Global: Grassroots Women Agree, Our Biggest Problem Is Gender Violence
Feb 24, 2011
Nearly three-quarters of activists and grassroots organizers working globally to safeguard women's rights are convinced that ending violence against women must be the top priority of the newly formed U.N. Women, according to a report launched Wednesday by Oxfam and VSO UK at the annual meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York City. Unveiling the findings of the new "Blueprint for U.N. Women" at the U.N. Church Center a day ahead of the official launch of U.N. Women, representatives of Oxfam and VSO UK outlined the views and efforts, documented in the report, of some 100 civil society organizations working in over 75 countries on human rights, gender equality and social justice.
