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Registration for Orientation Day will be opening soon, but for now, mark your calendars for Saturday, Feb 25. Orientation day will last from 8:30-5:30, including lunch and a reception for $35. Check back soon to register!
To register your parallel event through NGO CSW, visit their webpage here, and note that there is an $80 fee and the deadline is Nov. 25!
Ecumenical Women at the United Nations has submitted its joint statement to the CSW. You can read it here! We will let you know when it is translated and officially posted by UN Women.
Official sign-ons by EW members with ECOSOC status:
Anglican Consultative Council
Association of Presbyterian Women of Aotearoa (New Zealand)
Church Women United
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Society of Catholic Medical Missionaries
The Salvation Army
General Board of Church and Society, the United Methodist Church
Women’s Division, General Board of Global Ministries, the United Methodist Church
World Federation of Methodist and Uniting Church Women.
Unofficial Sign-ons: EW members with DPI or no UN status:
Anglican Women’s Empowerment
The Episcopal Church
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
Presbyterian Women in the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.
The registration deadline for the consultation day offered by the NYC Non-Governmental Committee on the Status of Women is November 25! You can read more and register online here.
Ecumenical Women needs to hear from you in preparation for the 56th Commission on the Status of Women at the UN! The theme is “The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development, and current challenges.” As Ecumenical Women in New York City and beyond gather to prepare advocacy documents and talking points, we need you help gathering as much information as possible from women in rural areas. Please download this survey and send it out to your networks. To be incorporated in advocacy work, the surveys must be returned by August 1, 2011 to ecumenicalwomen(at)gmail(dot)com.
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During advocacy briefings this week, a part of the conversation focused on the situations in Libya and Côte d’Ivoire. Two Advocacy Tool resources grow out of those conversations. Click here to download the Libya Advocacy Tool, and click here to download the Côte d’Ivoire Advocacy Tool.
They are intended as advocacy resources for individuals and organizations to use as appropriate – they include suggestions for their use – but they are only suggestions – feel free to adapt the material and use it in whatever way works for you or your organization.
These are peoples’ advocacy resources in that they are provided for the use of the people – whoever wants to engage in advocacy – however they are helpful – recognizing that no two individuals or organizations may use them in the same way.
They are also peoples’ advocacy resources in that they were created out of a collaborative process. Thanks to all who helped work on these resources – and to all who engaged in the conversations around this project. Those conversations helped shape these tools.
It might be helpful to the group as a whole if any of us who use these resources were to share that information with the group. That way we can learn from each other. Please let us all know what actions you have taken by writing a comment to this post.
Good news! Registration for the Ecumenical Women Orientation on February 27, 2010 and the Ecumenical Women dinners on March 2nd and 4th is now open.
You can now access the registration information and purchase tickets for the events at: http://ecumenicalwomen.eventbrite.com/
Please contact ecumenicalorientation@gmail.com with any questions regarding the events or registration.
Event details:
Orientation – Saturday, February 27, 2010, 8:00am-5:30pm
Delegates will receive an introduction to the structures and processes in the United Nations, and an overview of this year’s theme of the CSW: the 15-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995). Includes 2 meals and Ecumenical Women Advocacy Guide. Party to follow the training!
Advocacy Dinner – Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 6:00 pm
Gather to reflect on our experiences thus far and consolidate our advocacy strategies for the days ahead. Dinner will be provided. The dinner will be held at the Church Center for the United Nations, 8th floor.
Advocacy Dinner – Thursday, March 4, 2010, 6:00 pm
Gather to reflect on our experiences thus far and consolidate our advocacy strategies for the days ahead. Dinner will be provided. The dinner will be held at the Church Center for the United Nations, 8th floor.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Women’s Ministries at the National Council of Churches is again offering its Young Women’s Leadership Experience at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. This project, conducted annually, provides an opportunity for women 18 to 30 years of age to be involved in the ecumenical movement through women’s issues at the United Nations. We are currently seeking applications for the Young Women’s Leadership Experience to be held February 26 to March 3 in conjunction with the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the United Nations.
This 5 day experience will provide orientation to the NCC, Ecumenical Women at the UN, the UN, and the 2010 CSW theme: Beijing +15, Review of the Beijing Platform for Action (see attached Fact Sheet for more). As visitors to the UN-CSW, participants will get a small taste of the UN events as well as participate in exciting side-events at the Church Center for the United Nations (CCUN) and connect with Religions for Peace North American Women of Faith Network.
The application dead line *has been extended to* November 30, 2009, so please take a moment now to decide who you should encourage to apply and send them the information TODAY. Electronic versions of this material are available from Ann Tiemeyer, Women’s Ministries Program Director, at atiemeyer@ncccusa.org. Applicants will be responsible for their travel cost, $100 registration, and four meals. The NCC will cover cost of housing, additional meals, and administrative cost. Although limited additional scholarship is available through the NCC, we hope mentors and/or their member communion would also consider financially supporting a young woman in this leadership experience. Encouragement of new leaders comes in many forms – verbal invitations, financial support, prayers, and mentorship. Please reach out today to a new leader with this exciting opportunity.
Click here for an application, facts sheet, and tentative schedule for the UN-CSW Young Women’s Leadership Experience. Please note the application lists other potential experiences. If someone you know cannot participate in this event, but would like to be considered for future Young Women Leadership Experiences, please encourage them to complete the application and check the appropriate space. We will add their name to our data base and contact them directly with future information. Thank you for your assistance in identifying appropriate applicants. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to call Ann at 212-870-3407 (office).
