29th Congregational Chapter Direction Statement ‘We work zealously with women and children, especially those who are ….oppressed by abject poverty. We support projects for economic justice, confront unjust systems…”
Here is an opportunity for you to express your views based on your vast experience of working with women living in abject poverty. In doing so you are influencing policy and confronting unjust structures.
From 11 January to 12 February 2010 the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Department for Economic and Social Affairs (UN/DESA) will jointly organize an e-discussion on Women and Poverty. The e-discussion aims to provide critical policy messages and an action agenda to the Commission on the Status of Women’s 15 year review of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action (1 to 12 March 2010); ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review (28 June – 3 July 2010); and the High-level Plenary Meeting of the sixty-fifth session of the UN General Assembly, focused on the Millennium Development Goals (September 2010). Go to this website, scroll to the bottom of the page and sign up for the discussion. In replying in the box Organization please enter Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd. This is our organizational name at the United Nations. http://www.un.org/ecosoc/newfunct/amredis2010.shtml
Here is a quote from the facilitators note: “Please help us bring new thinking and new ideas to the policy debate about poverty reduction, gender equality and women’s empowerment, drawing on experience with implementing the Bejing Platform for Action and the Millennium Development Goals. Share your innovative ideas, research and good practice examples with policy-makers, researchers, and practitioners around the world, and help make a difference in the fight for gender equality and eradication of poverty.”
Enjoying learning about the UN. I did not know about the e-discussion. I find it difficult to get the website. Can you help
You cannot get the web site now as the e-discussion is over. When there is a discussion on line we are notified and the links are opened. It is usually time bound – two weeks or three weeks. Once it is over you cannot access it. So that is the reason.
Hi winifred,
Finally I am here with you. Thank you so much for this resourceful blog. I find it very helpful and interesting. I will get some more friends to visit your blog. Thanks million million !
Now I like that idea of getting more visitors to the blog – maybe you can write little snippets for it now and then from the office in Bangkok.
Great to have you in New York.
winifred
Are you using the blog? I would appreciate comments from you and questions etc.
I could not connect to follow this discussion …
Myriam, it takes time to get used to the idea of following the various links. Take care – good to have you in New York! Winifred
I hope that while you are here you will try to follow the blog and get used to using it. It may be easier than trying to locate all the websites yourself.