RosanaAgudo_en_Women_in_the_World_Summit.pdf

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Rosana Agudo. Spri

For some time now, in

signaling important poishaking the world -situ

tremble, be they develo

peace (perhaps only ap

should form part of the s

twice over, because they

negotiations take place. I

Hillary Clinton, in the spl

in NYC, 5.4.13, emphasiz

World issues areare not victims beconomy, everythi

Women are partnegotiating table.women all over thto each other. We

A few years back, durinwomen of the world (the

United Nations and I hDevelopment Goals:

encia Rosana Agudo, 201

D REFLEXIONS OF THE WOMSUMMIT EXPERIENCE IN N.Y

g 2013

y presentations and in some of my ar

ts for perceiving and responding to stions that are causing every society in

ed or not, be they at war (sometimes

arently). In every case, the victims are

lution. And the victims we are talking abo

are not allowed a seat at the tables whe

am talking about women and children.

endid speech she gave in the Women in

d:

omens issues. Human rights are womeut agents of change. When womeng goes better

f the revolution and cannot be deniee are in a moment of convergence.world, including those from warring core maintaining a dialog.

another visit to New York for anotherGlobal NGO Forum for Women, Beijing

ad a photo of myself taken next to t

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N IN THE.C.

icles, I have been

ituations that areevery country to

ermanently) or in

key elements, and

ut here are victims

re discussions and

he World Summit

ns rights. Womenarticipate in the

d a place at theen are at war butntries, are talking

great gathering of+ 15),I visited the

e UN Millennium


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During the following ye

speech and presentatioquestion to those preseand that I ask myself wgoals without womentables?

1. End poverty and hung2. Education for all3. Equality for women4. Save childrens lives5. Make motherhood saf

6. Stop HIV/AIDS, malar7. Protect the environme8. Build a global partner

Considering the order in

that they were written d

was either present but

integrated, global vision

to be independent and

treated in a linear fashio

encia Rosana Agudo, 201

rs, I have presented this photograph

that I have participated in and I alwt, the same question I asked myself whhenever I see it: How do we supposeeing able to participate actively at th

er

e

ia and other diseasesnthip for development.

which the different objectives are listed,

wn and decided upon at a table in which

not taken into consideration or wasnt

equired to commit to these goals is none

isconnected one from the other, as tho

.

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in every meeting,

ys ask the samen I took the phototo achieve thesedecision making

there is no doubt

the feminine voice

there at all. The

istent. They seem

gh they could be


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What we need to affrontgreat discerning percepti

to comprehend the shee

for us to set off on the

intelligent critical mass

new society that cares f

own survival on the plan

shares in the inheritance

We expect exceptional c

to let themselves be g

ingredients, solutions orgive shape to realities wh

As Hillary Clinton said in

many times, whether ou

enemies, we women ta

our sons and daughters.

the child with nothing to

when we see him or her

of those thousands of wo

of rape that knows no b

sex -and the indifference.used as the battlefields of

In this sense, the care of

But in societies in which

example, in which their

same status as animals,

hopeless task. In Africa

surviving, because their

survived childbirth, ane

we expect to save the liv

so often give birth as a cofor their innocent childre

How is one to demand e

an objective for women

when they go to school, j

the source) believe that

thing for women who wan

When the valiant woman

the Summit, was asked h

cia Rosana Agudo, 2013

these challenges is a global strategy, anon, fruit of our trained attention. We also

magnitude of the task ahead. The next e

path of change in our mental model t

eeded to put things in order and begin t

r its surroundings. We must do this not

t with its resources, but also to care prop

under our stewardship.

pabilities of our leaders or, if not, the int

ided or to invite dialog with those w

uances necessary to create those threadsen we want to weave them together in a gl

her speech and as I have been able to co

r countries are at war, or not, whether

k among ourselves, we listen, we empath

e feel deeply the cries of the child in p

eat. Any child is our child when we see

deprived of affection. We feel the humil

men who are raped each day because the

unds; we feel the frustration, the hate, th

We feel the pain of the earth because oso many, many wars. in so many, many

omen would be the inarguable basis for t

women are only valued as payment of t

lives have no value whatsoever, in whic

and are treated as such, the idea of cari

alone, more than 17 million orphans

others, more often than not children th

ia, infections, hemorrhages, starvation, HI

s of so many children if we dont care for

nsequence of rape but, in spite of that, lo?!

ducation for all including girls (my add

s equality when women-girls are shot a

ust because the men (and this writer he

when women go to school, we lose our

t to study is the bullet.?!

-girl, who made the video-recorded inter

w she was able to listen to these words a

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ntegral vision andeed great courage

olutionary step is

at will secure the

give form to this

only to insure our

erly for all life that

lligence necessary

o can supply the

that will unite andobal fashion.

firm and transmit

e be friends or

ize, and we cry for

in and the cries of

him or her suffer,

ation and the pain

y live in a culture

rage towards our

r bodies are beingays

e care of children.

e family debt, for

women have the

g for women is a

exist, just barely

mselves, have not

V/AIDS How can

heir mothers, who

e and want to care

ition, of course) as

point blank rage

rd it straight from

authority; the best

iew shown during

d remain calm;


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she responded that at tworking for me. She wa

well as the power of edu

grandeur of her humanit

Malala Yousafzai, the Pa

bus assured us that for

school. More importantly

to secure access to educ

emulate Malala and stand

http://www.nation.com.

online/national/17-Apr-

Women from these lands

is another way of doing

respect themselves. Thi

and to inform and to giv

very young women are

courage, the force of thei

As I have been saying a

useless to limit ourselve

up their mental model; tThey have hidden them

about womens issues a

But are these issues

hypocrisy do the Millenni

in the United Nations hall

It is essential that wome

are deciding strategies t

children and Mother Eart

sustenance.

If, in Pakistan, the repres

stockings, it will wear g

first hand accounts from

heart fills with pain to t

atrocities. Let us not fo

much against other cou

daughters, innocent victi

is a gentle heart. At this

in Guatemala and so m


at moment she was thinking: One dayable to acknowledge the ignorance and f

ation, she didnt think of vengeance but i

.

istani girl who was shot at point blank r

very Malala shot, ten more Malalas rise

, I read in the news today that Malala has

ation for every Pakistani girl. All girls i

like rocks against all resistance.

k/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-englis

013/swat-girls-vow-to-continue-malalas-

must also be educated such that they com

things and of understanding things and

work is also being realized; groups of w

each other courage. In this sense, the le

xercising is worthy of our respect and a

convictions and their sense of justice and

nd as we have been confirming time an

to clamor for womens rights. We must

hey are the ones who need to listen butelves in a hard, dark place, pretending t

nd that all we do is complain and make th

omens issues? If that is the case, w

um Objectives represent by being so pret

?

n take part in the negotiation tables and

hat entail all of us, and especially those

h, who embraces us all and who is our so

ion of women is appalling: if this revol

ns, they say. In Afganistan, it unspeaka

the protagonists but I cannot repeat the

e bursting point and my mind refuses to

get that in these countries and such ot

tries or enemies as it is against women

s, vulnerable caretakers and nurturers

moment, I do not wish to forget my sister

ny others nor those here, in our midst.

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these men will bear of those men as

stead, showed the

ange in her school

up, eager to go to

begun her mission

Pakistan want to

-

mission

prehend that there

that they begin to

omen meet to talk

dership that these

miration for their

compassion.

d time again, it is

engage men, open

they dont concur.hat we are talking

m feel guilty.

at kind of vulgar

ntiously displayed

world forums that

involving women,

rce of shelter and

ution doesnt wear

le; we have heard

here because my

acknowledge such

ers, war is not so

ones own wives,

hose only weapon

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If in the United States, w

each other, without reg

(although some women,

identified), is it not of v

global decisions are bei

primordial for all the wo

We are at a decisive an

human beings on the Ear

to be protagonists, to giv

admit no more excuses.we should say, This is n

act in consequence; we ar

Rosana [email protected]

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women from around the world have be

rds to the political situation of our re

have had to remain in the shadow in or

tal importance that we take our seats a

g made? We know how to dialog and

en of the world, for all the mothers of the

determining moment for humanity; mo

th cannot permit ourselves to be exclude

e our natural talents, it is the time of co-

Women like Malala are showing us the wt good, this is not the world we want for

e part of the solution.

la Transformacin Interior.com

a para una Ciudadana Consciente

ra el Liderazgo de la Mujerom

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n able to talk with

spective countries

er to avoid being

the tables where

we know what is

world.

e than half of the

. This is our time

reation. We must

y. More than everour children, and

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