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New York City marks International
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. (**)

SOURCE :  http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/03/09/new-york-city-marks-international-womens-day-with-march.html#sthash.QD7PaEHu.dpuf

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.”

            “Kita perlu peduli secara penuh dan menggunakan

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