Mar 16, 2018
Celebrities, News, United Nations
camera-armed men, celebrity, CSW62, ECOSOC, gender discrimination, Gender Equality, Ine Eriksen Søreide, Jaha Mapenzi Dukureh, Marielle Franco, Matthew Winkler, MeToo movement, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway, New York, Norway, Pamella Sittoni, paparazzi, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Sienna Miller, The Guardian, UN, UN Women, united nations, USA
United Nations, New York, USA, March 16 2018 – Sienna Miller During a Side event at CSW62 that convenes media representatives to discuss women in the media today at the UN Headquarters in New York City. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire By Kurt Wheelock The full range on the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment and sexism was on display at the United Nations on Friday, when actor and entrepreneur Sienna Miller told a packed conference room about her struggle with paparazzi, who she called “camera-armed men.” In a UN Women event entitled #MeToo—Now What?” Sienna Miller said, “I fought back. I got [Read More]
Mar 14, 2018
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activist, Actor, Ambassador, Canada, Canadian ambassador, Danai Gurira, Gender Equality, International Women’s Day, Marc-André Blanchard, Me too, MeToo, New York, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Reese Witherspoon, SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals, TimeIsNow, Times up, UN, UN Women, UNHQ, united nations, USA, Women
Reese Witherspoon Security Man Stopping Canadian Diplomat from taking a Photo of his Ambassador Marc-Andre Blanchard During the 2018 Observance of International Womens Day at the UN Headquarters in New York City. by Kurt Wheelock When Reese Witherspoon came to the United Nations on March 12, the organization UN Women used her appearance to attach itself to the #MeToo and #TimeIsNow movements. But Witherspoon’s security man, ever present during her time in the UN General Assembly Hall, was seen holding a diplomat back from approaching the actress. It was Canada’s Ambassador Marc-André Blanchard, the representative at the UN of Canadian [Read More]
Mar 9, 2018
Celebrities, News, United Nations
activist, Actor, Danai Gurira, Gender Equality, International Women’s Day, Me too, New York, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Reese Witherspoon, SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals, Times up, UN, UN Women, UNHQ, united nations, USA, Women
United Nations, New York, USA, March 08 2018 – Danai Gurira, Tony-nominated playwright, actor and activist, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women and Reese Witherspoon, Academy Award–winning actor During the 2018 Observance of International Women’s Day at the UN Headquarters in New York City. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire UN Women Executive Director, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, said: “We know that healthy societies include a wide mix of voices, yet millions of women around the world are being silenced and their potential cramped. The current solidarity movements have to be a tipping point for accountability; an end to impunity and the cyclical poverty of [Read More]