Zonta Club of Greater Sacramento: PREPARE TO BE PAMPERED

Saturday, 6:00 pm
November 20, 2009
3200 Deer Valley Rd.
Rescue 95672


Admission: A new or gently used black purse to benefit a
Women’s Empowerment graduation being sponsored
by Zonta Club of Greater Sacramento

Services that are available for purchase include:

Massages by Foothill Mobile Massage
Mini-Manicures and Mini-Pedicures from Nails by Gina
Facials by About Face Skin Care

Shopping for the Holidays:

Handcrafted Dichroic Glass by Fusion Artisans

Sonoma Lavender/Eucalyptus Aromatherapy & Dermalogica Body Products from Rejuvenation Esthetics

Please RSVP to zonta.club.greater.sacramento@gmail.com

October Meeting News– UN Update

Our speaker was ZCGS member and UN committee chairperson, Terri Goldstein.
BACKGROUND: Zonta has Consultative Status with the United Nations (UN) as a
Nongovernmental Organization (NGO) sharing the same goals such as: women’s rights and
universal freedom, justice was a natural partnership and Zonta International joined in 1946.
Today the UN is universally acknowledged as the premier world body to advance the status
of women and girls, promoting women’s rights and gender equality. Zonta International (ZI)
has a United Nations Committee and maintains representatives in New York, Geneva,
Vienna and Paris.Zonta as an accredited NGO is affiliated with the UN in different ways:
Through The Department of Public Information ( DPI) Zonta obtains information and reports
back to Zontians all over the world to enhance our understanding and to build support for the
UNs work. Through CONSULTATIVE STATUS with the Economic and Social Council
(ECOSOC) Our purpose: Concerned with economic issues and trade issues that involve
women and children. Zonta is one of the six principal bodies carrying out the UN’s work.
There are several categories of NGO affiliation with the ECOSOC and Zonta International
has the most extensive Consultative Status. – GENERAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS. The
ECOSOC is responsible for 2/3rds of all UN programs and ZI is very honored to have such
high status with this organization.  Under the ECOSOC umbrella is (CSW) THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN is the leading policy body
concerned with Women’s Rights and Equal Status of women and hosts an annual conference. CEDAW’s key platform
is the UN Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimation against women and the human rights council.
UNIFEM - The UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR WOMEN
International service projects funded through ZI Foundation: SAY NO AGAINST VIOLENCE: Please GO TO WEBSITE
AND SIGN PETITION 1) $500.000 to SAFE CITIES for WOMEN PROJECT in GUATEMALA and SAN SALVADOR,
2) $430,000 Cooperation with Zonta International to STRATEGIES To END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN-
(ZISWAV) UN trust fund to end violence, 3) END BURN VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN CAMBODIA, NEPAL
AND UGANDA, 4) $200,000 - SECURITY and EMPOWERMENT for WOMEN and their FAMILIES in HAITI, 3.
UNICEF- United Nation’s Chidren’s Fund $500,000, to the PREVENTION OF MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION
OF HIV and GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN RAWANDA, 4. UNFPA- UNITED NATIONS
POPULATION FUND $500.000 TO THE ELIMINATION OF OBSTETRIC FISTULA And
The REDUCTION OF MATERNAL AND NEWBORN MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY IN
LIBERIA.
UPDATES: 1) The formulation of UN WOMEN will be operational as of Jan 1, 2) OCT 11
The new executive director and Under-Secretary General for the UN is MS. MICHELLE
BACHELET and the UN Secretary General is BAN KI MOON 3. INTERNATIONAL DAY
FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN NOV 25th.

ZONTA CLUB OF GREATER SACRAMENTO: Prepare to be Pampered - Nov 20, 2010

Come join us for a Ladies Night Out!  Bring your friends and come and relax before the holidays.  Lots of yummy food and refreshments will be provided.
Services that are available for purchase include:

Massages by Foothill Mobile Massage
Mini-Manicures and
Mini-Pedicures from Nails by Gina
Facials by About Face Skin Care

For more info contact Patti Wilson at:

ZCGS
2201 Francisco Dr, Ste 140-362
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762

E-mail:
Zonta.club.greater.sacramento
@gmail.com
Advancing the status of women
worldwide

P.S. Please bring a new or gently used black purse to benefit a

Women’s Empowerment graduation being sponsored

by

Zonta Club of Greater Sacramento

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November President’s Message

Dear Zontians,

Below is our upcoming agenda for the next four months:

Nov 13 Saturday 5:30– 8:00pm, Girl’s Night In with Sacramento Area Emergency Housing Center -Dinner and Collaging

Nov 20 Saturday 5:00 - whenever, Night of Pampering, just the way to relax before the holidays.

Dec 13, Monday 4:00– 6:30pm, St. Johns Women Shelter—preparing and

serving dinner to approximately 120 women and children

January is Amelia Earhart Month—Tour of air traffic control facility, Northern

California TRACON and kick off of the 1st Annual ZCGR raffling a 1-2 hour flight for

two in the Sacramento-Bay area.

                                     Jan 26 6:30pm, Wednesday Dinner Mtg, Speaker from Courage to Be You

                                     In Sisterhood,

                                     Patti Wilson

The Official 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign

The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is an international campaign originating from the first Women's Global Leadership Institute sponsored by the Center for Women's Global Leadership in 1991. Participants chose the dates, November 25, International Day Against Violence Against Women and December 10, International Human Rights Day, in order to symbolically link violence against women and human rights and to emphasize that such violence is a violation of human rights. This 16-day period also highlights other significant dates including November 29, International Women Human Rights Defenders Day, December 1, World AIDS Day, and December 6, which marks the Anniversary of the Montreal Massacre. E-mail us at: 16days@cwgl.rutgers.edu

Update on 2010-2012 Zonta International Service Projects

After four months in the new biennium, we would like to update you on the status of our international projects and respond to some inquiries about promotional material. 

As you remember at the 2010 ZI convention, we agreed to the proposed International Service and ZISVAW projects for the 2010–2012 Biennium. As a result, Zonta International Foundation (ZIF) entered into negotiations with the UN agencies which will manage the projects. 

ZIF has been negotiating with the three UN agencies concerned and has reached agreement with UNICEF for the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and Gender-Based Violence in Rwanda project. 

The remaining four projects: 

• Elimination of Obstetric Fistula and the Reduction of Maternal and Newborn Mortality and Morbidity in Liberia UNFPA 
• Safe Cities for Women in Guatemala City, Guatemala and San Salvador, El Salvador UNIFEM part of UN Women 
• Comprehensive Strategy to End Burns Violence against Women in Cambodia, Nepal and Uganda UN Trust Fund/UNIFEM part of UN Women 
• Security and Empowerment for Women and their Families: Ensuring a Gender-Responsive Humanitarian and Early Recovery Response in Haiti UNIFEM part of UN Women 

are to be delivered by UNIFEM part of UN Women and UNFPA. UNIFEM is in the midst of a merger into the new UN Women organization which has delayed negotiations. We are still in negotiations with UNFPA for the obstetric fistula project. 

ZIF, exercising its fiduciary responsibility, will not make payments until the contracts have been signed. The ZIF Board recognizes the importance of resolving this issue quickly. 

We are committed to keeping you updated on the progress. In the meantime, a PowerPoint presentation on the Rwanda project will be posted on the website by 5 November so you may download these slides and notes and use them for your communications. 

Kind regards, 

Zonta International Board 
 

Help women in war torn countries: sign the petition "say no to violence against women"

September 29, 2010

Dear Zontians,

Ten years ago, on October 31, 2000, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1325, the first formal document from the Security Council that requires parties in conflict to respect women’s rights and to support their participation in peace processes. Many civil society organizations lobbied for the passage of the resolution. It calls for prosecuting crimes against women, extra protection for women and girls in conflict areas and involving more women in peace talks and reconstruction planning. Since then two more resolutions, 1820 and 1888, have also been adopted unanimously. Both of these resolutions emphasize and build on Resolution 1325.

Zonta International has supported these resolutions and now, ten years later, we find that women are still pawns of conflict. Sexual violence against women is in the headlines every day. According to UNIFEM, “In contemporary conflicts, as much as 90 percent of casualties are among civilians, most of whom are women and children. Women face devastating forms of sexual violence, which are sometimes deployed systematically to achieve military or political objectives.” We can help to stop this brutality by joining with UNIFEM in Women Count for Peace. This campaign is part of SAY NO UNITE, End Violence against Women.

All Zontians can add their names to a petition which asks governments to support 3 steps to implement Resolution 1325. The petition asks the individual governments to: Prosecute those who command and/or commit sexual violence and exclude them from armies and police forces after conflict; Ensure that women participate in peace negotiations and all post-conflict decision-making institutions; and Increase the number of women in troops, police forces and civilians within international peacekeeping efforts.

You can add your name by going to www.saynotoviolence.org/make-women-count-for-peace where you can sign the petition online or print out petition forms that may be mailed. The women in war torn countries need our help.

Yours in Zonta,

 

Mary Ann Tarantula

Zonta International United Nations Committee, Chairman