Sharon bhagwan rolls biography of albert

In my own words.

It&#;s Pink October and once again I&#;ve had several invitations to share my story and experience of living with breast cancer since I was diagnosed in November

But it&#;s not my own story. It&#;s about me, my children and our close knit immediate family. It became a journey with friends and family near and far and one about my work colleagues, the sisterhood of the women&#;s movement.

I have a confession to make.

I knew the lump was there for several years but personal circumstances both to do with economics and fear resulted in me ignoring the mobile lump until October when I was feeling rundown that I decided to take that step to get medical attention.

Recently following my mother&#;s own diagnosis in I often wonder what made her defer the decision to deal with the lump she had detected herself.

Fear and economics often make us, the most knowledgeable and empowered make the strangest decisions about ourselves.

My children gave me a reason not just to attend to the diagnosis but also to kick-start the post mastectomy period of my life in a fearless manner.

They had lost their dad a few years earlier and I certainly didn&#;t want to be a cause of undue loss. We have so much to catch up on and plan together and celebrate in their future.

And so we have shared the ups and downs, the tears and laughter and they are my reference point — Sian has a head for the medical aspects and Albert, well he did use his superhero knowledge that undergoing radiation treatment would not result in the acquisition of super powers ala Spiderman.

We experience loss in many ways.

The loss of my left breast in November resulted in some momentary tears when I first got home (although maybe it was post surgery blues) but anyway that good cry dealt with a lot of pent up emotions just like the good cry almost a month earlier with mum and James when I found out I had to undergo a biopsy.

I woke up following the mastectomy to the rea

This year marks the 20 anniversary of the UN Security Council Resolution on Women, Peace and Security that for the first time recognized the importance of women&#;s equal and full participation as active agents in establishing and maintaining peace and security worldwide. As research additionally emphasizes, peacebuilding and reconciliation processes are more successful and are more likely to last when women are meaningfully engaged. Despite the international commitments and available evidence, women have generally not been involved in peace talks or peacebuilding strategies globally. In the current circumstances of the COVID pandemic, women face more challenges to their participation in peacebuilding.

In , on the margins of the 74 UN General Assembly, the Community of Democracies (CoD) launched a publication on “Engaging Women in Sustaining Peace: A Guide to Best Practices”. The publication took a global perspective, examining women’s roles in sustaining peace in Asia, Eurasia, Latin America, and Africa and identified good practices of women’s engagement in peacebuilding.

Continuing the conversation on the importance of women’s involvement in peace efforts, the Permanent Secretariat of the Community of Democracies (PSCD) conducted interviews with women leaders in the area of peacebuilding and peacekeeping to present their stories to the public and highlight the many achievements of women in building and sustaining peace, as well as challenges they face to their participation in these settings.

With this initiative, the PSCD aims to raise awareness about the contribution that women make across the world to preventing and resolving conflicts, and peacebuilding; inspiring future generations to actively engage women in sustaining peace.

In a world challenged by natural hazards that are increasing in frequency and intensity, the seventh session of the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction (GP) could not be taking place at a more important moment. Seven years after the adoption of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and a year prior to the culmination of its Mid-Term Review (MTR), the world’s underlying vulnerabilities and inequities were violently exposed by the COVID pandemic.

Preventing disasters, reducing, and managing risk, and responding to extreme phenomena are essential if we are to achieve a sustainable future for all. GP repeatedly highlighted the need for a whole-of-society approach to disaster risk reduction (DRR), ensuring no one is left behind. Constructing an inclusive environment, the Global Platform showcased the importance of international solidarity and cooperation and discussed ways to tackle underlying risk drivers both locally and globally.

GP was held under the theme “From Risk to Resilience: Towards Sustainable Development for All in a COVID Transformed World” and was organized across three main sub-themes on: disaster risk governance; COVID recovery; and DRR financing. The meeting further: addressed the Sendai Framework stocktaking for the ongoing MTR; deliberated on actions to reduce disaster risk for the most vulnerable, including Indigenous Peoples, women, youth, and persons with disabilities, and to ensure their full and effective participation in decision making; and highlighted potential synergies with the sustainable development and climate action agendas and policies.

The outcome of GP was summarized in the Co-Chairs’ “Bali Agenda for Resilience.” Its main take-home messages include that:

• a “Think Resilience” approach must be applied to all investments and decision making, integrating DRR to ensure a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach;
• DRR must be integrated at the core of development and finance polic