Global Democracy

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    Remarks by Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama and Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls, at a "Strengthening Women's Political Participation" Event at the U.S. Mission to the UN

    (as delivered)

    Good afternoon, good afternoon. Thank you, Melanne for that very kind introduction, and for your extraordinary leadership, in a rather short tenure, you have already improved the lives of women not just in the United States, but of course, around the world. So thank you— for everything that you do each and every day.

    I also want to thank Ambassador DiCarlo for welcoming us here today, of course my dear friend Susan Rice for her extraordinary leadership here at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.

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    A Report from the Ligue des electrices tunnisienes (LET)

    On Monday, January 23, 2012, Houda Zaibi, Vice President of the Ligue des electrices tunnisienes (LET) spoke to staff and members of the League of Women Voters of the United states about the recent elections in Tunisia and about the work being carried out by the members of LET.

    Houda explained that LET was the first civil society organization in Tunisia to be credited as an official election observer by the Tunisia’s election commission, the Instance Supérieure Indépendante pour les Élections (ISIE).

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    PEOPLE TO PEOPLE TRAVEL TO CUBA IN 2012

    In the spirit of cooperation with women groups in Cuba, the League of Women Voters of Education Fund and the League of Women Voters of Florida are sponsoring "People to People" trips to Cuba to enable League members to learn about the country’s history, culture and social structure, and forge relationships with civic organizations and academicians at the University of Havana. The League certifies that the trips are in compliance with the license granted by the U.S.

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  • Event

    International Conference on Women's Leadership in Belgrade, Serbia

    | Zaida Arguedas

    The Conference will gather leading women leaders from Serbia, the United States and South East Europe from academia, politics, business, science, and civil society.  The goal of the conference is to create an effective network of women leaders.  The Conference is being organized by the Serbian-American Women's Leadership Network with the support of the President of the National Parliament of Serbia, Ms. Slavica Djukic Dejanovic.

    Begin Event: 
    Fri, 03/09/2012 (All day)
    End Event: 
    Sun, 03/11/2012 (All day)
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  • Event

    UN's Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development

    | Zaida Arguedas

    Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development, "Rio+20," will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from June 20-22, 2012.  The conference will be preceded by the third Preparatory Committee meeeting of the Conference from June 13-15.  Registration is now open and will close on May 20.  All attendees must be registered by the UN Observers, Rosalee Keech (unobserver@lwv.org).  For information on the conference, please link to http://www.uncsd2012.org/registration.

    Begin Event: 
    Wed, 06/20/2012 (All day)
    End Event: 
    Sat, 06/22/2002 (All day)
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  • Event

    Empowering Women Politically to Eradicate Poverty

    | Zaida Arguedas

    The League of Women Voters is sponsoring a workshop during the 56th meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) that will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from Monday, February 27 to Friday, March 9, 2012.  The workshop is a side event organized to address the main theme of the meeting "The Empowerment of Rural Women and their Role in Poverty and Hunger Eradication."

    The speakers are:

    Rosalee Keech, U.N. Observer, League of Women Voters of the United States

    Begin Event: 
    Mon, 02/27/2012 - 14:30
    End Event: 
    Mon, 02/27/2012 - 16:00
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  • Blog

    A look back at 2011

    | Alison McQuade

    It’s hard to believe, but it’s almost time to flip the calendar to 2012. In the coming year, we will be active on many fronts, but with special emphasis on providing the public with all the information they need to navigate the election system, learn the issues, and vote for the candidates of their choice.

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