Unifem Conference April 23, 2008 Options

[steph52]

New pictures up at Gettyimages. She looks so beautiful and pregnant!!
http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.a...n&src=quick

Editing by foxy to add a montage sample of some of the Getty pics



This post has been edited by friendlyfox: Apr 23 2008, 12:15 PM

Reason for edit: Add montage and date

[rain438]

She looks gorgeous, thanks!

[kubh22]

Thanks for the pictures! Her belly has really "popped" lately! She looks fantastic!

[Bluebell]

Thank you! She looks terrific & in some very intense!

[jujuelen]

Nicole Kidman champions UN drive to combat violence against women24 minutes ago



UNITED NATIONS (AFP) — Oscar-winning Hollywood superstar Nicole Kidman was at the UN headquarters on Tuesday to spearheaded a drive to raise awareness of violence against women.

"One in three women will encounter violence in some way, shape or form against them in their lifetime," said Kidman, the goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM).

Kidman, who is visibly pregnant -- seven months so, she said -- held a press conference to kick off the UN-sponsored "Say No to Violence against Women" campaign.

"So much of it is shrouded in silence. What we are trying to do is say this is something that needs to be addressed," said the 40-year-old Australian actress.

"A lot of it is taking away the stigma, creating awareness and not making it a silent pandemic," she added.

"I want to encourage people of all nations to unite behind our call to end violence against women," she said, urging people to sign on to the UNIFEM campaign at www.saynotoviolence.org.

Organizers said 210,000 people had already signed on to the online petition campaign and expressed hope that many more would follow suit.

Kidman also appealed for increased financing for the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, which gives grants for innovative efforts in developing countries to help combat the scourge.

UNIFEM provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programs and strategies to foster women's empowerment and gender equality.

AFP

[Bluebell]

From Reuters news agency. She said she is 7 months pregnant.

http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/2008/04/2...man-in-un-work/

[red@gold]

From Reuters news agency. She said she is 7 months pregnant.

http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/2008/04/2...man-in-un-work/

Thanks Bluebell, jujuelen and Steph for all the info!

[keico2431]

Thanks for the link to those precious pics, Steph and thanks jujuelen for the link to the article....
With each photo taken, she just gets more beautiful, healthy, and contented looking....AND MORE PREGNANT!
Awwww....

[katekidman]

She looks absolutely stunning!
That bump has certainly ballooned out!
Thanks for the link and the article.

[friendlyfox]

Thanks steph and jujuelen for the pics. Will come back and add some pics when I can as must away away but added a montage to your post steph to give an idea.

[lalalee]

Keith's "VERY pregnant wife" indeed. The belly has grown in the week and a half since the CMT's. She looks beautiful! The jewel tones are great for her skin color.

[NicUrbanFan2206]

Thanks for the pictures! Nic's baby bump keeps getting more adorable.

[kiha]

Thanks Steph for the article and Foxy for the montage

Here are some from Wire Image









Actress Nicole Kidman speaks at a UNIFEM press conference at the United Nations on April 22, 2008 to announce the kickoff of a new UNIFEM Campaign to address violence Against Woman on April 22, 2008 in New York City.
Nicole Kidman Discusses a New UNIFEM Campaign Against Violence Against Women

[mizz_blondie]

she looks AMAZING!

here's jj's link: http://justjared.buzznet.com/2008/04/23/ni...-violece-women/

[nathi]

thanks steph, jujuelen, kiha, mizzblondie, foxy, bluebell.

here's an article from UNIFEM's official site

UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman, Leading UN Officials Call for Millions to Raise Their Voices against Violence against Women
Widespread Participation in UNIFEM's Say NO Campaign Encouraged / Private Sector Urged to Contribute

For immediate release
Date: 22 April 2008

United Nations, New York — UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman today called for millions of people to raise their voices against violence against women. "I know that there are millions around the world who care deeply about the issue — and I urge all of them to come on board," said the Academy Award–winning actress at a press conference at the United Nations that also included UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro, UNIFEM acting Executive Director Joanne Sandler, and Tim Wirth, President of the United Nations Foundation.

Nicole Kidman encouraged widespread participation in the Say NO to Violence against Women campaign (www.sayNOtoviolence.org), a global Internet-based advocacy initiative by UNIFEM, the United Nations Development Fund for Women. Nicole Kidman is the campaign's spokesperson. "I have been UNIFEM's Goodwill Ambassador for more than two years now and I have seen how being born a woman puts you at risk of the most appalling and widespread human rights violation of our time," said Ms. Kidman. "The Say NO campaign provides people all over the world with an opportunity to add their names to an ever-growing movement of people demanding that ending violence against women be made a top priority for governments around the world," she added.

UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro welcomed UNIFEM's Internet initiative as an important contribution to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's multi-year campaign on violence against women. "We need more of this and other initiatives throughout the UN system in the next years as we join together around the UN Secretary-General's campaign," she said. "By raising awareness, [the Say NO campaign] helps to make visible the hidden pandemic of our time. Violence against women is hidden in homes and schools and other places where women and girls should feel safe, but do not because too often they are abused by a family member. It is hidden in the billions of dollars earned by criminal networks from human trafficking, the third most lucrative illicit business in the world after arms and drugs, with some 80 percent of those trafficked women and children," added the UN Deputy Secretary-General. It is estimated that worldwide, one in three women will be beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime.

Joanne Sandler, UNIFEM Executive Director a.i., stressed the progress made and underscored the need to translate that progress into fully funded concrete programmes and services. "At least 89 countries have specific laws on domestic violence and more than 100 countries have made rape a crime. Yet, the violent crimes committed against women far too often go unpunished and the perpetrators walk free," she said. Sandler emphasized the need to scale up funding for the UNIFEM-managed United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, which provides financial support globally to innovative efforts that work. "Through the Trust Fund we have learned that strategic investments can protect women and prevent gender-based violence. Public spaces are being made safer for women in Argentina and Peru and in Rwanda, police have received training and motorbikes so that they can respond quickly to incidents of domestic violence," she said.

The Trust Fund receives requests well in excess of US$100 million annually, and while contributions are increasing — reaching a record high of US$15 million for grants in 2008 — there is much more good work to be funded. UNIFEM's Say NO campaign seeks additional resources for the Trust Fund as it builds public support and political will on the issue.

Participation by the private sector, working in tandem with the United Nations, is essential to build a strong coalition united to end violence against women. Corporations, nongovernmental organizations and foundations are joining forces with UNIFEM and supporting the UN Trust Fund, at times through the Say NO campaign. Mr. Tim Wirth, President of the United Nations Foundation, presenting to UNIFEM a US$100,000 contribution to the Trust Fund, said: "The UN Foundation issued a challenge grant that donated $1 to each of the first 100,000 signatures. We are very pleased to cut our check to the UN Trust Fund." Mr. Wirth called on others to join the more than 200,000 people who have already signed on. "We all must play a part," he added.

UNIFEM's Say NO initiative continues until 25 November 2008, the internationally recognized day to eliminate violence against women, when UNIFEM will hand over the signatures to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in support of his global campaign.


http://www.unifem.org/news_events/story_de...php?StoryID=675

[nathi]

here's one video of the Press Conference (15 minutes) :

http://webcast.un.org/ramgen/ondemand/pres...?start=00:32:59

Maybe someone could capture it for us.

EDITED:

I've found the WHOLE Press Conference video!

here's the link (48 minutes!!) :

http://webcast.un.org/ramgen/ondemand/pres...8/pc080422pm.rm

Hope someone can capture it for us. .

This post has been edited by nathi: Apr 23 2008, 03:18 PM

[isad1201]

OMG..... She looks AMAZING!!!!!

I've read and heard so many times about how usually by month 7, suddenly the bump just grow :D

I don't know how y'all been a fan of Nic's, I have for a long time. And she's talked sooooo much about how much she loves being a mother, how she loves her kids with all her heart, how the ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage were devastating to her, how she longed to have a baby..... and to see her looking like this.... Honestly, I am teary-eyed just writing this....

Foxy ---- I feel like you and all of us are in this together :)

[nathi]

I've found the WHOLE Press Conference video!

here's the link (48 minutes!!) :

Press Conference: Joanne Sandler, Executive Director of UNIFEM, Tim Wirth, President of UN Foundation, and UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman, to update on UNIFEM's "Say No to Violence Against Women" Campaign.


http://webcast.un.org/ramgen/ondemand/pres...8/pc080422pm.rm

Hope someone can capture it for us.

This post has been edited by nathi: Apr 23 2008, 03:28 PM

[gracegrace]

Thanks for the articles and pics!

[cinemasaver]

Thanks everyone.
Such an important cause to sign up for, so proud Nicole is contributing to it.
She looks wonderful. And I feel teary-eyed, too-that she's doing so well.