UNESCO, Please Revoke Peng Liyuan's Title as Special Envoy for Girls and Women’s Education
UNESCO, Please Revoke Peng Liyuan's Title as Special Envoy for Girls and Women’s Education
The Issue
中文信见下方
Dear Ms. Azoulay,
On March 27, 2014, Ms. Peng Liyuan, wife of General Secretary Xi Jinping, was awarded the "Special Envoy for the Promotion of Girls and Women's Education" by UNESCO.
Since the plight of a chained mother of eight came to light from Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, on December 5, 2021, it has outraged the whole world. The Chinese government has so far issued five announcements on this case. However, Ms. Peng Liyuan, UNESCO Special Envoy for the Promotion of Girls and Women's Education, has not said anything on the plight of this woman, who has been reportedly trafficked and abused and suffered for more than 20 years. (Read more: https://thediplomat.com/2022/02/xuzhous-chained-woman-highlights-chinas-human-trafficking-problem/
In fact, tens of thousands of women and children are believed to be trafficked and abused in China every year. Yet we have never heard Ms. Peng express any concern about such serious and vicious human rights violations against women and girls. She has failed to urge the Chinese government to comply with and implement the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, as well as China's various laws on the protection of the rights of women and children. She has made no effort in these areas. (Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/09/china-chained-xuzhou-mother-human-trafficking/
We think that Ms. Peng Liyuan is no longer suitable to be the UNESCO special envoy for girls and women. If Ms. Peng is still appointed as the special envoy, it will seriously undermine the reputation of UNESCO, and Peng's special envoy status will become a laughingstock of the world.
In view of this, as a group of people who deeply care about the rights and wellbeing of women and girls, we have launched a global open joint petition to ask UNESCO to strip Ms. Peng of the title of "special envoy for the promotion of girls and women's education" and issue an announcement to inform the world.
Yours sincerely,
Reggie Littlejohn, President of Women's Rights Without Frontiers, US
Jing Zhang, Founder of Women's Rights in China, US
John Churchill, Founder of Democracy China Media, US
Copy to:
Ms. Sima Sami Bahous, Executive Director, UN Women
Ms. Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Ms. Reem Alsalem, Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
UN Women in China
UNICEF China
Please note:
1. On March 5, 2022, when the Fifth Session of the Thirteenth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China is held in Beijing, the list of all signatories received by then, including signatures submitted via channels other than this page on change.org, will be sent to UNESCO, the United Nations Human Rights Council, UN-Women, UNICEF, the National People's Congress of China, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the All-China Women's Federation and some international human rights organizations.
2. Further lists of signatories will also be submitted periodically.
3. For an updated list of signatories, which incudes signatures that have been submitted via all channels, see this papge: https://11818.org/peng.txt. For more details, please contact dasuitielian@gmail.com.
公开联署：强烈要求联合国教科文组织取消彭丽媛促进女童和妇女教育特使称号！
联合国教科文组织总干事奥德蕾·阿祖莱阁下:
2014年3月27日，中国国家主席习近平的夫人彭丽媛女士被联合国教科文组织授予“促进女童和妇女教育特使”。
从2021年12月5日徐州铁链女事件爆发以来，虽然整个世界都已为之震惊悲愤，中国官方也已经就此事件发布了五个公告，但是迄今为止，彭丽媛女士作为联合国教科文组织授予的“促进女童和妇女教育特使”，对这位自幼被凌辱、苦难中度过二十余载的八孩母亲竟然未置一词。
中国每年被贩卖、虐待的妇女、儿童多达上万，却从未见过彭丽媛女士对如此严重的侵犯妇女和女童权益的恶性人权事件表达过任何关切。彭女士未能敦促中国政府遵守和落实“消除对妇女一切形式歧视公约”和“儿童权利公约”，和中国关于保护妇女儿童的相关法律，在这些方面完全未见她做任何努力。
由此可见，彭女士已完全不适合担当联合国教科文组织授予的促进女童和妇女教育特使了。如果再让彭女士担任女童和妇女特使，将会严重辱没联合国教科文组织的名声，也会让彭丽媛的女童和妇女特使沦为世人的笑柄。
有鉴于此，我们一群关心妇女和女童权益的人士发起全球公开联署，促请联合国教科文组织免去彭丽媛女士“促进女童和妇女教育特使”称号并发布公告，昭告天下，以儆效尤。
共同发起人：
瑞 洁（Reggie Littlejohn），女权无疆界主席
张 菁，中国妇权创办人
邱家军，民主中华传媒创办人
说明：
1. 在2022年3月5日中华人民共和国第十三届全国人民代表大会第五次会议在北京召开之际，本公开联署发起组织将把到时为止收到的第一批联署人名单（包括本change.org网页及其他渠道收到的）一并发送联合国教科文组织、联合国人权理事会、联合国妇女署、联合国儿童基金会、中国全国人大、全国政协、全国妇联和一些国际人权组织。
2. 本联署活动会持续进行，更新联署名单会定期递交给联合国教科文组织及相关机构。
3. 欢迎在各种游行示威场合使用本公开信，收集更多签名递交给联合国教科文组织。若希望由本联署发起人递交您收集的联署名单，请联系邮箱：dasuitielian@gmail.com。更新的联署名单（包括各种渠道收集的签名）见 https://11818.org/peng.txt。
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The Issue
中文信见下方
Dear Ms. Azoulay,
On March 27, 2014, Ms. Peng Liyuan, wife of General Secretary Xi Jinping, was awarded the "Special Envoy for the Promotion of Girls and Women's Education" by UNESCO.
Since the plight of a chained mother of eight came to light from Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, on December 5, 2021, it has outraged the whole world. The Chinese government has so far issued five announcements on this case. However, Ms. Peng Liyuan, UNESCO Special Envoy for the Promotion of Girls and Women's Education, has not said anything on the plight of this woman, who has been reportedly trafficked and abused and suffered for more than 20 years. (Read more: https://thediplomat.com/2022/02/xuzhous-chained-woman-highlights-chinas-human-trafficking-problem/
In fact, tens of thousands of women and children are believed to be trafficked and abused in China every year. Yet we have never heard Ms. Peng express any concern about such serious and vicious human rights violations against women and girls. She has failed to urge the Chinese government to comply with and implement the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, as well as China's various laws on the protection of the rights of women and children. She has made no effort in these areas. (Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/09/china-chained-xuzhou-mother-human-trafficking/
We think that Ms. Peng Liyuan is no longer suitable to be the UNESCO special envoy for girls and women. If Ms. Peng is still appointed as the special envoy, it will seriously undermine the reputation of UNESCO, and Peng's special envoy status will become a laughingstock of the world.
In view of this, as a group of people who deeply care about the rights and wellbeing of women and girls, we have launched a global open joint petition to ask UNESCO to strip Ms. Peng of the title of "special envoy for the promotion of girls and women's education" and issue an announcement to inform the world.
Yours sincerely,
Reggie Littlejohn, President of Women's Rights Without Frontiers, US
Jing Zhang, Founder of Women's Rights in China, US
John Churchill, Founder of Democracy China Media, US
Copy to:
Ms. Sima Sami Bahous, Executive Director, UN Women
Ms. Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Ms. Reem Alsalem, Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
UN Women in China
UNICEF China
Please note:
1. On March 5, 2022, when the Fifth Session of the Thirteenth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China is held in Beijing, the list of all signatories received by then, including signatures submitted via channels other than this page on change.org, will be sent to UNESCO, the United Nations Human Rights Council, UN-Women, UNICEF, the National People's Congress of China, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the All-China Women's Federation and some international human rights organizations.
2. Further lists of signatories will also be submitted periodically.
3. For an updated list of signatories, which incudes signatures that have been submitted via all channels, see this papge: https://11818.org/peng.txt. For more details, please contact dasuitielian@gmail.com.
公开联署：强烈要求联合国教科文组织取消彭丽媛促进女童和妇女教育特使称号！
联合国教科文组织总干事奥德蕾·阿祖莱阁下:
2014年3月27日，中国国家主席习近平的夫人彭丽媛女士被联合国教科文组织授予“促进女童和妇女教育特使”。
从2021年12月5日徐州铁链女事件爆发以来，虽然整个世界都已为之震惊悲愤，中国官方也已经就此事件发布了五个公告，但是迄今为止，彭丽媛女士作为联合国教科文组织授予的“促进女童和妇女教育特使”，对这位自幼被凌辱、苦难中度过二十余载的八孩母亲竟然未置一词。
中国每年被贩卖、虐待的妇女、儿童多达上万，却从未见过彭丽媛女士对如此严重的侵犯妇女和女童权益的恶性人权事件表达过任何关切。彭女士未能敦促中国政府遵守和落实“消除对妇女一切形式歧视公约”和“儿童权利公约”，和中国关于保护妇女儿童的相关法律，在这些方面完全未见她做任何努力。
由此可见，彭女士已完全不适合担当联合国教科文组织授予的促进女童和妇女教育特使了。如果再让彭女士担任女童和妇女特使，将会严重辱没联合国教科文组织的名声，也会让彭丽媛的女童和妇女特使沦为世人的笑柄。
有鉴于此，我们一群关心妇女和女童权益的人士发起全球公开联署，促请联合国教科文组织免去彭丽媛女士“促进女童和妇女教育特使”称号并发布公告，昭告天下，以儆效尤。
共同发起人：
瑞 洁（Reggie Littlejohn），女权无疆界主席
张 菁，中国妇权创办人
邱家军，民主中华传媒创办人
说明：
1. 在2022年3月5日中华人民共和国第十三届全国人民代表大会第五次会议在北京召开之际，本公开联署发起组织将把到时为止收到的第一批联署人名单（包括本change.org网页及其他渠道收到的）一并发送联合国教科文组织、联合国人权理事会、联合国妇女署、联合国儿童基金会、中国全国人大、全国政协、全国妇联和一些国际人权组织。
2. 本联署活动会持续进行，更新联署名单会定期递交给联合国教科文组织及相关机构。
3. 欢迎在各种游行示威场合使用本公开信，收集更多签名递交给联合国教科文组织。若希望由本联署发起人递交您收集的联署名单，请联系邮箱：dasuitielian@gmail.com。更新的联署名单（包括各种渠道收集的签名）见 https://11818.org/peng.txt。
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