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Hi all,
Happy new year and I am glad to know that Naomi and Vanessa are okay - from your communication. Well l must say that I have been okay too - and still trying to change the world for my community after what I saw and learnt from the Women deliver Conference.
Its not easy at all as all delegates ought to know trying to change the views on women related issues that have been set and fixed by society even before I was borne. This is what I have discovered in after trying to deliver the point home about the way forward on abortion, Domestic violence and marital rape among others. Some people have even gone ahead and told me I was too libera yet these are matters that should be at the fore front of everyone's goals!! Just the world I live in and continue to try and change / reform. I am organizing workshops to discuss the same and the way forward because most of the issues from women deliver remain a challenge in my country with out the critical political will.
To all youth out there don't give up and strive to achieve your dreams, goals and objectives as I continue to seek out positive change in my community without stepping on lots of toes and ultimately maybe even losing my main source of income, well the struggle continues. I will be sending a list of other youth interested in participating.
Best regards,
Aishah
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Happy new year and I am glad to know that Naomi and Vanessa are okay - from your communication. Well l must say that I have been okay too - and still trying to change the world for my community after what I saw and learnt from the Women deliver Conference.
Its not easy at all as all delegates ought to know trying to change the views on women related issues that have been set and fixed by society even before I was borne. This is what I have discovered in after trying to deliver the point home about the way forward on abortion, Domestic violence and marital rape among others. Some people have even gone ahead and told me I was too libera yet these are matters that should be at the fore front of everyone's goals!! Just the world I live in and continue to try and change / reform. I am organizing workshops to discuss the same and the way forward because most of the issues from women deliver remain a challenge in my country with out the critical political will.
To all youth out there don't give up and strive to achieve your dreams, goals and objectives as I continue to seek out positive change in my community without stepping on lots of toes and ultimately maybe even losing my main source of income, well the struggle continues. I will be sending a list of other youth interested in participating.
Best regards,
Aishah
youthatwomendeliver@yahoogroups.com wrote:
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DELIVER FOR YOUTH! We want to hear from you!
Posted by: "naomisorkin" _ naomisorkin
Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:35 am (PST)
To the Young People of Women Deliver:
Happy New Year! Almost three months have passed since our monumental
convergence in London. We worked tirelessly to push youth issues into
the spotlight and asked that the nearly 2,000 leaders in attendance take
notice of our strengths, our vulnerabilities, and our absence in
policies and programming. We were bold and loud, and we were noticed.
As Brian Ackerman, International Policy Associate of Advocates for Youth
wrote after the conference, "I saw the most potential for action in
the youth. Women Deliver showed me more than anything else that if and
when maternal mortality is to be reduced substantially at a global level
it will be done…through a model of collective and equitable support,
a new model of global development that is defined most purely by those
who know the new world best: its youth."
Young people contributed advocacy strategies and tools, research, and
first-hand experiences in what young people need and want to support
good sexual decision making. At the Deliver for Youth Commitments Desk,
we collected 83 commitments for meaningful youth inclusion and
participation from decision-makers across the globe. With these
commitments in hand, we can take the next step in this campaign for
young people's maternal and reproductive health and rights. We will
be posting highlights from these commitments on a new post-conference
youth section of the Women Deliver website—we will send an alert as
soon as the new site is live.
For now, we want to hear from you! Visit www.womendeliver.com
<http://www.womendeliver.com/ > now to share your experience at Women
Deliver and how this landmark event is influencing your work. Send your
stories and photos from the event to info@womendeliver.org
<mailto:info@womendeliver.org > and fill out a conference evaluation
form if you did not fill one out at the conference.
We look forward to working with you in 2008 to advocate for maternal
health and other sexual and reproductive rights in the wake of Women
Deliver. Family Care International is committed to maintaining the
Deliver for Youth (D4Y) campaign to work with young advocates to make
the most of up-coming strategic opportunities to link maternal health
and youth issues. The new website and this list-serve will carry news
and advocacy materials for upcoming events including the UN Commission
on the Status of Women on February 25-March 5, 2008 and the
International AIDS Conference in Mexico in August 2008. We are excited
about continued collaboration, and if you know of other young advocates
anywhere in the world who would be interested in participating, please
invite them to join this list by emailing vbrocato@fcimail.org .
We'll be in touch soon!
All the best,
Naomi and Vanessa
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