Elimination

#WeTheWomen: Invest in Education and Empower Women and Girls to Lead

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Friday, March 8, 2024

NEW YORK, March 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Across much of the world, women have endured thousands of years of oppression, subjugation, and systematic denial of reaching our human and economic potential.

Key Points: 
  • Awareness and affirmative action must be strengthened globally if we are to truly " Invest in Women to Accelerate Progress ".
  • To empower young girls and an entire future generation of women leaders – and to right the wrongs of thousands of years of subjugation – we must invest in a holistic quality education for the girls and young women today.
  • With support from Education Cannot Wait (ECW) and our global strategic partners, they empower girls who have escaped from Boko Haram.
  • With these new resources, we will reach 20 million crisis-affected children and adolescents, including 12 million girls, with inclusive and continued quality education.

#WeTheWomen: Invest in Education and Empower Women and Girls to Lead

Retrieved on: 
Friday, March 8, 2024

NEW YORK, March 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Across much of the world, women have endured thousands of years of oppression, subjugation, and systematic denial of reaching our human and economic potential.

Key Points: 
  • Awareness and affirmative action must be strengthened globally if we are to truly " Invest in Women to Accelerate Progress ".
  • To empower young girls and an entire future generation of women leaders – and to right the wrongs of thousands of years of subjugation – we must invest in a holistic quality education for the girls and young women today.
  • With support from Education Cannot Wait (ECW) and our global strategic partners, they empower girls who have escaped from Boko Haram.
  • With these new resources, we will reach 20 million crisis-affected children and adolescents, including 12 million girls, with inclusive and continued quality education.

BD Partners with Camtech Health to Increase Access to Cervical Cancer Screening in Singapore

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

SINGAPORE, Feb. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced a strategic partnership with Camtech Health, a digital health company focused on at-home health testing, to advance cervical cancer screening by offering the first-ever option for women in Singapore to self-collect a sample in the privacy of their own home.

Key Points: 
  • The program objective is to improve the rate of cervical cancer screening in Singapore, where less than half of eligible women are currently being tested.
  • "Cervical cancer is preventable, precancer is curable, and programs like this help to support the national goal of cervical cancer elimination.
  • In late 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched its Global Strategy to Accelerate the Elimination of Cervical Cancer, recognizing the potential to virtually eliminate cervical cancer as a public health threat, recognizing the potential to eliminate cervical cancer in our lifetimeiii.
  • At-home collection can help address the urgent public health challenge of reaching women who do not attend routine cervical cancer screening.

North Korea steps up efforts to stamp out consumption of illegal foreign media – but entertainment-hungry citizens continue to flout the ban

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Consuming and sharing foreign media in North Korea can be punishable by death.

Key Points: 
  • Consuming and sharing foreign media in North Korea can be punishable by death.
  • However, North Korea closed its borders during the COVID pandemic, and since then the steady flow of escapees has slowed considerably.
  • This has prompted North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, to adopt increasingly harsh measures to combat access to illegal media.

Crackdown

  • Shortly after inheriting the leadership in 2011, Kim tried a number of relatively soft approaches to controlling foreign media access, alongside continued punitive measures.
  • This law sets out specific punishments for both viewers and distributors of foreign media, going further than the existing criminal code.
  • At the same time, Kim has publicly condemned K-Pop (pop music originating in South Korea) as a “vicious cancer” permeating North Korean society.

Changing hearts and minds

  • North Korean escapees have also reported paying keen attention to the settings they saw in films and dramas.
  • Modern streets, cars and homes, with people displaying relative freedom of choice, expression and movement, all offer North Koreans a glimpse into life under capitalism.
  • A similar campaign condemns young North Koreans for showing affection in public and mimicking “western style” dating culture.

Building social bonds

  • It also unsettles the government’s ability to maintain a culture of suspicion and mistrust between citizens.
  • This could potentially generate social change.
  • Foreign diplomats, humanitarian aid workers and tourists are not yet allowed back into North Korea following the pandemic.
  • So, combined with many fewer escapees arriving in the South, it is difficult to know whether foreign media access and consumption has declined since 2020.


Sarah A. Son does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

UK and US may recognise state of Palestine after Gaza war – what this important step would mean

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

The US and UK governments have indicated they are considering recognising Palestine as a state after the current conflict ends.

Key Points: 
  • The US and UK governments have indicated they are considering recognising Palestine as a state after the current conflict ends.
  • US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, meanwhile told US media site Axios that he had commissioned the State Department to review potential options for US and international recognition of a Palestinian state.
  • Previously, US policy towards Palestinian statehood had been that this was a matter for negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
  • International recognition would usher in a new phase for the realisation of Palestinian statehood.

Getting recognised

  • There is a detailed and complex process by which new states are recognised under international law, established in 1933 by the Montevideo convention on the rights and duties of states.
  • It abstained in the UN general assembly vote in 2012 that granted the non-member observer status at the UN.
  • It would change the situation to an international armed conflict which involves one or more states taking up arms against another.

Establishing accountability

  • In 2021, the ICC prosecutor initiated investigations into the “situation in the state of Palestine”.
  • In respect to the territorial scope of this jurisdiction and investigation, it extends to Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.

Palestine’s obligations

  • Recognition as a state would involve certain obligations on the part of Palestine, both in terms of international law and human rights.
  • States have concrete obligations and duties under international law in relation to how they deal with armed conflicts.
  • They are also obliged to act according to international law in recognising and protecting human rights in the territory under their jurisdiction.


Tonny Raymond Kirabira does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

Enhancing Leadership in Gynecology, Asieris Pharmaceuticals Appoints Sophia Cao to Lead the Newly-Established Women's Health Business Unit, Accelerating Strategic Expansion

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024

This strategic move is designed to enhance the company's focus on genitourinary diseases and strengthen its position in women's health.

Key Points: 
  • This strategic move is designed to enhance the company's focus on genitourinary diseases and strengthen its position in women's health.
  • Asieris Pharmaceuticals will leverage both in-house discoveries and external partnerships to enrich its gynecological portfolio, thereby reinforcing its leadership in women's health.
  • In November 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a Global Strategy to Accelerate the Elimination of Cervical Cancer.
  • To further deliver its strategic vision and commitment in the realm of women's health, Asieris Pharmaceuticals has announced the establishment of the Women's Health Business Unit.

CHW (Canadian Hadassah-WIZO) calls for immediate action from the Canadian government against the head of the UN Women

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Monday, December 11, 2023

Women’s organizations worldwide have adopted a policy of silence and indifference, remaining quiet in the face of the brutally raped, abused, mutilated, murdered, and kidnapped Israel women and girls.

Key Points: 
  • Women’s organizations worldwide have adopted a policy of silence and indifference, remaining quiet in the face of the brutally raped, abused, mutilated, murdered, and kidnapped Israel women and girls.
  • CHW is demanding immediate action from the Canadian government to call for the resignation of the head of the UN Women for their lack of response to these inhumane crimes, which are a clear violation of international law.
  • “CHW has been advocating for women’s rights for over a hundred years,” said Lisa Colt-Kotler, CHW CEO.
  • For additional information or media inquiries, please contact the CHW National Office at [email protected] or 1-855-477-5964.

UIC Law International Human Rights Clinic Honors National Human Rights Day by Publishing a Summary Record of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 107th Review Session of the United States

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Thursday, December 7, 2023

This inspired more than 60 human rights instruments which together constitute an international standard of human rights, including the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) .

Key Points: 
  • This inspired more than 60 human rights instruments which together constitute an international standard of human rights, including the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) .
  • After engaging in human rights advocacy at the United Nations CERD in 2022, in Geneva, Switzerland, the International Human Rights Clinic releases a Summary of Record of the 107th Review of the United States in relation to its obligations under the treaty.
  • The Summary of Record is an example of how the International Human Rights Clinic continues its domestication of international human rights by bridging the gap between international human rights advocacy and pressing human rights issues in the United States.
  • The UIC International Human Rights Clinic offers law students a background in human rights advocacy through practical experience in working on international human rights cases and projects.

Canadian Partnership Against Cancer convenes national Summit to drive action on elimination of cervical cancer

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

The Summit runs November 14 and 15 in Halifax and will inform and inspire a sustained focus on the Action Plan for the Elimination of Cervical Cancer in Canada, 2020-2030 .

Key Points: 
  • The Summit runs November 14 and 15 in Halifax and will inform and inspire a sustained focus on the Action Plan for the Elimination of Cervical Cancer in Canada, 2020-2030 .
  • November 17 marks the Cervical Cancer Elimination Day of Action and the third anniversary of the launch of the World Health Organization's goal to eliminate cervical cancer worldwide this century.
  • The inaugural Summit took place on Feb. 4, 2020, when the Action Plan for the Elimination of Cervical Cancer was in the process of being finalized and launched.
  • At the Summit, attendees will discuss ways to prioritize work toward reconciliation and health equity by closing gaps in access and care for the elimination of cervical cancer.

MISSOURI FIRST STUDENT DRIVERS UNANIMOUSLY RATIFY SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRACT

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Friday, November 3, 2023

DEKALB, Mo., Nov. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- First Student bus operators represented by Teamsters Local 955 have voted unanimously to ratify their first supplemental agreement. The workers provide student transportation for the Buchanan County R-IV School District.

Key Points: 
  • Agreement Includes Significant Wage Increases, Elimination of Two-Tier Wages
    DEKALB, Mo., Nov. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- First Student bus operators represented by Teamsters Local 955 have voted unanimously to ratify their first supplemental agreement.
  • "Congratulations to these hardworking men and women on securing this contract," said Shane Thompson, Local 955 Secretary-Treasurer and Business Agent.
  • The drivers are covered under the Teamsters' First Student National Master Agreement, the largest collective bargaining agreement at any private school bus company in the United States.
  • "With wage increases, more time off, and safer worker conditions, we finally feel that we have a contract that reflects our efforts.