UN/ MLAMBO-NGCUKA

Commenting on the kidnapping of the girls in Nigeria by Boko Haram, Executive Director of UN Women Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said that
“Boko Haram says that it’s culture and religion, we say it’s un-African and un-Islamic.” UNIFEED-UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:47
• Production Date: 26 June 2014
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS ENTITY FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN - UN-WOMEN
• Subject Topical: WOMEN'S RIGHTS; DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN RIGHTS
• MAMS Id: 1127336

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STORY: UN/ MLAMBO-NGCUKA
TRT: 1.47
SOURCE: UNIFEED – UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGAUGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 26 JUNE 2014, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

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FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters

26 JUNE 2014, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, dais
3. Med shot, reporters
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women:
“Everybody can be a target of these extremists and terrorist acts, but women in particular bear the brunt of these extreme actions. And two areas in which women seem to bear the biggest brunt is related to reproductive rights, it’s related to education. You can think of Malala, this was an issue around education; you think of Nigeria, it is girls being handed over to be reproductive channels of someone they have not chosen. It is about stopping them to be educated. You think of Mariam in Sudan; she was going to be sentenced to death for choosing to marry somebody else, because the state must determine who will control her reproductive rights.”
5. Med shot, reporter
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women:
“Boko Haram says that it’s culture and it’s religion; we say it’s un-African and it is un-Islamic what they do.”
7. Med shot, reporters
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women:
“We are also calling for society and especially the media to take a stand on this issue, to articulate what is happening, to condemn all of these actions. Because we do not believe that us working in offices shifting documents are going to win their hearts and minds. It is going to be citizens walking the streets of their capitals, of their villages talking through to power and taking action.”
9. Med shot, photographer
10. Med shot, dais

Storyline

The head of UN Women said today (26 May) that “women seem to bear the biggest brunt” of terrorism and extremists, particularly as it relates to reproductive rights and education.

The Executive Director of UN Women Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said “you can think of Malala, this was an issue around education; you think of Nigeria, it is girls being handed over to be reproductive channels of someone they have not chosen. It is about stopping them to be educated. You think of Mariam in Sudan; she was going to be sentenced to death for choosing to marry somebody else, because the state must determine who will control her reproductive rights.”

Commenting on the kidnapping of the girls in Nigeria by Boko Haram, Mlambo-Ngcuka that “Boko Haram says that it’s culture and religion, we say it’s un-African and un-Islamic.”

The UN official made those remarks as she briefed reporters at UN Headquarters on the campaign kicking off a year-long, worldwide commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the landmark Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing.

She also called for “society and especially the media to take a stand on this issue, to articulate what is happening, to condemn all of these actions” and stressed that “it is going to be citizens walking the streets of their capitals, of their villages talking through to power and taking action” that will make a difference.

As part of UN Women’s campaign, planned events will focus on achievements and gaps in gender equality and women’s empowerment since 189 Governments adopted the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which is meant to pave the way for women’s full and equal participation in all spheres of life and decision-making.

Tonight, UN Women takes the campaign “Empowering Women – Empowering Humanity: Picture It!” to the legendary Apollo Theatre in New York City featuring words, action and music will include renowned speakers and performers, including Jan Eliasson, UN Deputy Secretary-General; Women of the World, international world music ensemble; Girl Be Heard, musical group; Jimmie Briggs, Founder of Man Up; Gloria Steinem, writer, lecturer, editor, and feminist activist; and Mlambo-Ngcuka herself.