Ecumenical Women at the United Nations

Registration Open: Ecumenical Women Orientation and Dinners

Ecumenical Women — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:42:39 +0000

Registration is now open for Ecumenical Women Orientation day, Saturday Feb. 25 from 830am-530pm, as well as for two Ecumenical Women dinners, Thursday March 1 6-745pm and Tuesday March 6, 6-745pm. Join us for one or all of these great events! Sign up here or send out this link to your delegates: https://ww2.eventrebels.com/er/Registration/StepRegInfo.jsp?ActivityID=7411&StepNumber=1

All of these events take place at the Church Center for the United Nations, 777 UN Plaza (1st Ave.) at 44th Street.

Ecumenical Women Advocacy Guide–2012 Edition now available!

Ecumenical Women — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:41:02 +0000

There have been some major changes in the UN since the Ecumenical Women Advocacy Guide was first created (UN Women, anyone?). Because of that, and other things we’ve learned over the past few years, we wanted to update the EW Advocacy Guide. So, here it is. Download it, forward it, read it, and get ready to meet together in advocacy soon!

Save the Date: Ecumenical Women Orientation February 25, 2012!

meg309 — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:41:33 +0000

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!

Parallel Events

meg309 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:36:35 +0000

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 Joint Statement to CSW 56

meg309 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:21:50 +0000

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.

Non-Governmental Organization Committee on the Status of Women (NYC)–Consultation Day

meg309 — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:15:06 +0000

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.

Information on Passes: CSW 56

Ecumenical Women — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:00:01 +0000

UN Women has announced that Pre-registration for the UN Commission on the Status of Women meeting (27 February to 9 March 2012) will open in early November. All invitations will be sent to the official e-mail address of ECOSOC accredited organizations on CSO net. User names and passwords for CSO net were given to official contacts of your NGO.

The number of pre-registered representatives may not exceed 20 individuals per organization. As was true last year, participants will need a secondary pass to gain access to the UN North Lawn Building.

Please check to make sure that the email contact information for your organization in the iCSO database is up to date: http://esango.un.org/civilsociety/Login.do . Otherwise, your organization may not receive an invitation.

Note that the NGO/CSW/NY is NOT responsible for UN registration. Please direct all questions to civil.society@unwomen.org. See the UN website for more information: http://www.unwomen.org/csw/csw56 . Registration for the UN CSW56 will open early November.

Submitting Written Statements for CSW 56

Ecumenical Women — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:30:20 +0000

UN Women is ready to receive written statements for CSW 56. Please share message below:

A very important way to carry your message to the UN Commission on the Status of Women is through written statements. Written statements to the UN CSW can now be submitted by NGOs in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council on the thematic issues of rural women or financing for gender equality. The deadlines for individual organizations is 14 November, 2011. The deadline for joint written statements is 21 November. Please note that:

Statements must address the themes of “rural women” or “financing”.
Only NGOs in consultative status with the Council (ECOSOC) may submit written statements.
If statements are joint, ALL signatories must have ECOSOC status. Your statement can be rejected if this rule is not followed.
The type style should be 12-point Times New Roman;
Texts should be double-spaced.
Written statements should be submitted in one of the official languages of the United Nations (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish).
The word limit for those with ECOSOC status is 2000 words; for those in special consultative status with the Council it is 1500 words;

For more details, please see the NGO pages of UN Women, CSW 56: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/NGO.html#written

What is a “Written Statement?”

Ecumenical Women — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:32:48 +0000

What are written statements and what do they do?

Written statements relevant to the work of United Nations Economic and Social Council may be submitted by organizations in General and Special consultative status, on subjects which the organization has a special competence. Such statements shall be circulated by the Secretary General of the United Nations to the members of the Council.

Written statements have to be submitted in due time for appropriate consultation to take place between the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the organization before circulation.

Certain events may have different procedures for submitting statements, so please make sure to read information regarding specific events carefully. There is a limit on the number of words for submission from each organization, depending on whether you have general or special consultative status.

Written statements by NGOs withgeneral or special consultative status can also be submitted to ECOSOC commissions and subsidiary bodies [the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) holds special consultative status], on subjects that they have specialized knowledge in. The word count for statements is limited to the following: 500-1,500 words, depending on the event.

For example, 90 NGOs submitted written statements during 2010 ECOSOC High Level Segment that took place in New York from 28 June– 2 July 2010. The statements were distributed among all participants and available online as the official ECOSOC documentation.

Spread the Word: Feedback Needed from Women Living in Rural Areas!

meg309 — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:19:46 +0000

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.