Embassy of Jordan- Washington, DC
Information Bureau
Media Advisory
Women Coming Together to
Mobilize for Action
Amman, Jordan,
May 16, 2006 -
Global women leaders will be gathering at the Dead Sea
on June 11-13, 2006 to determine the most effective way
to turn the tide on maternal and newborn mortality and
to ensure that girls everywhere have access to
education.
At the gathering, titled Mobilizing for Action, the
National Council for Family Affairs (NCFA), in Jordan,
and the Children's Defense Fund (CDF), in the United
States, will jointly launch The Global Women's Action
Network for Children.
The conference, which will be co-hosted by the NCFA and
CDF, will be held under the patronage of Her Majesty
Queen Rania Al-Abdullah.
Conference participants include President Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf of Liberia; Former President of Ireland, Mary
Robinson; CEO of Vital Voices, Melanne Verveer; the
First Lady of Ukraine, Kateryna Yushchenko; President of
Women's Learning Partnership, Mahnaz Afkhami; the First
Lady of Mauritania, Um Kulthom Bint Mohammad Weld Al
Nah; Madeline Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State
and Nobel Peace Laurettes, Shirin Abadi and Wangari
Maathai.
Inspirational women, including political leaders,
journalists, scholars, non-governmental activists, and
artists will come together on behalf of women’s rights
and children’s future to mobilize global action. The
conference aims at identifying ways to stop a mother
dying from childbirth every minute; sixty newborn babies
dying each hour from mostly preventable causes; and a
child under five dying every three seconds – and more
than 10 million dying each year.
Members of the press interested in covering the
conference must be credentialed for attendance prior to
June 10, 2006. No access is permitted without
conference-issued credentials.
For further information and to obtain credentials
contact:
Lubna Abdel Haq, at I Jordan
Office: +962 6 461 1014
Email:
Lubna@irelations.com.jo
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