Tag: Vanesa Treers
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8th Annual Girls Speak Out
Since 2012, the UN has marked 11 October as the International Day of the Girl. The ‘Girls Speak Out’ 2019 meeting was organised by the Working Group on Girls, in partnership with the Governments of Canada, Peru, and Turkey, and delivered an opportunity for girls’ activists from around the world to call on world leaders…
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Midwives Could Be the Answer to Maternal Mortality in the US
The New York Times article ‘Why America’s Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis’ by Linda Villarosa, inspired the NGO Committee Status of Women meetings in New York in May this year. Vanesa Treers reports.
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Girl’s Rights and Human Rights Frameworks
The Working Group on Girls (WGG) hosted a panel discussion in New York to overview international global policies that integrate girls’ perspective in the work of the Human Rights Arena. A blog by Vanesa Treers, SI UN Representative, New York.
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Civil Society participation in the Voluntary National Reports at the HLPF-2018
A blog by SI UN Representative, New York, Vanesa Treers “More than 100 ministers, joined by mayors, business and civil society leaders, and international organizations engaged in dialogue at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development (HLPF) on July 2018 in New York. The aim was to follow-up and report on the bold…