Advocating For Gender Equality
Denise Sylvester, Esq.
Zonta International District 15 Advocacy Chair
Advocating for Gender Equality
• Today’s Topics:
–Achieving Gender
Equality
–CSW 61 Update
–Advocating for Impact
–Resources
Gender Equality
• Woman’s Rights are Human Rights
• Access to all resources
• Represented equally
• No Violence
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No Violence: Human Trafficking
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Zonta Says No
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UN Sustainable Development Goals
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CSW 61: Women’s Economic
Empowerment
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Advocacy Action Plan
• Identify the Subject Matter and Scope
• Identify your Advocacy Team
Members
• Plan and Budget
• Implement Action
• Recap and Feedback
**See Zonta’s Action Plan Template
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Advocating for Impact: Amplification
• Empower Each Other
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Advocating for Impact: Activity
Group – Advocacy Focus
– National Level
– District Level
– Club Level
Advocacy Action
- Practice using Amplification
- Realistic Action your Clubs can use
Tomorrow
Report Out the Actions
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Advocacy Tools and Resources: WEPs
http://www.weprinciples.org/Site/ToolsAndReportingWepMaterials/
UN Women & the UN Global
Compact.
Launched in 2010.
Roles of businesses
in sustainable
development.
Advocacy Tools and Resources: Public Relations
Advocacy Tools and Resources: HeforShe
http://www.heforshe.org/en/action-kit
THANK YOU
Denise Sylvester
Zonta District 15 Advocacy Chair
Zonta Club of Roscommon County
[email protected]
www.zonta.org