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U.N. campaign brings gender violence reality to campus
Britany Price
Issue date: 12/7/06 Section: News
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Gender violence is an important topic and the University is taking it to heart.
The Center for Catholic Thought, Ethics and Culture (CCTEC), in cooperation with the Women's Studies Program, plans to sponsor activities that focus SHU's attention on the universal problem of violence against women.
The CCTEC has dedicated the 2006-2007 academic year to the principle of "the dignity of the person" by sponsoring lectures workshops and talks based on various aspects of Catholic moral teaching.
The United Nations (U.N.) established a campaign entitled "16 Days of Activism" to underline systems of violence against women as violations of human rights. The 16 day campaign runs from Nov. 25 until Dec. 10.
"In 1999, the U.N. officially designated Nov. 25 as the 'International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women,'" said Dr. June-Ann Greeley, assistant professor of the Department of Religious Studies and director of the CCTEC.
Nov. 25 was selected because it marks the anniversary of the assassination of three women activists in the Dominican Republic in 1960.
"The three women were sisters: Patricia, Minerva and Maria Teresa Mirabel," said Greeley. "They were active against the brutal dictatorship of the Trujillo regime in the Dominican Republic at that time. Their murders were so horrible and upset so many people that the crime began a movement that brought down the Trujillo dictatorship."
The final day of the campaign is the U.N.'s International Human Rights Day.
Greeley explains that the goals of the campaign range from education about violence against women who are abroad to developing programs to help victims, legal and judicial reformation of laws and survivor support, such as shelters.
"The U.N. is in the process of reform, and the campaign hopes to insure that the human rights of women and their children," said Greeley.
By reforming the U.N. and insuring women their rights, this will enable the right to live free from violence, and remain part of the U.N.'s Human Rights Agenda. There is no guaranteed that the rights of women will remain part of the U.N. agenda.
The Center for Catholic Thought, Ethics and Culture (CCTEC), in cooperation with the Women's Studies Program, plans to sponsor activities that focus SHU's attention on the universal problem of violence against women.
The CCTEC has dedicated the 2006-2007 academic year to the principle of "the dignity of the person" by sponsoring lectures workshops and talks based on various aspects of Catholic moral teaching.
The United Nations (U.N.) established a campaign entitled "16 Days of Activism" to underline systems of violence against women as violations of human rights. The 16 day campaign runs from Nov. 25 until Dec. 10.
"In 1999, the U.N. officially designated Nov. 25 as the 'International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women,'" said Dr. June-Ann Greeley, assistant professor of the Department of Religious Studies and director of the CCTEC.
Nov. 25 was selected because it marks the anniversary of the assassination of three women activists in the Dominican Republic in 1960.
"The three women were sisters: Patricia, Minerva and Maria Teresa Mirabel," said Greeley. "They were active against the brutal dictatorship of the Trujillo regime in the Dominican Republic at that time. Their murders were so horrible and upset so many people that the crime began a movement that brought down the Trujillo dictatorship."
The final day of the campaign is the U.N.'s International Human Rights Day.
Greeley explains that the goals of the campaign range from education about violence against women who are abroad to developing programs to help victims, legal and judicial reformation of laws and survivor support, such as shelters.
"The U.N. is in the process of reform, and the campaign hopes to insure that the human rights of women and their children," said Greeley.
By reforming the U.N. and insuring women their rights, this will enable the right to live free from violence, and remain part of the U.N.'s Human Rights Agenda. There is no guaranteed that the rights of women will remain part of the U.N. agenda.
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