Rigoberta Menchú Tum helped launch the regional Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women Campaign for Latin America today.  The campaign is an initiative of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) in support of the UN Secretary General’s Campaign to end violence against women.  Together with her sister Nobel Peace Laureates, Menchú Tum released a statement calling on governments in the region to support women in their daily struggle to end violence.

“It is essential that we support women’s leadership at all levels,” stated Menchú Tum.  She called on regional powers to redouble their efforts to fully comply with their international commitments to women’s rights.

The campaign was launched on the International Day to End Violence Against Women.

“These important events… provide public recognition of the enormous courage and integrity with which Mayan women have resisted, moved forward, and defended their rights and those of their peoples.  Theirs is the kind of quiet power that creates and sustains peace with justice.” — Rigoberta Menchú Tum

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Read the statement in English or in Spanish.

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