United Nations Commission on the Status of Women

I went to NYC as an Episcopal Delegate to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) on February 22-March 2. I applied to be a delegate, and by the grace of Tunkasila (Great Spirit), was selected. I’m extremely honored to do this because not many people get a chance to be part [...]

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1

I’ve decided to start a thinking excercise for myself in which I look at 1 of the 30 articles in the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights at a time and try to understand it, apply it to the conditions I see around me and try to offer solutions to improve the conditions around me. [...]

My Reflections from the UNCSW

Experiencing the 52nd United Nations (UN) Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) was an amazing learning process of non-governmental advocacy, held February 22-March 2 in New York City. The 125 Anglican Women, including myself as a first time Episcopal Church delegate and Province 4 representative, joined other faith-based non governmental organizations (NGOs) to empower [...]

I am in Love with the 21st Century

I recently was in NYC for the week attending the 52nd United Nations Commission on the Status of Women and as per last year found it to be inspiring politically, socially and fashionably. I had the privilege to see Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speak during the launch of his Campaign to End Violence Against Women. He [...]