USA: Pop singer Fergie announces plans to launch an initiate to aid victims of gender-based violence

Record ID: 574372

  • Title: USA: Pop singer Fergie announces plans to launch an initiate to aid victims of gender-based violence
  • Date: 20th March 2014
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (MARCH 20, 2014) (STATE TV) FERGIE WALKING TO PODIUM DURING A STATE DEPART EVENT (SOUNDBITE) (English) FERGIE- POP SINGER "The new justice institute on gender-based violence is designed to ensure that laws achieve their purpose and their promise. It will go even further to protect women who are victims of violence and ensure that they receive justice. The justice institute on gender-based violence will create an international training program to help countries create a more holistic response to violence against women. Institutes will be launched in four countries this year. India, Nepal, South Africa and Mexico. these institutes will bring together judges law enforcement prosecutors NGO service providers and advocacy groups for intensive training in their countries. They will learn how to work together more effectively to insure that country's laws to protect women are being implemented and that justice is being served." FERGIE LEAVING PODIUM
  • Embargoed: 4th April 2014 13:00
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  • Location: Usa
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVAF4NH34FDUN4H2Y32Q8AOBA9W1
  • Story Text: Fergie, the singer of pop-rap group the Black Eyed Peas, announced on Thursday (March 20) a program dedicated to helping survivors of extreme forms of gender-based violence around the world.
    The State Department hosted experts from around the world to discuss the initiative, including activists from India, Mexico, Nepal, and South Africa, which will be first countries to take part in the new program.
    The new program addresses the security needs of survivors of gender-based violence, as well as individuals who are under threat of imminent attack due to their gender or gender identity.
    Key provisions of the program include short-term emergency grants to cover medical and psychosocial care, emergency shelter and legal assistance.
    Fergie, 38, rose to prominence when her addition to the Black Eyed Peas lineup coincided with a string of breakout hits for the group from their 2003 album "Elephunk."
    Her 2006 solo album "The Dutchess" scored three Number One hits in the United States.
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