I was present with Ferew from Ethiopia in the UN corridors from 3.00 p.m until after 9.00 p.m. and witnessed the adoption of the outcome document.  It is truly a historic moment for women’s rights.  In a blog post during the long wait I asked some questions as to why it is difficult to get agreement.  But eventually agreement was reached.  Yes, there is a strong outcome document but could it have said more?   Read here about the final session of CSW 57 on Friday evening March 15th   The blogger, Joni van de Sand  is a friend from Holland whom I met 2 years ago  If you follow her blog entries you will get a good overview of CSW 57.

The photograph – Good Shepherd Team at CSW 57:   Ferew Lemma from Ethiopia.  Hung-Hsin Liu from Taiwan who left NY at the end of the first week. Winifred Doherty and Wanching Chen, Taiwan who left NY on the morning of the Friday the 15th and was not present for the historic ending of CSW 57.  The team was supported by Maureen McGowan of Handcrafting Justice, Victoria Ashley of Good Shepherd Volunteers, Kimberly Moloche an Intern from St John’s College and Helga Sourek (Germany) who returned home after the first week.