International Women Leaders Global Security Summit Call to Action

Check it out! "The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands in partnership with The White House Project, the Council of Women World Leaders and the Women Leaders Intercultural Forum launched the International Women Leaders Global Security Initiative in October 2006. This initiative, which will run through June 2008, aims to bring the perspectives and voices of global women leaders to the international discourse on security." They held a summit November 15-17, 2007 in New York City, NY. The participants signed their Call to Action, which is a statment for peace, security and welfare around the world, especially focusing on women's security. It first states, "We, the participants of the International Women Leaders Global Security Summit, share a common vision for a more secure, peaceful and just world. Our different cultures and backgrounds are unified by our common sense of urgency and shared resolve to ensure that all people may live free from fear and want. We commit to supporting effective policies that increase human and state security and challenge affronts to both." You can read the full goals and sign the call here.

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