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This is the final part of a series on the 54th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Click on a link to read further. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 , Part 8 , Part 9 I will probably write more than just one post-mortem on the 54th Commission of the Status of Women for me. I’m writing while staying up too late in Calgary, waiting impatiently to be home with my kids, and have stayed up to that point that I’m scared that if I go to sleep that I will miss my plane. I didn’t actually get to see Senator Clinton. I had referred … [Read more...]

This is part of a series on the 54th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Click on a link to read further. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 , Part 8 , Part 10 I’m sitting in the couched area outside of the Delegates Dining room as I type on the last day of the 54th Commission on the Status of Women. I’m waiting for a personal address from Hillary Clinton. I haven’t been as good about blogging every day this week because it’s been a whirlwind of information, negotiations, and interactions. Livetweeting through the commission … [Read more...]

This post is part of a series on the 54th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Click on a link to read further. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 , Part 9 , Part 10 I am lagging lagging lagging behind, but luckily for me, I have been live tweeting, which means that not only can interested readers follow along in point form (search #csw54 at twitter.com) but I can go back and refresh my memory from the tweets! March 4th (Thursday) seemed to hold a Rural women’s theme. I began the day at a session highlighting the work of the Salesian Sisters in rural … [Read more...]

This post is part of a series on the 54th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Click on a link to read further. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 8 , Part 9 , Part 10 March 3rd was the day that the United Nations Celebrated International Women’s Day. The occasion is celebrated a few days before the actual event to allow Delegates to the UN the chance to get home in time to celebrate with their communities. I started the Day at the NGO general briefing at the Salvation Army. A South East Asian delegate asked if we could lobby for a resolution specific … [Read more...]

This post is part of a series on the 54th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Click on a link to read further. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 7 , Part 8 , Part 9 , Part 10 The theme of this UNCSW is the 15th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action. You can find the Platform here: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/beijing/platform/ The 54th UNCSW has focused on taking stock of the progress that has been made in the implementation of the platform, as well as using the opportunity to identify and prioritize the ways that we need to move forward. The main indicators … [Read more...]

This post is part of a series on the 54th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Click on a link to read further. Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4 , Part 6 , Part 7 , Part 8 , Part 9 , Part 10 The first global debrief happened Monday morning at the Salvation Army on 52nd Street here in New York. A panel of four women from the UN Division for the Advancement of Women address the civil society every morning at 8:45-9:30. I didn’t envy the UNDAW representatives. Many of the women waited up to 8 hours through long lines to register. No one that I know of was able to make … [Read more...]

This post is part of a series on the 54th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Click on a link to read further. Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3, Part 5 , Part 6 , Part 7 , Part 8 , Part 9 At todays briefing session our Minister remembered my name (cool!) and then looked me in the eye and said the following:   “I was just in a bi-lateral session with Israel, it’s where we share practices, and Israel said that they’ve increased women’s access to education and their birthrate is rising too! They have such strong family values there that they don’t need a … [Read more...]

you know what the woman who isn’t afraid of anything… is afraid of? written by a woman cowering in her size __ jeans. sunday, february 28, 2010. 5:59 am because it needs to be said. she is afraid of that scale. she is afraid of that jean size, cup size, “size you up in a second” size… thats what she is afraid of… she is afraid that damn bikini she will never fit into… and even if she does fit into it … will never possibly, ever, hope to look good in… yea you know whats horrifying to her? that fuckin’ eeny weeny tiny yellow polka fuckin’ … [Read more...]

This post is part of a series on the 54th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Click on a link to read further. Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 4 , Part 5 , Part 6 , Part 7 This morning Minister of State, Junior Cabinet Minister for the Status of Women met with Canadian NGOs who are here in New York for the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. I was able to attend a meeting with Minister Guergis along with KateMcInturff of the Feminist Alliance for International Action. Kate made a verbal presentation to the Minister on the three pillars that the Minister has been stressing … [Read more...]

This post is part of a series on the 54th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Click on a link to read further. Part 1 , Part 3 , Part 4 , Part 5 , Part 6 , Part 7 Before I start blogging, I just wanted to take a moment to mention the Chilean earthquake disaster. I have caught tidbits through the news as I’ve hopped through the airports and wanted to say that my thoughts are with the victims of this disaster. Knowing the complete devastation that has been visited upon Chile and other countries who have (or may soon) suffer the fallout of the earth quake made the fact that Air … [Read more...]

This post is part of a series on the 54th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Click on a link to read further. Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 A few years back I met the amazing Amanda Reaume in New York City while attending the 52nd UNCSW. During this experience I blogged (via facebook) and the blogs were re-published to Antigone. I’ve been meaning ever since to blog on Antigone about my experiences as a Northern Feminist, but I haven’t been great about the consistency. I just found out today that FAFIA is generously providing me with another opportunity to attend … [Read more...]