commission on the status of women Archives

March 14, 2012

Christ the Living Water

Posted 10:04pm

During the 56th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, participants made connections women from around the world. Participants also made connections with the Presbytery of New York City. On Sunday, several participants preached in congregations of the presbytery. Emily Denon, student at Vanderbilt Divinity School, preached at Glen Morris Presbyterian Church. Her… Read more »

March 9, 2012

1,000 Days: Improving Nutrition for Rural Women

Posted 9:00pm

By Nancy Neal On Friday, March 1, at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in New York, Bread for the World and the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) co-sponsored a parallel event called 1,000 Days: Improving Nutrition for Rural Women. Other co-sponsors included the Women’s Missionary Society of the AME Church, Franciscans International, the… Read more »

March 8, 2012

Voices, promises, covenant

Posted 7:22am

During the Commission on the Status of Women, Presbyterian participants made connections with area Presbyterians in several ways. A number of the participants came from the New York City area. The parallel event partnered with the Poverty Initiative from Union Theological Seminary. Participants attended the World Day of Prayer service at Glen Morris Presbyerian Church…. Read more »

March 7, 2012

Tap Project at the CSW

Posted 2:37pm

Presbyterian participants at the 56th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women helped provide clean water for children around the world. They conributed to the UNICEF Tap Project for the coffee and tea provided by the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations. You could do the same during a coffee hour, fellowship meal, or other time people gather.

What I learned at CSW56

Posted 2:28pm

The Rev. Leah Ntuala, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Seneca Falls, served as part of the Presbyterian delegation to the 56th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. It marked the first time she had attended the Commission. She returned to preach in Seneca Falls on Sunday 4 March. She shared her… Read more »

March 6, 2012

From Story to Skills: Advocating with Women in Rural Areas

Posted 4:45pm

A Parallel Event at the 56th Commission on the Status of Women During this parallel event women from rural contexts shared their stories connecting experience to issues, Global North to Global South, and the Bible to advocacy, with small group opportunities to learn more and determine actions we can take during the Commission on the… Read more »

March 6, 2012

Action plans from the parallel event From Story to Skills: Advocating with Women in Rural Areas

Posted 4:22pm

During the parallel event From Story to Skills: Advocating with Women in Rural Areas, held at the 56th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, participants were invited to share action plans that they plan to implement: look at laws that limit movement of women raise voices beyond the CSW; go beyond our… Read more »

March 6, 2012

Key insights from the parallel event From Story to Skills: Advocating with Women in Rural Areas

Posted 4:03pm

During the parallel event From Story to Skills: Advocating with Women in Rural Areas, held at the 56th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, participants were invited to gather and discuss and share key insights they gleaned: share, connect, net and work about resources go beyond the group gathered for the CSW… Read more »

March 5, 2012

Intersections: CTAUN and CSW: education and sustainability

Posted 8:40pm

Written by Grace Bickers After advocacy training at both the Presbyterian and Ecumenical Women’s orientations for the Commission on the Status of Women and a week’s worth of insight from the remarkable women making up these delegations, I was excited to learn how the information I learned during a previous opportunity to attend the annual… Read more »

March 5, 2012

Who do you say that I am?

Posted 12:46pm

The Commission on the Status of Women enters its second week today. The Commission continues to meet and work on its task of making recommendations related to “the empowerment of women living in rural areas and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges” (Presbyterian revised version of the Commission’s theme). Presbyterians… Read more »

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