ANTI VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT (AVAWA) campaign. April 2015

Wale,  I fully support anti-violence against women.  Will do my utmost to spread the world to increase the signatures.

Charles

From: Wale Ajibade [mailto:wale.ajibade@africanviews.org]
Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 3:51 PM
To: charlesdsharp@blackemergmanagersassociation.org
Subject: I need your support on this. Please read

Dear brother Charles:

I hope this message finds you in good health and at ease. Allow me to inform you that we have publicly launched the ANTI VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT (AVAWA) campaign. We hope you will support the Bill by signing the petition.  We also hope that you will encourage your network to sign the petition as well and support our goal to reach 1,000,000 signatures. Volume of people signing on behalf of an organization will be shared openly and merited as co-signees of the petition and recognized partners.

As you may agree, we need all the support we can get to have the Anti Violence Against Women Act (AVAWA) adopted as an imperative component of sustainable legislative strategy for peace and security in Africa. The AVAWA initiative is a non-intrusive diplomatic strategy to mitigate as well as make ending violence against women and girls a top priority for African States. AVAWA suggests that the African States’ governments honor the existing provision for women as stated in their constitutions with a comprehensive, multi-sectorial strategic national plan for reducing and ending violence against women. Adopting AVAWA may encourage countries that do not have gender sensitive legislation in their constitution to recognize the need for such inclusion.  Your endorsement will make the AVAWA annual report a legal tender of nations’ accountability act on the issue of women and human rights. Failure to make effective use of the opportunity that AVAWA presents may subject African countries to a perpetual cycle of interventionist agenda that has no real effect.

Making AVAWA a priority gives Africa a great boost on its cause for self-determination with extensive benefit from the value of advancing the status for women around the world. It will also empower the Anti Violence Against Women Associations to create a global network and set stage for the PINK Africa Summit. Detail information about AVAWA is provided to guide you through the full understanding of the detriments of Violence Against Women and the all-encompassing benefit of AVAWA at this link: http://bit.ly/AVAWA-petition

Please click here to sign the petition: http://bit.ly/support_AVAWA

Thank you,

Wale Idris Ajibade

                Executive Director, African Views Organization

EVENT: March 24, 2015. Capital Hill. NSF Modeling and predicting severe storms.

Hurricanes, tornadoes and solar eruptions can have profound effects on America's economy, public safety and well-being.

A noon lunch briefing next Tuesday at the Senate Visitor's Center on Capitol Hill, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, will provide an overview of the current state of storm research.

In particular, panelists will discuss work to improve risk assessment and hazard preparedness in order to mitigate vulnerability to storm impacts. 

What:	A briefing about severe storms
Featuring:	Roger Wakimoto, assistant director for Geosciences, National Science Foundation Jenni L. Evans, acting director, Institutes of Energy and the Environment, Penn State Howard B. Bluestein, professor, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma Harlan E. Spence, director, Institute for Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, University of New Hampshire.
Where:	Senate Visitor's Center, Room 212-10
When:	Tuesday, March 24, 2015, 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Lunch will be provided.

RSVP: Please contact lisajoy@nsf.gov for more information and/or to reserve a spot.

NOTE: This is a closed event and reservations are required, and must be received by 9 a.m. on Monday, March 23, 2015.

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