On November 13 members of ZCGS sponsored a Saturday Girl’s Night In at the Sacramento
Area Emergency Housing Center. We provided pizza and drinks plus all of the materials
needed for a fun and inter-active evening of collaging. Our suggested theme was “Things
that make you Happy. Most of the women participated
and all of us had a wonderful time.
If you are interested in donating to the SAEHC here
are some of the items needed by the shelter:
sheets, blankets, towels, toothpaste, shampoo/
conditioner (the ones from hotels are perfect), laundry
soap, feminine hygiene products, women’s underwear,
socks and bras (new), paper goods, diapers and children’s puzzles and games.
Monday, December 13 we will be at the St. John’s Women and Children’s Shelter. Since this
is our first visit we opted for preparing and serving dinner to the estimated 120 women and
children. St. John’s Mission: to support homeless women and children to advance to a point of crisis to a position of self-sufficiency.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
The numbers around child slavery and exploitation are simply staggering, and there aren't enough people fighting back.
More than 150 million children younger than 14 years-old are child laborers -- one in six children in the world. Those children do hazardous work in mines or on farms, often handling chemicals and pesticides or working near dangerous machinery. Others toil as domestic servants in homes or workshops.
Another 300,000 children under 18 are child soldiersused as combatants, messengers, porters, cooks, or sexual servants in some 30 conflicts worldwide. They are most often forcibly recruited or abducted, or feel so helpless and overwhelmed by poverty they are driven to join the fight.
Girls are particularly vulnerable. Some as young as 13 are trafficked as "mail-order brides." Nearly 90% of domestic workers trafficked in West and Central Africa are girls.
It's an epidemic that isn't getting enough attention from governments worldwide -- andChange.org
Once you add your name, will you forward this email to friends and family? We can fight this, but only if people know how bad the situation really is.
Thank you for taking action,
The Change.org
Thank you for taking action,
The Change.org
P.S. You can learn a lot more about what Change.org members are doing to fight human trafficking of all kinds at http://humantrafficking.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women Initiative Records More than 1 Million Actions
2 December 2010
To: All Members
On 25 November, coinciding with the International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women, the Say NO - UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign announced that it had surpassed 1 million actions. Zonta International was featured in the press release as a long-term supporter of the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women. A link to the campaign's press release is provided below.
The campaign also released a news article, announcing Zonta's funding of the burns violence project in Cambodia, Nepal and Uganda, as well as our support for survivors of violence in Haiti. A link to that story is also provided for you below.
Thank you all for your generous support of our ZISVAW and international service projects. For those of you wishing to make a donation to support these life-changing projects during the 2010-2012 Biennium, you may do so online at https://www.zonta.org/
Warm regards,
Dianne Curtis
Zonta International President
Zonta International Foundation President
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Join the Zonta Club of Greater Sacramento and support the 16 Days Against Gender Violence
What is the 16 Days 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 for the Elimination of 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.
The 16 Days Campaign is a global initiative that seeks to: raise awareness at the
local, national and international levels regarding violence against women, strengthen
local work, link local and global activism, provide a forum for dialogue and strategy-sharing, pressure
governments to implement the commitments they have made in national and international legal
instruments, and demonstrate the solidarity of activists around the world.
The 16 Days Campaign takes shape from local, national, regional and international initiatives around the
world; it is not a single event in any one location. As the international coordinator of the campaign, CWGL
provides campaign materials, serves as a hub for information and networking on violence against women,
and compiles the International Calendar of Campaign Activities each year.
How did the campaign get its name, and why does it last for 16 days?
The annual “16 Days Campaign” spans the 16-day period between International Day for the Elimination of
Violence Against Women (November 25) and International Human Rights Day (December 10) to make the
symbolic statement that violence against women is a violation of human rights.
This 16-day period also highlights other significant dates including: Nov 29, International Women
Human Rights Defenders Day, Dec 1 World AIDS Day, Dec 2 International Day for the Abolition of
Slavery/Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and Dec 6, which marks the Anniversary of the
Montreal Massacre, Dec 10 International Human Rights Day
For more information visit: http://16dayscwgl.rutgers.edu/about-16-days
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 for the Elimination of 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.
The 16 Days Campaign is a global initiative that seeks to: raise awareness at the
local, national and international levels regarding violence against women, strengthen
local work, link local and global activism, provide a forum for dialogue and strategy-sharing, pressure
governments to implement the commitments they have made in national and international legal
instruments, and demonstrate the solidarity of activists around the world.
The 16 Days Campaign takes shape from local, national, regional and international initiatives around the
world; it is not a single event in any one location. As the international coordinator of the campaign, CWGL
provides campaign materials, serves as a hub for information and networking on violence against women,
and compiles the International Calendar of Campaign Activities each year.
How did the campaign get its name, and why does it last for 16 days?
The annual “16 Days Campaign” spans the 16-day period between International Day for the Elimination of
Violence Against Women (November 25) and International Human Rights Day (December 10) to make the
symbolic statement that violence against women is a violation of human rights.
This 16-day period also highlights other significant dates including: Nov 29, International Women
Human Rights Defenders Day, Dec 1 World AIDS Day, Dec 2 International Day for the Abolition of
Slavery/Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and Dec 6, which marks the Anniversary of the
Montreal Massacre, Dec 10 International Human Rights Day
For more information visit: http://16dayscwgl.rutgers.edu/about-16-days
Saturday, November 13, 2010
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
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
Monday, November 8, 2010
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.
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
Check us out on
FACEBOOK!
Services that are available for purchase include:
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
Check us out on
FACEBOOK!
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