Women’s Global Leadership Program (Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO)

Edit Public Technologies 26 May 2016
(Source. Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO). By Tracy Leone ... The following article examines the Economic Status of Women ... And the UN is in session, at least for some of the days of the two-week period dedicated to the Commission on the Status of Women ... In conjunction with the UNCSW, the AFLCIO, working with the Solidarity Center and Rutgers University Center for Women's Global Leadership, released a new report, 'Transforming Women's Work....

RIP: Joan P. Grimm Fraser, pioneering Episcopal priest (Episcopal Church in the United States of America)

Edit Public Technologies 25 May 2016
(Source. Episcopal Church in the United States of America). The Rev. Joan P. Grimm Fraser ... Joan P ... About the UNCSW she had said, 'It is an opportunity to give a voice to women here and abroad who don't have a voice' about health, poverty and justice. The Rt. Rev ... The Rev ... Memorial gifts may be sent to the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society for the benefit of the Joan Grimm Fraser UNCSW Legacy Fund, 815 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10017....

NZ Anglicans commit to equal gender representation (The Anglican Communion)

Edit Public Technologies 13 May 2016
(Source. The Anglican Communion). [Anglican Taonga] The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia has decided to press for equal gender representation in its highest decision-making bodies. Just back from the UN Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) in New York, Archdeacon Mere Wallace (Te Waipounamu) moved a General Synod motion that sets the Province on track to meet the UNCSW goal of 50.50 gender representation....

Aotearoa, NZ and Polynesia pledges equal gender representation (Episcopal Church in the United States of America)

Edit Public Technologies 10 May 2016
(Source. Episcopal Church in the United States of America). Just back from the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) in New York, Archdeacon Mere Wallace (Te Waipounamu) moved a General Synod motion that sets the church on track to meet the UNCSW goal of 50.50 gender representation ... Even today, women leaders are called to answer questions for no other reason than that they are women ... Seconding the motion, the Rev....

Canada elected to United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (Embassy of Canada in France)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Apr 2016
Canada has been elected to be part of the governing body that sets priorities for the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) ... The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Status of Women, announced at the sixtieth UNCSW that Canada would seek a seat as a key part of its commitment to advance gender equality, both at home and abroad ... Quick Facts Canada will serve as a member of the Commission of the UNCSW from 2017 to 2021....

Canada elected to United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (Government of Canada)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Apr 2016
Canada has been elected to be part of the governing body that sets priorities for the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) ... The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Status of Women, announced at the sixtieth UNCSW that Canada would seek a seat as a key part of its commitment to advance gender equality, both at home and abroad ... Quick Facts Canada will serve as a member of the Commission of the UNCSW from 2017 to 2021....

Canada elected to United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (SWC - Status of Women Canada)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Apr 2016
Canada has been elected to be part of the governing body that sets priorities for the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) ... The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Status of Women, announced at the sixtieth UNCSW that Canada would seek a seat as a key part of its commitment to advance gender equality, both at home and abroad ... Quick Facts Canada will serve as a member of the Commission of the UNCSW from 2017 to 2021....

Canada elected to United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development of Canada)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Apr 2016
Canada has been elected to be part of the governing body that sets priorities for the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) ... The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Status of Women, announced at the sixtieth UNCSW that Canada would seek a seat as a key part of its commitment to advance gender equality, both at home and abroad ... Quick Facts Canada will serve as a member of the Commission of the UNCSW from 2017 to 2021....

Training prepares UNCSW delegates to carry the message home (Episcopal Church in the United States of America)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Mar 2016
As part of the exercise designed to take the issues discussed at the UNCSW down to national and local level, delegates were encouraged to choose an issue that particularly resonated with them, why it's important and, in this case, what they would like to see policymakers do about it ... 'What happens at the UNCSW is only as good as what happens at home.'....

"Cultures and societies are lifted up by empowering women" - Presiding Bishop Michael Curry (The Anglican Communion)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Mar 2016
The UNCSW serves to promote women's rights in political, economic, civil, social and educational fields, and to make recommendations on urgent problems regarding women's rights. The theme for the 60th annual UNCSW is 'Women's empowerment and its link to sustainable development.' ... in New York for the 60th session of the UNCSW from 14 to 24 March....

Statement from the Anglican Communion delegation at UN-CSW60 (The Anglican Communion)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Mar 2016
(Source. The Anglican Communion). Statement from the Anglican Communion delegation at the 60th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, 2016 (UNCSW60). 22 March 2016 ... We have held each other in a deep embrace and found that our convictions lead us to reaffirm the 'Walking Together' Statement made by our sisters in the Anglican Communion delegation at UNCSW 51 in 2007 ... The 'Walking Together' Statement ... Amen ... (noodl....

Anglican women reaffirm ‘unequivocal commitment’ to stay in communion with each other (Episcopal Church in the United States of America)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Mar 2016
(Source. Episcopal Church in the United States of America). [Anglican Communion News Service]Statement from the Anglican Communion delegation at the 60th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, 2016. ... We have held each other in a deep embrace and found that our convictions lead us to reaffirm the 'Walking Together ' Statement made by our sisters in the Anglican Communion delegation at UNCSW 51 in 2007 ... Amen....

UN session discusses ending child marriage

Edit Graphic 21 Mar 2016
... as well as gender ministers from some parts of Africa including Ghana held a Breakfast Meeting with the aforementioned individuals and organisations on the topic, "Ending Child Marriage in Ghana and West Africa, at the Ghana Permanent Mission in New York on Thursday, as part of the country's programme at the ongoing nine-day 60 UNCSW....
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