New York City marks International
Women's Day with march
Women's Day with march
Thousands of
men and women from around the world gathered Sunday outside the United Nations
to mark International Women's Day with a march to Times Square, joining voices
globally demanding gender equity. They convened
to speak up for the gender that traditionally is paid less for work and often
has a smaller voice in policy decisions.
U.N.
officials say much has been achieved under the Beijing Declaration and Platform
for Action, signed by 189 governments in 1995 as a pledge for realizing women's
rights. But U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the marchers that in the 20 years since the
Beijing Declaration, "progress has
been too slow, uneven."
"We
have to fully respect and use the potential of all of our women," Ban
said. He has said the most urgent issue is rape being used as a war weapon,
from Nigeria and Somalia to Iraq and Syria.
Speakers at
the U.N. gathering before the march included Nobel prize winner Leymah Roberta
Gbowee, a peace activist from Liberia.New York City's first lady, Chirlane
McCray, noted that International Women's Day commemorates the day in 1908 when
thousands of women marched through the city demanding shorter working hours,
better pay and voting rights.
"Today,
you are marching in the footsteps of generations of feminists," she said.
"This march started more than a century ago, but we still have a long way
to go before we get to equality.
"In
November, New York joined the U.N.'s Safe Global Cities Initiative, which works
to combat sexual harassment and sexual violence in public places. (**)
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New York Memperingati
Hari Perempuan Internasional dengan Gerak Jalan
Ribuan laki-laki dan perempuan dari
seluruh dunia berkumpul di luar kantor Perserikatan
Bangsa-Bangsa pada hari Minggu untuk memperingati hari perempuan internasional
dengan gerak jalan menuju Times Square, mereka bergabung untuk menuntut
kesetaraan gender. Mereka memberikan
suara mereka yang secara tradisional dibayar lebih rendah dalam bekerja dan
mereka sering mendapatkan suara lebih kecil dalam keputusan hukum.
Pejabat yg bekerja di PBB mengatakan
banyak pencapaian yang di dapatkan dibawah deklarasi beijing untuk tindakan
tersebut. Yang ditandantangani oleh 189 pejabat di tahun 1995 sebagai janji
untuk mengangkat hak wanita. Sekretaris umum PBB Ban Ki-moon mengatakan gerak
jalan di Beijing yang telah ada sejak 20 tahun sejak Deklarasi Beijing “proses
telah berjalan terlalu lambat, tidak samarata.”
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