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Sunday, September 5th, 2010is the European Day of Jewish Culture 2010, with the theme: Art and Judaism. Visit www.jewisheritage.org
ICJW is speaking out against the French deportation of the Roma people and travelers from their camps around France.
Read Sharon Gustafson's message for Rosh Hashanah 2010 at 'From the President's Desk' (below)
NCJW Australia founder Dr. Fanny Reading MBE has been honored for her contribution to the community of Victoria, Australia.
12 August 2010 is International Youth Day.
November 7 has been designated as the first-ever Global Day of Jewish Learning (www.1people1day.org)
Congratulations to Marilyn Brummer on becoming President of the League of Jewish Women, ICJW's UK affiliate.
ICJW representative Shirley Payes, is coordinating the November conference of the International Council of Women, Asia-Pacific Region, in Aukland.
The Canadian Parliament has passed a Child Trafficking Bill, imposing significant penalties for those who traffic children.
ICJW has joined the coalition for the World Campaign for the Prevention of Child Abuse.
ICJW mourns the passing of Dr. Geulah Solomon OAM, a great worker and fighter for Jewish rights and women's rights, in Melbourne, Australia.
The U.N. General Assembly has elected Libya, Angola, Malaysia, Qatar, and Uganda to its top human-rights body, the U.N. Human Rights Council.
Congratulations to Lucette Pilcer on becoming President of the Conseil des Femmes Juives of Belgium.
Sharon Gustafson has become ICJW President from May 2010 for 4 years.
Dr. Zehavit Gross has been nominated to chair the International Conference on Jewish Education at Bar Ilan University in December 2010.
The 7th Israeli Women's Film Festival in Rehovot runs from 7-9 September 2010 - for details see http://www.iwff.net/
2010 is the European year to combat poverty and social exclusion in Europe, where more women are experiencing poverty than men.
LEA, the ICJW affiliate in Georgia, was involved in helping to get a new law on Gender Equality passed in Georgia.
Eleonora Groisman, president of the independent Ukrainian Council of Jewish Women, was among the presidents of civil society organizations invited to participate in a meeting with the President of the Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych to discuss current reforms in the country.
Israel has appointed Yardena Meller-Horowitz as its first female Knesset Secretary-General.
Equal Rights for Israeli Women - NCJW Op Ed: http://tiny.cc/CSx5y
2010 is International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures.
The UN has appointed Swedish politician Margot Wallstrom to coordinate international efforts to end rape in war.
Congratulations to Danielle Obadia on her nomination as vice-president of the NGO Intercultural Committee at UNESCO, and to Iana Zbar on being appointed reporter to the Liaison Committee at UNESCO.
Jewish women in Ontario, Canada, are being offered free genetic testing to prevent cancer.
Join the Bea Zucker Online Bible Study Course on this website - sessions from Genesis and Exodus, under Jewish Education,
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Resolution 1325 ten years on
Ten years ago, in its landmark resolution 1325, the United Nations Security Council called for women's full and equal participation in all elements of peacemaking, and for prevention of sexual violence as a tactic of warfare.
ICJW Challenges Redefinition of Swastika
Sharon Gustafson, ICJW President, has challenged the Anti-Defamation League over their redefinition of the swastika as a universal hate symbol.
Women of the Wall Stonewalled
Members of a women's prayer group were arrested for praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Rosh Chodesh.
UN Women Born
ICJW President Sharon Gustafson has welcomed the creation of a new United Nations entity charged with the welfare of the world's women.
