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Oral Intervention for the 54th Commission on the Status of Women 2010

As faith based NGOs working with indigenous people, with particular attention to women and girls, we would like to call attention to the multiple discriminations they experience in their lives. They are discriminated against because they are women and girls, because they belong to indigenous communities, because they live in poverty, and because they are illiterate.

In collaboration
with other
religious and civil
organizations,
the Salesians
stress
human-centered development with
its component
elements:
providing an
enabling
environment,
social justice,
and equity.

Oral Intervention for the 47th Session on Social Development Given by Salesian Missions

This intervention regarding marginalized youth is given by Salesian Missions, representing the Salesians of Don Bosco. The Salesians serve as advocates for young people, especially in the area of education and job training, in over 130 countries.

Oral Intervention for the 47th Session on Social Development Given by the Company of the Daughters of St. Vincent de Paul and Salesian Missions

When considering the theme of social integration, we believe that all stakeholders must consider the status of families within our varied societies. The first community individuals belong to is the family. It is within families that individuals learn about the values and virtues that are necessary for mutual cooperation and growth, their spiritual and cultural heritage, their interdependence with others. Healthy families convince individuals that they are not alone and isolated and that they can count on others to support and protect them.

Oral intervention for the 53rd Commission on the Status of Women 2009

Priority theme: The equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS.

Oral Intervention for the 53rd Commission on the Status of Women Given by Salesian Missions, the Company of the Daughters of St. Vincent de Paul, and the Loretto Community

Equal care giving will happen when men and women are truly equal, not just spoken of as equals. Inalienable human rights are not based on gender but on simply being born. And while adherence to agreed upon conventions, the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, the ILO Labor Standards and the 1996 ILO Home Work Convention should be expected, we need to continue to challenge ourselves and societies to broaden the application of these principles so that women and men live as equals.