Care2 Action Community Highlights the Fight for a New UN women’s Entity
Members of the Care2 online action community have taken up the latest IPS Gender Wire story on the slow progress towards the establishment of a new global women’s entity.
Written by Beatrice Paez from the IPS UN bureau in New York the story “Wrangling Continues over New UN Women’ Entity” highlighted the work of GEAR, the Gender Equality Reform campaign, pushing for action on the eve of a week-long meeting at the UN about gender equality and empowerment.
Care2 is a social action network of more than 13 million members committed to making a difference. The activist-minded community shares news and takes actions such as signing petitions, sending letters to decision-makers and “clicking” to generate donations to good causes. “Jytte” a member of the community from Chimoio in Mozambique shared the story with her peers two days ago, stimulating comments and popular support.
IPS has teamed up with Care2 to give its readers the chance to join in actions in support of progressive issues promoted by NGOs. Actions on women’s rights are promoted with Care2 by organisations like Engender Health, Oxfam America and the American Association of University Women.
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