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Iran: International Conference With 1,000 Former Political Prisoners
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Ending Hereditary Slavery in Mauritania: Bidan (Whites) and Black Slaves in 2021 – Arab Reform Initiative
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Realese From Prision Women Peacebuilders, Prisioners Of War, And Human Rights Defenders (Image by Image by Jody Davis on Pixabay | CC0)
Some 100 years ago, Clara Zetkin established the International Women's Day on March 8 (voted in 1910 by the women’s movement). During the International Year of Women in 1975, the UN celebrated the International Women’s Day, and since 1977 has designated March 8 th as the official Day for the Rights of Women and World Peace.
On this centenary, we, women from different corners of the world, demand actions not symbolic proclamations from world leaders.
We appeal to the UN Secretary General, OSCE Secretary General, NATO Secretary General, Council of Europe Secretary General and heads of multilateral organizations to address stakeholders and member states, in the spirit of the Women Peace and Security Agenda/WPS, to:
More than two centuries after slavery was outlawed, 29.8 million people globally continue to be subjected to new and diverse forms of servitude, a new index ranking 162 countries shows.
Haiti, India, Nepal, Mauritania and Pakistan have the highest prevalence of modern-day slavery, according to the first edition of the Global Slavery Index (compiled by Australian-based rights organization Walk Free Foundation), while in absolute numbers, China, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria and Pakistan have the most people enslaved. In India, almost 14 million people are believed to be victims of modern slavery.
Contemporary servitude, however, is “poorly understood, so it remains hidden within houses, communities and worksites”, it stated.