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"Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls"</span></font><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="FR-BE"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#244061" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#244061" lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/57sess.htm" target="_blank">http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/57sess.htm</a><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<font color="green" face="Tahoma" size="5"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:green" lang="EN">NGOs have an exciting opportunity to tell the UN what we want the governments to do about Violence Against Women and Girls. </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:3.75pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><font color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN"><a href="http://csw57ngos.ning.com/" target="_blank">http://csw57ngos.ning.com/</a><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:3.75pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt"><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN">Millennia2015 approves the NGO North America/Europe draft document and proposes additional suggestions resulting from the global foresight process Millennia2015 "An action plan for women's empowerment"</span></font><font color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN"> </span></font><i><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-style:italic;font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN"><a href="http://www.millennia2015.org" target="_blank"><font color="#33ca4c"><span style="color:#33ca4c;text-decoration:none">www.millennia2015.org</span></font></a></span></font></i><font color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:3.75pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt"><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN">Eliminating all kind of violence against women and girls is fundamental for the development of humanity.</span></font><font color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:3.75pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt"><b><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight:bold" lang="EN">1. Millennia2015 Community recommends to:</span></font></b><font color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN"></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:3.75pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt"><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN">1.1. Step out of harmful cultural customs and promoting egalitarian ethos between men and women;</span></font><font color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:3.75pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt"><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN">1.2. Condemn perpetrators of violence and effectively carry out the sentences;</span></font><font color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:3.75pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt"><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN">1.3. Educate boys and men about respecting women and girls and promoting gender equality as a key driver for sustainable development and better futures;</span></font><font color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:3.75pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt"><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN">1.4. Educate women and girls about their Human rights, developing consciousness about the laws that protect and empower them;</span></font><font color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:3.75pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt"><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN">1.5. Fight globally against gender stereotypes with the voluntary implication of Medias.</span></font><font color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:3.75pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt"><b><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-weight:bold" lang="EN">2. Governments and international authorities should:</span></font></b><font color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:3.75pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt"><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN">2.1. Condemn sexual violence in all countries as crimes against humanity, international laws and treaties;</span></font><font color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:3.75pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt"><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN">2.2. Integrate projects delivering justice to victims of sexual violence including programmes for emergency, recovery with access to medical care and to justice;</span></font><font color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:3.75pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt"><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN">2.3. Implement policies of primary prevention of violence against all women, girls including disabled women;</span></font><font color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:3.75pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt"><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN">2.4. Develop programmes of education, from childhood to lifelong learning, implementing the knowledge and respect of Human rights, applying gender equality, empowering women and promoting gender cooperation towards sustainable development;</span></font><font color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:3.75pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt"><font color="black" face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"" lang="EN">2.5 Enact or amend laws designed to promote equality between women and men regarding equal employment, equal compensation, equal participation in government, equality in educational opportunities, and equal access to health care.</span></font><font color="black" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"" lang="EN"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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