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STORY: UN / GAZA LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES WOMEN
TRT: 3:42
SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGAUGE: ARABIC / ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 11 MARCH 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
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11 MARCH 2025, NEW YORK CITY
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Kirsi Madi, Deputy Executive Director, UN Women:
“It is now our turn to advocate for vital role women play in rebuilding Gaza. They need to be at the heart of all efforts to drive economic recovery and reconstruction. Their voices and perspectives are not just important, but crucial in shaping the future of Gaza and Palestine.”
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Kirsi Madi, Deputy Executive Director, UN Women:
“Since 2016 UN Women and the League of Arab States have cultivated a strategic partnership rooted in our shared commitment to advancing women's empowerment across the Arab region. This collaboration has been the cornerstone in implementing the women peace and security agenda, driving women's inclusion in peacebuilding and recovery efforts. We look forward to continuing this important partnership with the League of Arab States to accelerate the implementation of the regional action plan and to monitor its impact on enhancing women's participation in peace and security across the region.”
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Kirsi Madi, Deputy Executive Director, UN Women:
“UN Women deeply values the League's advocacy and convening roles with Member States to regularly review, implement and capitalize on the work of the Arab women mediators network, further supporting national level mediation efforts, including in local peacebuilding efforts in countries most affected by conflict. This year we will commemorate the 25th anniversary of the landmark UN Security Council resolution 1325, on women peace and security. For our commemoration to have real value, we must act to ensure women are at the table in peace talks. They secure their access to humanitarian aid and invest in their leadership in meaningful participation in building sustainable peace. I call on the Member States, donors, civil society, to join UN Women and the League of Arab States in this mission.”
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9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Haifa Abu Ghazaleh, Assistant Secretary General, Head of Social Affairs Sector, League of Arab States
“I call upon all to support the resilience and the continued ceasefire in Gaza and to stop the forced migration and to allow humanitarian assistance into the Gaza Strip. I call upon you to support the Palestinian women in their fight and the rest of the Palestinian people to determine their future like everybody else on the face of the earth. Let us all support Palestinian women with all that we can under the programs of international organizations and within the plan of recovery and reconstruction.”
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11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mona Mohammed Mahmoud Al-Khalili, Minister of Women's Affairs, State of Palestine:
“We in partnership with everybody, we provide the support needed for women in Palestine. Our plans are reflected in our national strategy to reduce violence against women, and to empower women at all levels, social, economic, legal, technological, political, and to hold the occupation accountable in all international forum.”
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UN Women Deputy Executive Director Kirsi Madi advocated for the vital role women play in rebuilding Gaza, reiterating that “they need to be at the heart of all efforts to drive economic recovery and reconstruction.”
On the Margins of the 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, the Deputy Executive Director today (11 Mar) spoke at a side event Women in Gaza Rising for Freedom and Dignity.
Since 2016 UN Women and the League of Arab States have cultivated a strategic partnership rooted in their shared commitment to advancing women's empowerment across the Arab region, Madi said.
She reiterated, “This collaboration has been the cornerstone in implementing the women peace and security agenda, driving women's inclusion in peacebuilding and recovery efforts.”
The UN Women deputy chief said that her organization looks forward to continuing this important partnership with the League of Arab States to “accelerate the implementation of the regional action plan and to monitor its impact on enhancing women's participation in peace and security across the region.”
Madi said, “UN Women deeply values the League's advocacy and convening roles with Member States to regularly review, implement and capitalize on the work of the Arab women mediators network, further supporting national level mediation efforts, including in local peacebuilding efforts in countries most affected by conflict.”
This year commemorates the 25th anniversary of the landmark UN Security Council resolution 1325, on women peace and security, “for our commemoration to have real value, we must act to ensure women are at the table in peace talks. They secure their access to humanitarian aid and invest in their leadership in meaningful participation in building sustainable peace,” the Deputy Executive Director added.
She called on the Member States, donors, civil society, to join UN Women and the League of Arab States in this mission.
Assistant Secretary General of the League of Arab States Haifa Abu Ghazaleh also spoke at the event.
She called upon all to “support the resilience and the continued ceasefire in Gaza and to stop the forced migration and to allow humanitarian assistance into the Gaza Strip.”
Ghazaleh also called to “support the Palestinian women in their fight and the rest of the Palestinian people to determine their future like everybody else on the face of the earth.”
“Let us all support Palestinian women with all that we can under the programs of international organizations and within the plan of recovery and reconstruction,” she concluded.
Palestinian Minister of Women's Affairs Mona Mohammed Mahmoud Al-Khalili, said, “we provide the support needed for women in Palestine. Our plans are reflected in our national strategy to reduce violence against women, and to empower women at all levels, social, economic, legal, technological, political, and to hold the occupation accountable in all international forum.”
