Dear Friend,
Welcome to our new look UN update. In this edition, we are pleased to share with you the amazing contribution and engagement of our IBVM/CJ network to our work at the United Nations. Students from our schools around the world facilitated the Girls Global Conversation Circles at the NGO CSW Virtual Forum. We had an unprecedented number of students, members and colleagues participate at the virtual 65th UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW65), 20th Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and Generation Equality Forums (GEF). Enjoy reading about all these and more in this edition.
Generation Equality 2021
In 2019, the UN Women announced the Generation Equality Forum (GEF), a global conversation for urgent action and accountability for gender equality, and to celebrate the power of women’s rights activism, feminist solidarity...
Mary Ward Women attend CSW65
Twenty nine members of the IBVM/CJ network attended the virtual 65th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women and the NGO CSW65 Virtual Forum last March. Together with over 27,000 participants, our delegates...
Global Conversation Circles at CSW65
Fourteen students from Loreto and CJ schools in Brazil, India, Mauritius, Nepal and the United Kingdom participated in an online Global Conversation Circles to discuss the Generation Equality Action...
UN Secretary General's CSW65 Report
The CSW 65 Secretary-General Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the current circumstances facing women globally. Although we have made progress, sadly gender equality remains a dream...
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is a high- level advisory body to the Economic and Social Council established to deal with indigenous issues related to economic...
Action Pledge to End
Child Labour
2021 is the United Nations designated Year for the Elimination of Child Labour. There are currently 40 million people in modern slavery and 152 million children in child labour. Target 8.7 of the 2030...
International Women's Day 2021 Booklet
On International Women's Day 2021 we celebrate Mary Ward women around the world who have responded with creativity and resilience to the needs of their families and communities during this pandemic...
