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Posts Tagged: justice for women
October 19, 2015
Apply to be part of the Presbyterian delegation at the UN Commission on the Status of Women Presbyterians will join our Ecumenical Women partners to advocate for justice for women at the 60th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. The 60th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women will… Read more »
March 15, 2015
Libby McDermott, member of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) delegation to the 59th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women and Young Adult Volunteer Alumna, reflects on her experience: I am no longer a YAV, but I have decided to continue using my Boston YAV blog to share my experience of being a young… Read more »
March 15, 2015
Beth Olker, member of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) delegation to the 59th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women and student at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, reflects on her experience. I am right smack dab in the middle of my two-week journey as a PC(USA) delegate to the United Nations’ Commission… Read more »
March 8, 2015
Around the world, nations, non-governmental organizations, civil society, and individuals observe March 8 as International Women’s Day. In New York, a March was held from Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza to Times Square. Thousands of women and men marched to call for all women’s rights to be honored and for full equality for women. Presbyterians were among the marchers: Many… Read more »
March 8, 2015
A number of the Presbyterian participants in the 59 Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women attended the morning worship service at First Presbyterian Church of Forest Hills to hear the Rev. Larissa Kwong Abazia, pastor of the congregation and Vice-Moderator of the 221st General Assembly of the 221st General Assembly (2014)… Read more »
February 28, 2015
In commemoration of the 20-year anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, Presbyterian participants in the 59th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women will join the march for gender equality on International Women’s Day! Please join us and our partners, the City of New York, the UN Women for… Read more »
