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July 24, 2012
The Commission on the Status of Women has recommended that the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations approve draft language on the following topics: Ending female genital mutilation Situation of and assistance to Palestinian women Release of women and children taken hostage, including those subsequently imprisoned, in armed conflicts Gender equality and the… Read more »
June 17, 2012
by Elodie de Bethmann Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) mission co-worker Amanda Craft spoke on Friday, June 15 at Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn. Amanda has been serving in Guatemala with the IENGP (the National Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Guatemala) since 2009. Amanda’s ministry focuses on leadership development and Christian education. She helps empower women in… Read more »
May 15, 2012
From the Office of Public Witness: Call the House to authorize a Violence Against Women Act that is consistent with Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) policy: On May 8, the House Judiciary Committee marked up and passed the Adams (R-FL) version of the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization, HR 4970. This bill fails to live up to the… Read more »
March 9, 2012
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
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 »
February 27, 2012
Reconciliation demands justice. Justice demands repentance. Repentance demands restitution. Restitution demands mercy. From the reflection by Irma Rodriguez-Leon during the Ecumenical Women worship service led this morning by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Lutheran World Federation.
February 27, 2012
Ecumenical Women’s worship this morning was led by the Lutheran World Federation and the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Here’s a clip from the closing song.
February 26, 2012
H.E. Marjon Kamara, Permanent Representative of Liberia to the United Nations and Chair of the fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women welcomes everyone to this year’s session. Note that the volume appears to be low.
February 26, 2012
Harriet Tubman. Eleanor Roosevelt. Maggie Kuhn. Naomi Rose. Merdine T. Morris. On this day – who are the women who have served as advocates for whom you give thanks? Advocacy took central stage at the Ecumenical Women‘s Orientation. The afternoon workshops focused on advocacy (with Presbyterian leadership in each of them: Allie Naskret, Margaret Anderson,… Read more »
February 25, 2012
Rhonda Everdyke, communicator for the Presbytery of Geneva, is blogging her experiences at the Commission on the Status of Women at I’m a Delegate. Today she reflects on the Ecumenical Women’s Orientation: It is hard to just put into words our experiences from today! So many women (even some brave men too) coming together to… Read more »