The international campaign against gender violence is held every year from November 25th to December 10th.  The campaign began in 1991 to call for the elimnation of violence against women.

This year’s campaign theme is “Commit, Act, Demand” and highlights the work of groups committed to building awareness of violence against women and promoting change.

Find suggestions on how to participate and get involved on the Center for Women’s Global Leadership website.

“Women are key to our being able to resolve all of [our] difficult conflicts,” Clinton.

Hillary Clinton has made a call to pursue initiatives to help women gain political power, personal safety and enough money to help their communities and countries improve economically and transition to democracy.

“There is nothing that has been more important to me over the course of my lifetime than advancing the rights of women and girls,” she said in a Nov. 6 Washington speech. “And it is now a cornerstone of American foreign policy.”

Specifically, Clinton is focusing on measures that would “direct the administration to create a five-year strategy that reduces assaults against women and girls in at least 10 nations and creates metrics to judge the effectiveness of U.S. aid in advancing the goal” - Bloomberg.com

Read more about Clinton’s efforts here.

Source: Bloomberg News

Dear All,

As mentioned in our last post, OAA will be featured on the Asian Indian Immigrant Experience television series. The new six part series is called “Anubhav” -which means experience- and will serve as a community outreach program for South Asian immigrants.

The first episode will be aired this Saturday at 7pm and Sunday at 3:30pm on the following channels:

Time Warner: Channel 35 and Channel 56

Verizon Fios: Channels 33, 34, 35

RCN Cable: Channel 83 and Channel 84

If you live in the New York area, please tune in and let us know what you think!