|
UN WOMEN FOR
PEACE ASSOCIATION’S BOARD
PRESENTED UN WOMEN WITH $50K DONATION
FOR UN TRUST FUND
TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
AT UN
HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK CITY
On Wednesday,
January 16, 2019 UN Women for Peace Association (UNWFPA)
presented to UN Women a donation of $50K to the United
Nations Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women (“UN Trust
Fund”). UNWFPA’s Board members Barbara Winston (President)
and Michal Grayevsky (Treasurer) presented UN Women’s
Resource Mobilization and Advocacy Managers Vesna Jaric and
Charlotte Lecomte with the annual donation.
UNWFPA’s President
Barbara Winston spoke about supporting UN Women, “UN Women
for Peace Association’s aim is the empowerment of women and
the elimination of violence against women and girls. The
global situation is intolerable. We need to relentlessly
pursue the foundations of violence against women and girls
and change the dynamics that create them. Our determination,
with our partners like UN Women and the UN Trust Fund to End
Violence Against Women, is helping fuel the universal
yearning for peace and equality. We are ready to garner
resources. By working together, we can be the crucible for
change. We stand united in saying Women’s rights are Human
Rights.”
Since 2008, UNWFPA
has supported the UN Trust Fund will continue to do so
indefinitely. This UN Trust Fund awards grants to
initiatives that demonstrate that violence against women and
girls can be systematically addressed, reduced and, with
persistence, eliminated. Since its creation in 1996, the UN
Trust Fund has awarded USD 128 million to 462 initiatives in
139 countries and territories.
UNWFPA believes
violence against women and girls is intolerable; yet, as you
read this, five million women and girls globally are living
in forced sexual exploitation, victims of human trafficking.
More than 60 million girls have no access to - or are being
deliberately excluded from - primary and secondary school.
One in three women experience violence from an intimate
partner or sexual violence from a stranger in their
lifetime.
Looking ahead, UN
Women for Peace Association's Annual Awards Luncheon will be
held on March 1, 2019 in celebration of International
Women’s Day in the Delegates Dining Lounge at the United
Nations Headquarters. This year UNWFPA will honor fashion
designer Naeem Khan and philanthropists Albert and Deidre
Pujols. The luncheon Chairs are Commissioner Raymond W.
Kelly and Alice M. Tisch. Proceeds will be given to the UN
Trust Fund.
UN Women For
Peace Association
The UN Women for
Peace Association is dedicated to activities that promote
tolerance and respect toward the creation of a peaceful
world. We envision a world in which women everywhere have
the same opportunities: Access to education; Opportunities
to impact the societies around them in a meaningful and
positive capacity; Freedom to live in peace, in an
environment characterized by tolerance, respect,
empowerment, and hope; and Protection from violence and
freedom from the threat of violence.
UNWFPA’s Board of
Directors includes: Dame Muna Rihani Al-Nasser (Founder and
Chair), Barbara Winston (President), Rema DuPont (Vice
President), Michal Grayevsky (Treasurer), Sheikha Rima Al-Sabah,
Valbona Neritani, and Stephanie Winston Wolkoff.
|