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ecumenical women at the un
Morning breaks early for Ecumenical Women participating in the 66th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.
The 66th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women is centering the role of women and girls in combatting climate change. But the event opens, the world and women and girls in particular are facing numerous issues that intersect with the climate crisis, including the COVID-19 pandemic and a war in Europe that threatens to become a global conflict.
In the shadow of a mass shooting in the United States that targeted women of Asian descent and the reality of the violence that women around the world face every day, Ecumenical Women at the United Nations turned its attention to violence against women in a parallel event to the 65th Annual UN Commission on the Status of Women last Thursday.
Members of a joint delegation comprised of individuals from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and Presbyterian Women participated in orientation events this weekend for the 65th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), which will be held virtually for two weeks starting Monday.
