Dear John,
Today is World Human Rights Day, a day to celebrate the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations almost 75 years ago. You can help make that remarkable declaration be more than just words on a page.
By making a gift today, you can help bring training and resources to Carter Center human rights defenders like Godfrey Ochieng Okumu in Senegal (featured below). Results were immediate as Godfrey worked with local communities. |
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It was like a revolution. Community members started coming out and promoting their own rights, started talking about their responsibilities.
After people understood human rights, we started seeing changes in deeply rooted cultural practices, including female genital cutting and child marriage. They started having dialogues around gender-based violence against women and girls. Women started taking political positions, because they now understood they have the right to vote and the right to be elected. Things started changing. |
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Your gift today will enable us to:
- Support a global network of Carter Center Human Rights Defenders who rely on us for training and sometimes for publicity that can buffer them from violent retaliation.
- Strengthen government protections for human rights in more than 25 countries.
- Continue groundbreaking efforts on behalf of women and girls, whose human rights too often are violated as part of cultural “tradition” or misunderstood religious interpretations.
- Build democracy throughout the world with election monitoring, peace negotiations, and improved access to information and justice.
Human rights, along with the sense of justice and feeling of self-worth they bring to people, are the “seeds of peace” the world needs so badly. That’s why The Center Carter fights hard to advance these rights and why I’m so grateful for your generous support of this vital work.
Thank you for donating in honor of Human Rights Day today.
Sincerely,
Jimmy Carter
Co-Founder and Trustee
The Carter Center
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