NEW YORK / “MARCH ON MARCH 8”

Mrs. Ban Soon-taek, the patron of UN Women for Peace and wife of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, together with actress and activist Susan Sarandon, model Christy Turlinton, and actress Kelly Rutherford, among others, participated in the “March on March 8”  in support of UN Women. UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:15
• Production Date: 8 March 2013
• Asset Language: Original
• Subject Topical: WOMEN'S RIGHTS; GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
• MAMS Id: U130308d

Description

STORY: NEW YORK / “MARCH ON MARCH 8”
TRT: 2.15
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 8 MARCH 2013, NEW YORK CITY

Shotlist

1. Various shots, members of UN Women for Peace
2. Wide shot, rally arrives at the stage set up at the Dag Hammarskjold Plaza on 47th Street
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Mrs. Ban Soon-taek, Patron of UN Women for Peace:
“Every women and girl has the right to live free from violence and threats. It may seem impossible to end all attacks on women and girls but when I look at you I know it is possible. This is a movement whose time has come.”
4. Cutaway, stage
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Susan Sarandon, actress activist:
“Lets make a commitment today that we all work together, we make a commitment that we all work together, that we all fight for the rights of girls and we all work to send each and every girl to school. Thank you. And thank you all and lets work to get her message out and to tell her how much we support her friends and her sisters and her brothers, lets be as brave as she is.”
6. Cutaway, model Christy Turlinton, and Mrs. Ban Soon-taek
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Christy Turlinton, model, activist:
“5o percent of HIV positive women in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia were abused when they told others about their health status. This is not acceptable. Today I support UN Women for Peace and I am speaking out against violence against women.”
8. Cutaway, stage
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Kelly Rutherford, actress, activist:
“Violence against women is acceptable as a normal in many countries. Women and girls with disabilities are more likely to be abused. In the DRC approximately eleven hundred rapes are reported each month with an average of 36 women and girls raped every day. This is unacceptable. Today I support UN Women for Peace and I’m speaking out against violence against women. Thanks you so much for being here.”
10. Wide shot, Mrs. Ban Soon-taek and Christy Turlinton greeting each other, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in the background

Storyline

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Mrs. Ban Soon-taek, the patron of UN Women for Peace and spouse of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, together with actress and activist Susan Sarandon, model Christy Turlinton, and actress Kelly Rutherford, among others, participated in the “March on March 8” in support of UN Women.

The aim of the rally was to generate greater awareness for prevention of violence against women.

The rally departed from UN Headquarters in New York and arrived at the Dag Hammarskjold Plaza on 47th Street, where participants had a chance to express their views about violence against women.

Mrs. Ban who opened the event said that “it may seem impossible to end all attacks on women and girls but when I look at you I know it is possible. This is a movement whose time has come.”

Reading a special message from Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani girl activist who was shot for being vocal about girls’ right to education, Susan Sarandon called for “a commitment today that we all work together, we make a commitment that we all work together, that we all fight for the rights of girls and we all work to send each and every girl to school”.

Stating that 50 percent of HIV positive women in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia “were abused when they told others about there health status,” Christy Turlinton expressed her support for UN Women for Peace, while speaking out against violence against women.

And Kelly Rutherford said that violence against women was acceptable as a normal in many countries, and that women and girls with disabilities were more likely to be abused. She added that in the Democratic republic of Congo (DRC) “approximately eleven hundred rapes are reported each month with an average of 36 women and girls raped every day.”

UN Women for Peace is focused on supporting and funding UN humanitarian programmes for women in developing countries, and countries in conflict. Since its inception, UN Women for Peace has sponsored scholarships to benefit underprivileged women to study at the University for Peace.

In 2012, UN Women for Peace proudly supported the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women. The Trust Fund, established by the UN General Assembly in 1996, assists efforts to prevent violence against women and girl; provides services to those affected by violence; and strengthens the implementation of laws and policies on violence against women and girls.