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750 MILLION WIDOWS AND CHILDREN AT RISK

40 UN Mearlguorrers, Fest Fuer International Wislows Day Pane to Aieré World on the Plaht of
widows

WHAT: On lure 23, 2014, tna world wilt mark the firs. Internasional Widows Day with a perl
ciscussion and conference at the Unitad Nations in Hew Yauk, The event wil ring Logether
‘widows, adweales, diplomats, UN official, NGOs and other dgnitares to address the plight af
hundrads ct millions of widow's and their chi dren wh live as marginalvec ‘rdividuals, deprived
Otrighas and under conditions of social and econemic hard. Speakers wil address te isues
bt poverty, discrieination, and the infringerent en huinan rights that widows fare in countries
around the we)

1 Improving the lives of widows wid thei children is alse contralto realizing
the United Hattons’ Millennium Development Goals aad achieving sbtiel and economic justice
And a g0werman For women,

WHO: Organisers
Dr. Michelle Bachelet, Fxecutive Director of UN Ween, ferme Pros Gent of
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Madame Sylvia Bongo Ondimba, F's Lady af the Geburese Republic

Pavriiaants

‘Mrs. Ban Soon Taek, wife ofthe United Natio Sazrets-y General

Mrs. Cherie Bit, President, the Lovinba Foundst on

‘Mr, Amir Dossal,Founde, Global Partnerships Forum

Dr. Heidi Hartmann, Prosisent, inst tute Far Women’s Polvy Reseerch

Lord Raj Loomba, Saunder and Chairman, the tnomba Founda

tars. Lyre Thomson, Senior Policy Analyst, amen for Warten International
[And representatives of the UNFPA and the member states

WHEN: ‘Thursday, Jun 25, 2011, 19;008N-12:00M
WHERE; _Unied Nations, NI, Conference Room 2
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International Widows Day:
‘To uve soecisl necupnition to the situation ot widow's seross all repinns, the Unter: Nations
General Assemaly ur 21 Decemb2” 2010 aduptee, at Une initiative of tae Gabonese Resuuli

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Resolution 65/189 and declared 23 June ust al Widow's Day. Adnoted by consensus,
the resclution had the Joint sponsurship cf 36 countries. The ore designation oF an
international day recognizing Widows by the UN falows indepedan: verifeasion of shacking
lovels of vickence and deprivation faced ky the 248 milion widows andl mae than $00 milion of
their clan wordvide.

early 6D milfor widows lise in extreme poverty where basis needs go unmet. Widows an

their children disproportionately sutfs: fram malnutrition, paar heath and physicl nsceurity,

puting widows at proater risk for rape, HIY/aIlS ard domestic siblenee. Up until now, widows

have been a disadvantaged class of peoples ww have not aeun ecogsie 3s sue

Praising swaranecs for this Paportant cause avd
for widows the world ove.

Invernational Wiens Day i the first
seeks Lo bring ahout greater dignity ad hurraa ri

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