Received by NS! EVENT ADVISORY 750 MILLION WIDOWS AND CHILDREN AT RISK 40 UN Mearlguorrers, Fest Fuer International Wislows Day Pane to Aieré World on the Plaht of widows WHAT: On lure 23, 2014, tna world wilt mark the firs. Internasional Widows Day with a perl ciscussion and conference at the Unitad Nations in Hew Yauk, The event wil ring Logether ‘widows, adweales, diplomats, UN official, NGOs and other dgnitares to address the plight af hundrads ct millions of widow's and their chi dren wh live as marginalvec ‘rdividuals, deprived Otrighas and under conditions of social and econemic hard. Speakers wil address te isues bt poverty, discrieination, and the infringerent en huinan rights that widows fare in countries around the we) 1 Improving the lives of widows wid thei children is alse contralto realizing the United Hattons’ Millennium Development Goals aad achieving sbtiel and economic justice And a g0werman For women, WHO: Organisers Dr. Michelle Bachelet, Fxecutive Director of UN Ween, ferme Pros Gent of rile Madame Sylvia Bongo Ondimba, F's Lady af the Geburese Republic Pavriiaants ‘Mrs. Ban Soon Taek, wife ofthe United Natio Sazrets-y General Mrs. Cherie Bit, President, the Lovinba Foundst on ‘Mr, Amir Dossal,Founde, Global Partnerships Forum Dr. Heidi Hartmann, Prosisent, inst tute Far Women’s Polvy Reseerch Lord Raj Loomba, Saunder and Chairman, the tnomba Founda tars. Lyre Thomson, Senior Policy Analyst, amen for Warten International [And representatives of the UNFPA and the member states WHEN: ‘Thursday, Jun 25, 2011, 19;008N-12:00M WHERE; _Unied Nations, NI, Conference Room 2 Eos a7”*Street & 1st Avenue ew Yor, WY 10017 ote: A buffet wach wil folly atthe Aeitenmm Het. Diplomatic Sulrsom, ot pvr, lease ASW if you would lke to ortens For Broadeast be feeding the pane cunfbrence ive a stronming ieonbie International Widows Day: ‘To uve soecisl necupnition to the situation ot widow's seross all repinns, the Unter: Nations General Assemaly ur 21 Decemb2” 2010 aduptee, at Une initiative of tae Gabonese Resuuli Received by NSDFFARA Registration Unit DRFL6°2011 5:36:27 PM Rece.ved by NSD'FARA Registration Unit 08'16°2011 5:36:27 PM Resolution 65/189 and declared 23 June ust al Widow's Day. Adnoted by consensus, the resclution had the Joint sponsurship cf 36 countries. The ore designation oF an international day recognizing Widows by the UN falows indepedan: verifeasion of shacking lovels of vickence and deprivation faced ky the 248 milion widows andl mae than $00 milion of their clan wordvide. early 6D milfor widows lise in extreme poverty where basis needs go unmet. Widows an their children disproportionately sutfs: fram malnutrition, paar heath and physicl nsceurity, puting widows at proater risk for rape, HIY/aIlS ard domestic siblenee. Up until now, widows have been a disadvantaged class of peoples ww have not aeun ecogsie 3s sue Praising swaranecs for this Paportant cause avd for widows the world ove. Invernational Wiens Day i the first seeks Lo bring ahout greater dignity ad hurraa ri ved by NSDFARA Registration Unit 08162011 5:36:27 PM 6 ere sve uyal € pasion ASH anuasy uosipeyy SSP JoOET DEE 3OA WON DY of gre pmypop, or emi dap vas a) sop rugug# aimapioag VOOURTy Weg TW eotaya uC asreuoquay onbrigndyy ey ap woprsaad macy aman: ye kOSN A Had (gb vee S192 page ssousngy anuaay vosipepy $F PAO] [ ODeP% VIOG N wud ofcg ar sures ero") coud we itoz ou L Mpso1 panmuy] 9qa Jo wt aI 1 ONDIMBA ING HLF. ALI Bo BONGO ONDIMBA MIRS. ha ieyes 8 dASY 25D2Id 0, MEN s81S WSZ ISOM STS sasnoy ss0|d wd og:z-"w'd 009 LLOz “He aunt sf Ulof