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12 “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ВЕРЕСЕНЬ 2010 Ambassador - at - Large for Global Women ’s Issues and Ukraine’s Women's Fund In April 2009, President Barack Obama appointed Melanne Verveer as Ambassador - at - Large for Global Women’s Issues. The President’s decision to create a position of Ambassador - at - Large for Global Women’s Issues is unprecedented, and reflects the elevated imp ortance of these issues to the President and his entire Administration. In her capacity as director of the Department of State’s new office on Global Women’s Issues, Ambassador Verveer coordinates foreign policy issues and activities relating to the politi cal, economic and social advancement of women around the world. She mobilizes concrete support for women’s rights and political and economic empowerment through initiatives and programs designed to increase women’s and girls’ access to education and health care, to combat violence against women and girls in all its forms, and to ensure that women's rights are fully integrated with human rights in the development of U.S. foreign policy. Ambassador Verveer most recently served as Chair and Co - CEO of Vital Vo ices Global Partnership, an international nonprofit she co - founded. Vital Voices invests in emerging women leaders and works to expand women’s roles in generating economic opportunity, promoting political participation, and safeguarding human rights. Prior to her work with Vital Voices, Ambassador Verveer served as Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady in the Clinton Administration and was chief assistant to then - First Lady Hillary Clinton in all her wide - ranging international acti vities to advance women’s rights and further social development, democracy and peace - building initiatives. She also led the effort to establish the President’s Interagency Council on Women. Prior to her time in the White House, Ambassador Verveer served in a number of leadership roles in public policy organizations and as legislative staff. Ambassador Verveer has a B.A. and M.A. from Georgetown University. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Women’s Foreign Policy Group, and numerous other organizations. We are pleased to share with our readers the full text of a speech the ambassador delivered in Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 22, 2010. ____________________________________________ 10th Anniversary of Ukraine’s Women's Fund Melanne Verveer Ambassador - at - Large for Global Women’s Issues Kyiv, Ukraine – June 22, 2010 It is a wonderful pleasure for me to be back in Ukraine. This country has always had a special place in my heart. I bring greetings from Secretary Clinton, wh o will be traveling to Ukraine herself very soon. I would like to thank my friend, Natalia Karbowska, and the members of the Ukrainian Women’s Fund for inviting me to this anniversary conference, and I want to congratulate the Fund on its ten years of sup port for women - run NGOs who are advancing economic, political, and social progress across Ukraine. I want to acknowledge Mariella Tefft, wife of the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine and an expert in women’s health issues. I hope you will get to know her. It is fitting that we come together during the 15 th anniversary of the UN 4 th World Conference on women that took place in Beijing. The conference sparked a movement that made a call to action out of women’s right to participate fully in the political and econo mic life of their societies; to have access to education, healthcare, and credit; to be free from violence; and to enjoy legal rights. We are all part of that movement. 189 countries adopted a platform for action — including the U.S. and Ukraine. It is an am bitious blueprint for women’s equality against which we still measure our progress. To fully realize the dreams and potential of Beijing, it is up to us to write the next chapter. It was in Beijing that then - First Lady Hillary Clinton in her keynote addre ss said “It is time to break Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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