Mar 14, 2018
Celebrities, News, United Nations
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]
Oct 22, 2016
Celebrities, News, United Nations
empowerment, fictional character, Gal Gadot, Gender Equality, girls, Honorary Ambassador, I am not a mascot, Lynda Carter, Protest, Sustainable Development Goals, UN, UN employees, united nations, United Nations staff, Women, Wonder Woman
United Nations, New York, USA, October 21 2016 – Lynda Carter is escorted by the United Nations Elite Security force into a side door to avoid the protester waiting for her at UN Visitors Lobby. Lynda Carter was at U.N. for a meeting to designate Wonder Woman as an Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls. By Britta Schmitz UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 22 2016 – The new Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls is a fictional comic character and the cause for anger amongst UN employees and women’s advocates around the world. The [Read More]
