Mary Scott, Chair, Winnipeg Chapter, received the Babs Friesen Life Time Achievement Award at the YM-YWCA Women of Distinction Dinner May 2nd, 2012.
Successful Local to Global Event Held in Winnipeg April 11th,
2012!
Thank You Manitoba
and Winnipeg!
Local to Global
2012 -
The Impact of War and Peace on Women: Through the Eyes of a Journalist
Special thanks to our media sponsor, The Winnipeg Free Press.
Funds raised
to support UN Women (Women,
War and Peace Program).
April 11,2012. A sell out crowd of over 200 people
came to hear Associated Press International Correspondent, Kathy Gannon
speak to us about her experiences covering many parts of the world, most
recently Afghanistan and Pakistan.
She spoke about what it is like, being a woman and a journalist to cover
the world's hot spots. Her pictures gave a graphic account of the affects
of war. BR> Kathy Gannon, the Associated Press award-winning reporter
in Afghanistan is now based in Pakistan, was honoured with a rare National
Newspapers Award in 2011.
Kathy, a Canadian who hails from Timmins, Ontario, has worked for AP since
1988 in Pakistan and Afghanistan, a period that spans the mysterious death
of Pakistan dictator Zia-ul Haq, the withdrawal of Russian soldiers from
Afghanistan, and the bitter Afghan civil war between Islamic factions. She
was in Kabul when the Taliban regime took power and was the only western
journalist allowed to return to Kabul by the Taliban in the weeks before
their collapse in November 2001.
It was approporiate for Margo Goodhand, Editor of the Winnipeg Free Press
to introduce Kathy. She has received two AP Managing Editors awards for
her coverage of two of the hottest spots on the planet Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Ms. Gannon was the 2002 recipient of the International Women's Media Foundation's
Courage in Journalism award.
There was special entertainment - Keri Latimer performed, including a
song written from her kitchen table - about how one person can make a dfference.
Keri is a Canadian Juno Award winner, and has been singing with the acclaimed
band Nathan. She has just released a CD - which were available for purchase,
with $5.00 coming to support the Winnipeg Chapter and the Local to Global
event.
Sierra Noble ended our evening, with an outstanding performance,
including the fiddle, playing guitar, and singing. Sierra has just recently
been annunced as the recipient of the Red Cross Youth Humanitarian Award
for 2012! We were very fortunate that Sierra agreed to be part of the program
- Sierra Noble has been one of Winnipeg, Manitoba's most promising young
talents since releasing her first instrumental album at age 14. Well known
for most of her life as a fiddle virtuoso who breezes through numerous styles
of music with stunning ease, Sierra's breadth of experience in music and
in life at 21 is impressive. Sierra too had her CD avaiable for purchase
and $5.00 was donated back to the Winnipeg Chapter for tonight's event.
Food was a special highlight of the evening - a sparking punch, dainties,
and finger foods, but the best was the Bolani's, made and donated by the
Afghan-Canadian Women's Organization.
There is international recognition that women bear the brunt of modern conflicts,
including where rape is a weapon of war. Specific threats to women must
be identified and stopped, and women must be at the centre of peace talks
and post-conflict reconstruction.
Our thanks to all those that made this event possible, the
volunteers, and the many generous sponsors and individuals
Major Sponsors
Supporters
Minister, Status of Women, Province of Manitoba
Assiniboine Credit Union
Gail Asper and Michael Paterson
Thompson Dorfman Sweatman, LLP
The Winnipeg Foundation
The Henderson Kochan Wealth Advisory Group, BMO Nesbitt Burns
Investors Group
Ellen Judd
Mary Scott
Fran Pollard
Dennis, Jean and Jeanine Giguere
Special Thank-you to those that contributed
to the raffle or made an in kind donation
Ben Moss Jewellers
Lake Friendly Manitoba
Wilma Sotas
Rhaels Hair Studio
RM of St. Andrews
Dawn Piasta
Chocolatier Constance Popp
Ariana Yaftali
Ashok Athavale
Anonymous
Ten Thousand Villages
Frontiers North Adventures
Elaine & Rick Stevenson
MCIC
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights
The Viscount Gort Hotel
Kidbridge Winnipeg
Afghan -Canadian Womens Org.
Dave Boyechko
Lisa Greenburg Pottery
Kari-Anne Anderson art prints
Speelman Turned Pages Used Books
The Winnipeg Chapter
held a very successful Annual Meeting Wednesday September the 14th, 2011.
The Executive and Coordinating Group members elected are: Mary Scott; Ariana
Yaftali, Donna Marion, Florence Okwudili, Alanna Gray, Hilary Taylor, Zulfiya
Tursunova, Tricia Schers, Elaine Stevenson, Constance Popp, Ellen Judd,
Kirsten Ramsey.
Launch of the Winnipeg Chapter of the National Committee of
UN Women - Canada!
We are pleased to announce that it is offical
- On Monday, May 9th,2011 we held the launch of the Winnipeg chapter of
UN Women-Canada. Thanks to Global and our sponsors. Why
UN Women? was the presentation by Madam Justice Deborah McCawley at
the Launch. Remarks by Almas Jiwani are
also posted.
UN Women is the UN organization dedicated to gender equality
and the empowerment of women
Former Chilean president to head new high-profile UN women’s
agency (UN Women)
4 September 2010 – Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon today named former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet to head United
Nations Women (UN Women), a newly created entity to oversee all of the world
body’s programmes aimed at promoting women’s rights and full participation
in global affairs
UN Women - In
an historic move, the United Nations General Assembly voted unanimously
on 2 July 2010 to create a new entity to accelerate progress in meeting
the needs of women and girls worldwide.
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e-mail notices, contact us.
Our mailing address is: PO Box 1192, Main, Winnipeg, MB., R3C 2Y4
Jeannette Corbiere Lavell, President, Native Women's Association of Canada and Speaker,Local To Global 2010, with proceeds going to the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women.
Mary Scott and Muriel Smith,
OC, 1982, co-founders of current Winnipeg Chapter
