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Celebrating Women - 16 March 2004

Earlier today in Geneva, during the 60th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, a group of 24 female politicians has adopted a 3-page joint declaration calling for better protection of the estimated one billion women who suffer from some form of violent or sexual abuse. The initiative was launched by the Swiss foreign minister, Micheline Calmy-Rey. I can't find a copy of the declaration online yet (only the report of the Secretary General in PDF form), but presumably it'll be available here eventually.