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(ANTARA News) - The US Embassy`s Political Section has presented Misiyiah of
the women`s advocacy NGO KAPAL Perempuan with a certificate of appreciation
recognizing her work with abused women in Ciliwung, West Java.
The embassy
said in its official website here on Thursday that the appreciation was
provided on December 5, in conjunction with the NGO`s 16 Days Campaign to End
Gender Violence.
Misiyiah
led KAPAL Perempuan`s efforts to develop a curriculum on gender equality,
women`s rights, and economic empowerment at the grassroots level. She also
mobilized volunteers to teach underprivileged women in an informal setting in
rural areas of West Java. All of the teachers who participated in KAPAL
Perempuan`s project were volunteers.
Misiyiah
graciously accepted the award, saying that KAPAL Perempuan`s volunteers did the
real work. Misiyiah added that her organization still had much work to do. She
noted that gender equality and religious tolerance go hand-in-hand.
She said
she hopes that her organization would one day be able to spearhead the effort
to get modules on gender equality and religious tolerance included in the
national curriculum.
The 16 Days
Campaign to End Gender Violence began in 1991 when the Center for Women`s
Global Leadership (CWGL) of Rutgers University, along with 23 participants of
the first Women`s Global Institute on Women, Violence and Human Rights, called
for a global campaign to end all forms of violence against women.
Participants
chose the dates, November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence
Against Women, and International Human Rights Day on December 10, to bookend
the campaign to emphasize that violence against women and girls is a violation
of human rights.
This
groundbreaking idea was proclaimed by Secretary Clinton, then serving as First
Lady, in 1995 at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing - the first
time the connection between women`s rights and human rights was articulated at
such a high level.
Editor: Priyambodo RH
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