Tag: Violence against women

23rd July 2021 Geneva, Switzerland

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by Verity Robson

Legal Counsellor, UK Mission to the United Nations, Geneva

Privilege and Power at the Palais des Nations

After 13 sessions, dozens of resolutions, and innumerable late nights staring square-eyed at incomprehensible drafting changes, my tenure as part of the UK’s negotiating team at the UN Human Rights Council finally concluded last week. It had been a tense session, conducted mostly virtually: as I’ve commented elsewhere, it can be difficult to reach compromise […]

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24th November 2015 Havana, Cuba

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by Tim Cole

Former British Ambassador to Cuba

Violence Against Women – It’s Your Responsibility

To all the men out there, this blog is for you. Please don’t close the window, tab or page. Don’t look away. Keep reading and click on the links. This isn’t a women’s issue, it’s a men’s issue. You need to understand it. And then do something about it. Violence against women is horrible, brutal, […]

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25th November 2014

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

Violence against women, migration, and values

The following is a guest blog by Simona Prete, Policy and Communication Officer, British Embassy to the Holy See Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Last week, I attended a roundtable discussion held during the VII World Congress of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants, focused […]

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25th November 2014 Colombo, Sri Lanka

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by Laura Davies

Former Deputy High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and the Maldives

What makes a man: why sexism is a men’s issue

I wanted to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women by partnering with others who feel as strongly. The reaction was so positive that I’ve ended up with two blogs and a campaign. Kofi Annnan described violence against women as a pandemic. Globally, one in three women will have experienced some […]

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11th March 2014

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

Voices of Women

The following is a guest blog by Simona Prete, Head of Communications at the British Embassy to the Holy See Empowerment, aspirations, voice, faith, women, church, end violence, are words which have been inspiring 2014 International Women’s Day across the world.  A poignant moment in which women’s voices were listened to; and their role, their […]

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29th November 2012

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

Defending Women’s Rights and Dignity

The following is a guest blog by Sr. Eugenia Bonetti. Human trafficking is one of the greatest affronts to human dignity of our time. It claims an estimated 27 million victims globally, primarily women and children, many forced into prostitution. And it is a lucrative trade, generating roughly $32 billion annually for well organized crime […]

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26th November 2012

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

Protecting Human Dignity: Violence against Women

25 November was the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. It is shameful that crimes by humans against other humans are, it seems, an inevitable element of the human condition. The use of rape as a weapon of war, or human trafficking as a lucrative trade by organised crime, are all too […]

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