanted to give some other flying birds equal chance ... they can be just a pretty in the air given the right lighting ;))
I had 45 minutes to kill before heading out shopping with Monica.
So I headed across to the local park with my 500mm reflex. It was a grey day but the birds were out.
I can't wait for bright, spring mornings!
Lt. Gen. John Wissler explains how to preserve combat readiness, promote teamwork and build unit cohesion during an Equal Opportunity Senior Leaders Workshop Jan. 28 at The Ocean Breeze on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. The three-day workshop taught senior enlisted Marines and officers how to ensure everyone is treated equal within their units, according to Wissler, a Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, native and commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Rebecca Elmy/Released)
The boy in red is perhaps the leader of this troupe of Bramhin boys performing their morning rituals.
At the UN General Assembly in New York, champions of equal pay took centre stage, putting forth a clarion call to end the global gender pay gap that stands at 23 per cent. The event launched the high-profile Equal Pay Platform of Champions, a diverse group of advocates to amplify and galvanize mobilization—as part of a broader ILO-UN Women Global Equal Pay Coalition—calling for equal pay for work of equal value. The event at the UN was hosted by UN Women in partnership with ILO, and co-sponsored by the Missions of Iceland, South Africa and Switzerland, coinciding with the opening day of the 61st Commission on the Status of Women, the largest inter-governmental forum on women’s rights and gender equality, which is focusing this year on the theme of “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work”.
The Platform of Champions builds momentum to address the issue of pay inequality, which affects women and girls in every country in the world. It brings together Oscar Award-winning American actress Patricia Arquette, two-time Olympic gold medalist and soccer superstar Abby Wambach, along with leaders from trade unions, civil society, government and private sector, film makers and gender equality advocates.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Protecting our national historic landmarks in a sustainable way requires persistent advocacy and determined activism; no where was this more apparent than at Preservation Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill this past Tuesday, March 7. Along with 200 other participants from around the country, I had the opportunity to trade stories with peers in the field and to volunteer my time for a one day lobbying effort. Our mission: to ask our elected officials to protect $70 million dollars in critical funding for historic preservation, including monies for programs like Save America's Treasures (SAT) that benefit small and large towns alike. From New York to Hawaii, everyone in attendance voiced concern about President Obama’s proposal to "zero out" dollars for solid, job producing programs like SAT. My concern is rooted in my own work in historical preservation; it was an SAT matching grant of $200,000, secured with the assistance of local Congresswoman Nita Lowey that first allowed JHC to upgrade its MEPs (mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems) in an effort to make the 1838 Jay Mansion greener. This "seed money" in turn inspired ten times that amount in private and corporate contributions, eliciting a total of over $2 million that made it possible for JHC to take the next big sustainable step – the installation of a geothermal heating and cooling system. I could hardly envision where we would have gotten without the SAT program.
From the moment we got to work, that day felt as hectic as an episode of 'The Amazing Race' crammed with 200 contestants. This was my first experience on Capitol Hill, and never had I seen such passionate activism first hand. Joining with State Historic Preservation Officers (SHPOs) from every corner of the country, along with leaders of the National Trust, Preservation Action, the Preservation League and Landmarks Conservancy of NY, advocates from Oyster Bay to the Erie Canal Heritage Corridor, we brainstormed on how best to navigate the vast marble hallways and tunnels of the House and Senate buildings. We mapped out multiple visits that ping-ponged us between Cannon, Rayburn, and Longsworth in the House, worked in 2 Senate visits to Hart and Russell, and found a few spare moments to stop, refuel, and get coffee in the basement cafeteria, all in record time. The advice of many veterans - "Wear comfortable shoes and stick a granola bar in your pocket for lunch" - turned out to be essential for surviving a demanding 9 - 5 day of half-hour appointments set up to ensure a meeting with every NY congressman or woman and/or members of their staff, Democrat and Republican alike, from each of the 29 districts in the Empire State. It was grassroots advocacy at its purest.
Several moments made the experience particularly striking for me, as a preservationist and as a citizen of Rye. I met with our district’s Congresswoman Nita Lowey and her staff, who are attentive and top notch - throughout her career, Congresswoman Lowey has done a great deal for historic preservation and energy conservation in Westchester. But what made the day even more special was the chance to meet Congressman Maurice Hinchey and to thank him personally for his role in saving the Jay Property, as well as his unwavering dedication to the Hudson River Valley Greenway. Congressman Hinchey’s vision for John Jay’s home and for all the 99 member sites of the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area (HRVNHA) is for them to one day become part of the venerated National Parks System (NPS).
NPS currently oversees 394 areas including “national parks, monuments, battlefields, military parks, historical parks, historic sites, lakeshores, seashores, recreation areas, scenic rivers and trails, and the White House.” Hinchey has been advocating an NPS designation for the HRVNA because this action “would take the region to the highest, most prestigious level possible while making the region eligible for an increase in federal resources and support…these additional resources could be used toward conservation efforts, historic preservation, tourism promotion and a wide array of economic development activities.”
As the last meeting of this novice’s first long day on Capitol Hill, this approach to revitalizing main streets left me re-energized and inspired by the sustainable possibilities that our country and its many American treasures, like John Jay's home in Rye, have in their future through historic preservation.
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Equal Pay Day
21. März, 12 – 14 Uhr
22 % auf ALLES für Frauen im sattgrün
Satte 22 Prozent – so hoch ist der Lohnunterschied zwischen Frauen und Männern im Durchschnitt. Gründe dafür sind:
Frauen arbeiten oft in Berufen, die schlechter bezahlt werden.
Frauen sind es meistens, die für die Erziehung ihrer Kinder oder die Pflege von Angehörigen eine Berufspause einlegen.
Frauen arbeiten häufig in Teilzeit und in Minijobs. Frauen erhalten bei gleichwertiger Qualifikation und gleichwertiger Arbeit weniger Geld.
Das wollen wir ändern und mit Ihnen hierüber ins Gespräch kommen.
Am Freitag zahlen Frauen im sattgrün am Hafen von 12 bis 14 Uhr für Essen und Getränke 22% weniger. Die GRÜNEN in NRW möchten mit dieser Aktion auf die immer noch bestehende Lohnungleichheit zwischen Frauen und Männern aufmerksam machen und laden ein zum gemütlichen Mittagessen mit:
Barbara Steffens
NRW-Ministerin für Gesundheit, Emanzipation, Pflege und Alter
Sven Lehmann
Landesvorsitzender der GRÜNEN NRW
Miriam Koch
GRÜNE Oberbürgermeisterkandidatin für Düsseldorf
Terry Reintke
GRÜNE Kandidatin für das Europaparlament
At the UN General Assembly in New York, champions of equal pay took centre stage, putting forth a clarion call to end the global gender pay gap that stands at 23 per cent. The event launched the high-profile Equal Pay Platform of Champions, a diverse group of advocates to amplify and galvanize mobilization—as part of a broader ILO-UN Women Global Equal Pay Coalition—calling for equal pay for work of equal value. The event at the UN was hosted by UN Women in partnership with ILO, and co-sponsored by the Missions of Iceland, South Africa and Switzerland, coinciding with the opening day of the 61st Commission on the Status of Women, the largest inter-governmental forum on women’s rights and gender equality, which is focusing this year on the theme of “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work”.
The Platform of Champions builds momentum to address the issue of pay inequality, which affects women and girls in every country in the world. It brings together Oscar Award-winning American actress Patricia Arquette, two-time Olympic gold medalist and soccer superstar Abby Wambach, along with leaders from trade unions, civil society, government and private sector, film makers and gender equality advocates.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
Picture This Photo Contest 2010, Amateur Category: Winner Goal 3 -- A woman joins her two male co-workers at a brick field in West Bengal, India.
The brick fields are generally dominated by men This woman is performing her daily duty with her men co-partners.
WTSA-16 participants showing their support for the UN Women/ ITU Equals partnership.
© ITU/ J. Marchand
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Yes my Nubian brother..... Reparations ? What you talkin bout, you all ready getting a wellfare check, sit yo BLACK BUTT down.
I want all White people to report to the cotton fields for orientation first thing tomorrow morning at 6:30am.....no, no, no, you only have to pick cotton 3 days out of the month.... wages for picking? Why?
... No there is no illegal alien problem any more, Mexico is now the 51st state of the Union and the president of Mexico is now the Governor of our newest State now called Old Mexico. any other questions.
Oh by the way, Cuba is now a part of Florida.
Women's Rights? ......OK - Why did the woman cross the road? I don't know and who cares, what was she doing out of the Kitchen in the first place.
Despite what you may have heard I did not round up the criminal defense lawyers and have them shot. I rounded up the convicts in our prisons and had them shot to make room for the lawyers.
Yes any more questions?
No there is no Muslim problem, no environmental problem or electric car problem or drilling for oil problem. The Muslims and environmentalist are in Alaska drilling for oil. Wages? Why are you people stuck on wages.
Yes...... Equal opportunity for everyone... Yall got the opportunity to do what I say or be shot at dawn.
YOU PEOPLE BETTER GET USE TO ME..... I GOT ONE IRON RULE, " LOGIC IS AN ENEMY AND TRUTH IS A MENACE" So it will be to your advantage to do as I say.
Thank you and have a nice day.
“Home is the place where socialization of a child begins, and where the biggest change can happen about the empowerment of the girl child. Mothers and fathers, and guardians alike, need to be made aware that both girls and boys are equal and that no preferential treatment should be given to any of them.” - UN Division for the Advancement of Women