millennium goals
2395 University Avenue, Suite 202, St. Paul, MN - 55114, 651-646-2854


EMPOWER WOMEN

ASK RUSSIA TO STAND AGAINST RAPE

A powerful new treaty is our best weapon against the global rape trade in women and girls. If Russia signs it, it will put a major dent in this horror—one million voices are urgently needed to appeal to Russian Prime Minister Putin to sign the treaty and help protect girls.

Putin cultivates a macho-man image—but we can persuade him by making this a chance for him to be seen as the protector of Russian women. The goal is one million voices added to this petition. Click below to sign.

http://www.avaaz.org/en/russia_rape_trade_putin/?v1

The Council of Europe Convention Against Trafficking in Human Beings sets the highest standards for law enforcement to tackle the criminals who run the rape trade. If Russia signed it, it would almost certainly save thousands of girls every year.

This would put a real dent in the global rape trade—in which Russia is a key nexus. Up to 50,000 Russian women and girls are forced into the sex industry each year in Europe, and Russia also is a major route for girls trafficked from Asia into Europe. If Putin becomes personally invested in this issue, he could cause a crackdown by Russian authorities, and this would send a powerful signal to organized criminals everywhere.

Please sign the petition. Thank you!

Source of Information: Avaaz

GIVE WOMEN A CHANCE

When Nicolasa's husband abandoned her and her five children, she started making and selling tortillas to support her family. But without much money, she found it difficult to buy supplies and make ends meet.

But a $96 microloan enabled Nicolasa to grow her business and improve her and her children's lives.

Tell Secretary Hillary Clinton to help women like Nicolasa get access to credit.

Nicolasa's home, Nicaragua, is one of the world's poorest nations. Women are disproportionately poor, even though a high percentage of women are the primary breadwinners and heads of household. Access to microloans and financial services are crucial to ehlping these women and their families survive.

Now that her children are grown Nicolasa uses her profits to improve her house and to help care for her aging parents. And thanks to her opportunity and hard work, one of her daughters now attends a university.

Nicolasa's story is just one example of what women can achieve with access to financial resources

PROTECT WOMEN AND GIRLS WORLDWIDE

By supporting the International Violence Against Women Act of 2010, you can help stop violence against women and girls worldwide.

Currently, one in every three women and girls worldwide is physically, sexually or otherwise abused during her lifetime. In some countries it's two in three. If enacted
by Congress, the provisions of this act would help millions of girls and women around the world escape violence and related poverty.

Please contact your Senators and your Representative urging them to co-sponsor the International Violence Against Women Act of 2010 (HR 4594 in the House and S 2982 in the Senate).

Thanks for taking action on this issue.