Partnership for Change Conference in Oslo Norway 18-21st March 2012
Mairead Maguire speaks at \" The Partnership For Change Conference\" on Dignity and Empowerment. Dear Friends, I am very happy to be with you and would like to thank you for your kind invitation to address this Partnership for Change Conference. Ending rape and sexual violence is a huge challenge to us all, but it can Be done when we join in Partnership and co-operation, and use a multi-faceted approach to transforming a culture of rape and sexual violence into a culture of nonkilling, nonviolence and respect for life and human dignity. In the Nobel Peace Laureates Charter for a world without violence, Chapter 13 states: ‘We have a right not to be killed and a responsibility not to kill each other’. We could add alongside this, ‘women and girls,…