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Posts Tagged: gender equality

March 22, 2015

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) oral statement at Commission on the Status of Women

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This story originally appeared in the Presbyterian News Service. Thanks to our colleague Rick Jones for writing this story! The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) made an oral statement yesterday to the 59th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Ryan Smith, Presbyterian representative to the United Nations, presented the statement during Wednesday’s General Debate session…. Read more »
March 11, 2015

#imamsforshe

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by Beth Olker UN Women has recently begun #heforshe, a “Solidarity Movement in Gender Equality“.  This movement is being heralded as a transition and solidification of the feminism movement as one whose supporters and benefactors are not only women. The effort affirms that “gender equality is not just a women’s issue” but call it a human… Read more »
March 3, 2013

Something’s happening in New York

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Women (and some men) from around the world and from across the United States have gathered in New York for the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). Presbyterians and our ecumenical partners are among the number.The CSW will meet from March 4 through 15 to “evaluate progress on gender equality,… Read more »
February 28, 2013

57th Session Commission on the Status of Women

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The 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women begins on March 4, 2013 at the United Nations. For Presbyterians attending the Commission, the experience begins with an orientation tomorrow, March 1, at the Church of the Covenant. Here is information about the Commission: The Commission on the Status of Women (hereafter referred… Read more »

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