Spring is in the air! In the United States, March is Women’s History Month. In the rest of the world, March 8th honors International Women's Day, a day that commemorates the struggles of women to realize their full human rights. At the United Nations, March brings women from around the globe to New York to attend the UN Commission on the status of Women. This year’s celebration also marks the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). This groundbreaking document was championed by an extraordinary woman, Eleanor Roosevelt, and has become the defining frame for all of us who seek to ensure that all human beings can aspire to lives of dignity and justice.

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