联合国教科文组织总干事奥德蕾·阿祖莱女士（Ms. Audrey Azoulay）:
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
2022年3月5日
抄送：
联合国妇女署执行主任西玛·萨米·巴胡斯女士（Ms. Sima Sami Bahous）
联合国人权事务高级专员米歇尔•巴切莱特女士（Ms. Michelle Bachelet）
联合国暴力侵害妇女行为问题及其原因和后果问题特别报告员雷姆·萨利姆女士（Ms. Reem Alsalem）
联合国妇女署驻华办事处
联合国儿童基金会驻华办事处
Joint Letter Urging UNESCO to Revoke Peng Liyuan’s Title as Special Envoy for Girls and Women’s Education
5 March 2022
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