67th Commission on the Status of Women Outcomes
6,000+ women descended upon New York City on March 5th for the 67th Commission on the Status of Women. What a sight and what a delight. Eleven Dominican Sisters from the U.S. and outside the U.S. attended the event from March 4 to 18th.The sisters came from Michigan and from the Philippines, England, Zimbabwe, South […]
Preparing for the Commission on the Status of Women
We welcomed 10 Dominican Sisters to the CSW 67 last week March 4-10th and a new sister, Ellen Burkhardt on Sunday, March 12th. Some of the sisters had never been to the UN or the United States. We were very happy to host them for this important gathering of women. We are most appreciative of […]
Social Development Commission
February 6th marked the beginning of the Social Development Commission at the UN. It was a full week of input from the Commission on Inequality, decent work and full employment for all. The NGO Social Development Committee headed by Sr. Jean Quinn, Daughter of Wisdom, and the executive committee did an outstanding job in creating […]
Upcoming Commission for Social Development
This Year’s Priority Theme: Creating full and productive employment and decent work for all as a way of overcoming inequalities to accelerate the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. From September to December the NGO CSOD committee has been holding education sessions in preparation for […]
International Day of the Girl 2022
International Day of the Girl is celebrated each year on October 11th as declared by the United Nations as a way to give girls a platform to raise their voices and demand equality of rights, education, and health, and to commemorate underprivileged girls. This year was the International Day of the Girls’ 10th Anniversary and […]
Update from the UN: Conference of the Parties on Climate Change
November 6-18th is the COP 27 meeting in Egypt. Sister Sharon Zayac shares an introduction to this important next step in saving our planet. A huge delegation of people will be in Egypt at the foot of Mt Sinai where the monks of St. Catherine have been in continuous prayer for 17 centuries. The first official […]
50th Anniversary of the Eradication of Poverty
One of the greatest tasks of the global community is the eradication of poverty. Eradication of poverty is the First of the SDG’s. The theme for this year’s International Day of Eradication of poverty is: Dignity for All in Practice: The Commitments We Make Together for Social Justice, Peace, and the Planet. The key word of […]
UN Intern Attends Transforming Education Summit
Hello, My name is Jill Buffetta. I am a junior at Marymount Manhattan College double majoring in International Studies and Politics and Human Rights. For the Fall 2022 semester I have the honor of interning with Sister Dusty at the Dominican Leadership Conference, an NGO in consultative status with ECOSOC. Over the past weekend I […]
Sister Durstyne Farnan, OP, Gives Voice to Dominican Family at United Nations
Since October 2019, Adrian Dominican Sister Durstyne Farnan, OP, has given voice to the Dominican family on issues of concern as they are addressed at the United Nations. Sister Durstyne ministers as the Dominican Sisters Conference (DSC) representative at the United Nations. “My goal is to assist Dominican women in bringing their voice to the […]
Outcome of the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty
Friday, August 26th was the completion of the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty Review. It did not provide much opportunity for civil society to join the multiple conversations on nuclear weapons. It was a tense month, and the outcome was incomplete in many ways. A lengthy document was submitted by France on behalf of 55 countries, which included the […]
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