SOPHIA WOMEN AND WISDOM
SOFIA, BULGARIA
Sofia, Bulgaria May 25-29, 2010
The “Women's World Conference: Sophia, Women and Wisdom,” (SWWC) to take place in Sofia, Bulgaria on May 25-29, 2010, builds on the United Nations four World Conferences on Women and the UN Platform for Action Declaration-Beijing 1995.
The conferences and the Platform for Action have created a worldwide women's movement to advance the status of women and girls. It includes a vast network of millions of people engaged in human rights, fundamental freedoms and social development. Sophia WWC will create the connections among the civic, | | | political and spiritual will needed to implement critical "living documents" of the UN through the following WWC objectives: | | |
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- Actualizing the UN Platform for Action
- Achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
- Attending the Environment
- Affirming the Men
- Advancing the Young People
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The SWWC will promote awareness, advocacy and action for women's equality and empowerment, social development, environmental preservation and world peace.
The application of advanced technologies will connect millions of people to this Women's World Conference on the Journey to Bulgaria and Beyond.
The SWWC organizers honor that Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, is historically at the heart, as a meeting place, of multiple civilizations and cultures. Bulgaria also offers a perfect paradigm of social, ethnic and religious tolerance, and hospitality is a hallmark of the Bulgarian people.
We welcome the participation of civil society, the United Nations and governments.
To join our SWWC e-mail list go to www.LivingDirectory.net/SWWC and visit our website, www.SophiaWWC.org. | |
