Marks the 25th anniversary of the historic womens Conference Held in beijing take a look the year was 1995. Womens movements and n. G. O. S asked for and governments adopted a visionary agenda for gender equality. We saw looking at environments out when you win and women and gender equality with dia mirza she is a United Nations Environment Program goodwill ambassador wow she has some heft behind her dear tell everybody what you do some of you important job titles the job titles that you know of and up trailed off introduce yourself to audience. Thank you phemie thank you for having me as a part of this comes in and i am very proud to also be. Sustainable Development Advocate for the secretary general who. Ruled map that of hers importance and you should and its something that we hope that the world will increase and we have a decade to act on whose goals and ensure we feel just right now the reality. Apart from that they were just in india and indian and we see the children as an arti
Was in abundance. I also grew up in a space that offered free flowing interaction with nature in a home that had big fruit bearing trees, so climbing trees was a daily ritual which made my childhood so rich and so abundant and beautiful. While you were growing up in the lap of nature, were there talks around Gender Equality as well in yourfamily . There werent any, so to say, direct conversations about it but i must admit that i didnt feel any different from my male cousins or, you know lets just say there were no special or different rules for me while i was growing up. I was encouraged to do everything that my male cousins were doing. Actually, all of my parents felt and believed that i was able to and was capable of doing whatever i wanted and that i must, you know, pursue the full potential of my being in life. Even the school i went to didnt really segregate or differentiate between girls and boys, so we were all Playing Football with the boys, we were playing basketball with the
The killing of more than 100 people at an aid convoy on thursday as well as the killing of at least 11 people including two Health Care Workers in an israeli raid in the city of rafah thats according to gazas Health Ministry. The bbc s Diplomatic Correspondent paul adams reports from jerusalem. How were so many people injured . Were they shot or crushed in a desperate stampede . At gazas shifa hospital, the un says theres evidence of both. This hospital is treating more than 200 people that were injured. We have seen people with gunshot wounds. You have seen amputees and we have seen children as young as 12. Jihad is haunted by what he saw when the convoy arrived on thursday morning. Were the soldiers firing deliberately . Hes asked. Yes. With tanks, soldiers, aircraft. Why the shooting started is still not clear. Israel says troops felt threatened. How . These pictures do not show. Tanks were present. Theres no evidence of aircraft being involved. The un finally reached gaza city yest
So climbing trees was a daily ritual which made my childhood so rich and so abundant and beautiful. While you were growing up in the lap of nature, were there talks around Gender Equality as well in yourfamily . There werent any, so to say, direct conversations about it but i must admit that i didnt feel any different from my male cousins or you know, lets just say there were no special or different rules for me while i was growing up. I was encouraged to do everything that my male cousins were doing. Actually, all of my parents felt and believed that i was able to and was capable of doing whatever i wanted and that i must, you know, pursue the full potential of my being in life. Even the school i went to didnt really segregate or differentiate between girls and boys, so we were all Playing Football with the boys, we were playing basketball with the boys, we were Playing Kabaddi With The Boys and, yes, when we became adolescents, there was talk about puberty and Menstrual Health and Se
As of last month, 21 out of 50 states have either total or partial Abortion Bans on the books, and so, unsurprisingly, its an issue that is playing out on the campaign trail. We wa nt we want to make it easier for mothers and fathers to have babies, not harder. The overwhelming majority of americans, including the vast majority of Republican Conservatives, christians and fruit live americans, i strongly support the availability of nf for couples who are trying to have a precious little beautiful baby. I supported. Republican frontrunner donald trump has been reminding his supporters that he appointed three conservative judges to the Supreme Court when he was president. The same judges that played a decisive role in overturning roe v wade. But, so far, he has been less clear on restrictions he would like to see. The New York Times reported last month that trump privately supports a 16 week ban. Something his Campaign Slammed as fake news. But we do know that the former president has pre