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📖 Read this amazing book in my college library, written by Sudha Murty it's a powerful reminder of why women should prioritise themselves instead of choosing others over them time and again.

🇧🇪 Went to a Model UN after many years and it was pure nostalgia! ps: went there as a delegate of Belgium in the UNCSW committee.

December '24

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IWPG bei der 66. UN CSW: Stärkung der Führungsrolle und der Entscheidungsfindung von Frauen

IWPG bei der 66. UN CSW: Stärkung der Führungsrolle und der Entscheidungsfindung von Frauen

Am 17. März veranstaltete die International Women’s Peace Group (IWPG), eine NRO mit besonderem Beraterstatus beim ECOSOC der Vereinten Nationen, gemeinsam mit dem Ministerium für Frauen, Familie und Kinder der Republik Côte d’Ivoire eine Nebenveranstaltung im Rahmen der 66. Frauenrechtskommission der Vereinten Nationen.  Das Thema der Veranstaltung lautete “Stärkung der kollektiven Stimme, der…

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UPDATE: Interview of a Mexican teenager who grew up in prison

Interview by Fernanda de Szyszlo, BBC News

What was it like to spend the first six years of your life in prison?

I feel like I was robbed of my innocence. Growing up in prison, I didn’t have a normal childhood. Not even close. I felt like I was paying for my mother’s crimes. They made me feel guilty.

They?

Yes. The prison guards. They treated us like criminals and we couldn’t understand why. We kept asking ourselves, what is our crime? If we didn’t obey their rules, they punished us. We were always terrified. They yelled. They kicked us. They punched us. If they wanted to, they could make us go hungry for days.

Tell us about a normal day in prison.

The guards would wake us up at the same time as the inmates. Sometimes we’d get breakfast. Sometimes… we wouldn’t. They didn’t have food for babies. We just ate whatever they had cooked for our mothers that day. As a result, we got sick frequently. Then, they would just leave us in the nursery. We were barely supervised. No one took care of us. We had nothing to do. We hardly had any toys, and the ones we had were old and broken. We slept in mattresses, together, because there were no cribs.

Did you receive any kind of education?

No. I didn’t learn how to read until I got out of prison. I was about seven or eight when I went to school for the first time. On the first day, I was terrified because I was expecting my teachers to be violent, like the prison guards. I thought that violence was normal. I didn’t understand why the teacher was being nice to me. I kept waiting for her to start yelling, or to hit us. Thankfully, she never did. I remember feeling like an alien. I realised I didn’t know anything. I couldn’t relate to any of my classmates. I couldn’t count. I didn’t know the days of the week. That was when I truly noticed how damaging my childhood had been. I never really recovered from it. I still flinch when someone raises his or her voice.

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I DIDNT GET THE COMMITEE I WANTED IN MUN SOBS

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[Episcopal News Service] As the 65th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, or UNCSW, comes to an end, the Episcopal and Anglican delegates to the mostly virtual conference are bringing back a message to the church: The work of gender justice is even more important in light of the COVID-19 pandemic’s disproportionate impact on women.

For the last two weeks, delegates have attended online meetings, learning about the challenges faced by women and girls around the world, and advocating for policies that align with the church’s mission. The top goals include increasing women’s access to decision-making positions, prioritizing issues impacting marginalized women, expanding education for women and girls, and eradicating gender-based violence.

This year, six Episcopal Church delegates represented Presiding Bishop Michael Curry – all from the same cohort selected for last year’s conference, which was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. There were also delegates from the Anglican Communion and Episcopal Relief & Development.

“These wonderful women … have attended U.N. meetings, taking notes, reporting daily debriefs, posting [on] blogs and social media, said Lynnaia Main, The Episcopal Church’s representative to the U.N., during a Zoom debriefing session with the delegates on March 25.

“In terms of advocacy, we have sent word to member states … to share a written statement of priorities ahead of CSW, and we’ve sent comments on the [first and second] drafts of the agreed conclusion since arriving at CSW, most especially through direct communications with the U.S. mission to the U.N.”

Activities the delegates participated in included panel discussions on the role of faith communities in gender justice, a round-table discussion on intergenerational lessons and workshops on changing gender norms in the Democratic Republic of Congo and on advocating effectively in the digital era.

Many of the delegates said they were struck by the daunting challenges women worldwide face, as well by the sense of solidarity they experienced during the meeting. And this year, they said, COVID-19 was the lens through which all the issues were viewed – and magnified. Episcopal Church delegate Ellen Lindeen said that in the sessions she attended, she saw countries trying to advance women’s rights in “so many different ways.”

“[But] despite all this good work,” she said, “the global pandemic has interfered with progress and created a shadow pandemic” for women, who are disproportionately affected by economic crises, have less access to social protections and are much more likely to be health care workers or first responders, according to the U.N. The pandemic escalated the preexisting burdens of inequality.

“This issue was already there before COVID hit, but it’s been amplified, and many countries stated that the gender-based violence has doubled in the last year,” Lindeen said during the March 25 online debrief. “The pandemic has complicated everything, including access to health care and support, loss of jobs for women, an increase in unpaid work for women, frontline jobs by women that risk COVID infection, and gender-based violence.”

However, one silver lining of the pandemic was the virtual availability of the UNCSW conference, which made it far more accessible than ever before.

“That was really new experience, that this elusive, inaccessible event was suddenly open to all of us and has enriched the way we all think and talk about equality,” said Chiseche Mibenge, who attended on behalf of Episcopal Relief & Development, where she is director of gender initiatives.

On March 26, the delegates held a live, virtual closing worship service to celebrate and reflect on the work they did. Among the prayers they offered were the Gender Inequality Prayer created by Episcopal Relief & Development and prayers of thanksgiving for the ministry of each delegate.

“You were called together to serve the church at the United Nations,” said the Rev. Margaret Rose, The Episcopal Church’s deputy for ecumenical and interreligious relations, “to witness to justice and the kingdom of heaven. Together, you provided leadership and wisdom for this team in the spirit of Christ. You have helped your sisters to mark your direction and encouraged one another on your way.”

More highlights from the Episcopal/Anglican delegates’ work at the conference can be found on the Episcopal UNCSW webpage, EpiscopalUN Facebook and Episcopal UN Twitter.

Another mainstream religion doing more for women than the left.

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UPDATE

A video has been leaked from a state prison in California showing a white prison guard beating a black female inmate to death for no apparent reason. In the midst of Trump’s tense months in presidency and a rise in hate crimes, this recent case demonstrates the need for a reform on the American justice system. The Black Lives Matter movement is now more relevant than ever. We encourage American authorities to take immediate action to prevent further attacks fueled by racism. In the fight for equal rights, we must not forget those who are not free. They deserve them as much as we do. - Fernanda de Szyszlo BBC News, Claudia Flores CNN

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Iran Blames US For Its Expulsion From UN Women's Body

Iran Blames US For Its Expulsion From UN Women’s Body

Iran has blamed the United States for its expulsion from UNCSW. (Representational) Tehran, Iran: Iran on Thursday accused the United States of orchestrating its removal from a UN women’s rights body over its response to protests triggered by death of Mahsa Amini. The Islamic republic has seen waves of protests since the September 16 custodial death of Amini, a young Iranian Kurd who had been…

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Iran Blames US For Its Expulsion From UN Women's Body

Iran Blames US For Its Expulsion From UN Women’s Body

Iran has blamed the United States for its expulsion from UNCSW. (Representational) Tehran, Iran: Iran on Thursday accused the United States of orchestrating its removal from a UN women’s rights body over its response to protests triggered by death of Mahsa Amini. The Islamic republic has seen waves of protests since the September 16 custodial death of Amini, a young Iranian Kurd who had been…

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New York, USA: The 63rd session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, starting from 11 March 2019.

The IDWF plans to join forces with the labour and women delegations that will be present at UNCSW63 to coordinate actions at the national, regional and global levels, to ensure key labour priorities are included in the UNCSW63 outcome document.

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IDWF Website: http://bit.ly/IDWF-UNCSW

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ഐക്യരാഷ്ട്ര സഭയുടെ സാമ്പത്തിക സാമൂഹിക കൗണ്‍സിലില്‍ ചൈനയെ പിന്തള്ളി ഇന്ത്യക്ക് അംഗത്വം

ഐക്യരാഷ്ട്ര സഭയുടെ സാമ്പത്തിക സാമൂഹിക കൗണ്‍സിലില്‍ ചൈനയെ പിന്തള്ളി ഇന്ത്യക്ക് അംഗത്വം

ഫയല്‍ ചിത്രം

ഐക്യരാഷ്ട്ര സഭയുടെ സാമ്പത്തിക സാമൂഹിക കൗണ്‍സിലിന്റെ (ECOSOC) യുണൈറ്റഡ് നേഷന്‍സ് കമ്മീഷന്‍ ഓണ്‍ സ്റ്റാറ്റസ് ഓഫ് വുമണ്‍ (UNCSW) അംഗമായി ഇന്ത്യ തെരഞ്ഞെടുക്കപ്പെട്ടു. യുഎന്നിലെ ഇന്ത്യയുടെ സ്ഥിരം പ്രതിനിധിയായ ടിഎസ് തിരുമൂര്‍ത്തിയാണ് ട്വിറ്ററിലൂടെ ഇക്കാര്യം അറിയിച്ചത്.

എക്കോസോക് സമിതിയിലേക്ക് ഇന്ത്യ തിരഞ്ഞെടുക്കപ്പെട്ടു എന്നത് അഭിമാനകരം, എന്ന് ട്വിറ്ററിൽ കുറിച്ച അദ്ദേഹം, ലിംഗനീതിയും,…

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OPINION: Children with no childhood

Are we all born with the same rights? In this day and age, most of us would answer with a resounding "yes". However, recent events show that it might be necessary to reevaluate. The mistreatment of infants all across the jail system demonstrates that some of us are stripped of our most basic rights even before being born. In Mexico, for example, the children of female convicts are forced to live in jail until the age of six. It is hard for us to fathom how this will affect these children. Therefore, it is essential to ask: how does spending the first six years of his or her life in prison affect the future of a child? The answer is disheartening. At jail, these children will not be properly fed. They will not receive all of the nutrients they need to develop fully and healthily. This, in turn, will lead to learning disabilities in the future. It is fundamental to understand that living in jail robs children of their childhood. They spend most of their days in nurseries with no toys, and receive no education. Not only this, it also forces them to carry a load they were never supposed to carry. They are harassed into believing that they are guilty of their mother's crimes. We cannot let this situation carry on in this manner. We cannot overlook certain groups of the population and keep on calling ourselves "fair". It is our duty as citizens of the world to fight for equal rights for everyone.

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These are the commitees and we get 3 preferences

I'm choosing UNHRC, UNGA and UNCSW

And I can have 2 countries preferences

So like, idk which countries to chose 😭

Which countries do y'all think would be the best to delegate for in MUN?

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India elected to UNCSW as member

India elected to UNCSW as member

India has been elected as a member of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations T.S. Thirumurthi made the announcement on Twitter. The tweet said: “India elected Member of Commission on Status of Women #CSW. It’s a ringing endorsement of our commitment to promote…

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Opinion: Gender Matters

By Claudia Flores, CNN representative

June 16 2017

One might thing that the American justice system would ensure that each and one of their prisoners receives gender-specific services. But for the 199,000 women in the U.S. prisons and jail, and the 950,000 on probation and parole, that is simply not the case.

In fact in most jurisdictions, women are offered fewer programs than men and the services provide little recognition of the traumatic paths that led them into the criminal justice system, said Stephanie Covington, PhD, co-director of the Center for Gender and Justice in La Jolla, Calif., at an APA 2009 Annual Convention session. In the fight for equal rights and the elimination of the wage gap, we have seemingly forgotten about women who are not free, and still deserve the same rights.

We must always support each other no matter what your religion, race or sexual orientation is, we all deserve basic needs and so do people in prison. When will the abuse stop? A reform in the American justice system is needed immediately in order to ensure the safety of our men and women.

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Nigeria elected member of UNCSW Communication Committee

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Nigeria elected member of UNCSW Communication Committee

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UN pledges commitment to women’s access to social protection

UN pledges commitment to women’s access to social protection

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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres

After two weeks of deliberation, the 63rd Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) concluded Friday in New York.

It ended with a strong commitment by UN Member States to safeguard and improve women’s and girls’ access to social protection systems, public services and sustainable…