Thoughts on Dignity

Women all over the world awaken to their responsibility. Many women are active in the Non Governmental Organisations and politics. However, are you aware of the fact that violence towards women up to today constitutes by far the most frequent violation of human rights? Faced with the continuous degradation of women in many areas, such as forced prostitution, pornography, sexualised advertisement, Female Genital Mutilation, widow burning, honour killing, rape as part of war strategy despite all laws and governmental controls, one requirement has to be met first: that of discovering, nourishing and valuing dignity within ourselves. In this brochure we present thoughts on the meaning of dignity, dignity as inherent nature of men and women, on how to strengthen our awareness of dignity and how to live dignity in our daily life.

Ingrid Lindemann , born 1952 , mother of 5 children, has worked in South America as social worker for many years. Back in Germany she has been involved in work for peace. In particular, she has been interested in the role of women in peacebuilding. She has written many essays, given seminars and travelled to many countries in Europe to present the project "Dignity of Woman" . In 2010 she gave a lecture on the "Dignity of Women" at a parallel event of the 54th CSW ( Commission on the Status of Women) at the UN in New York with an incredibly positive response. Since then the project w has been supported by various NGOs worldwide. Ingrid Lindemann has continued to organise seminars and lectures, often via online video communications.