The Office of Public Affairs of The Episcopal Church has invited responses to the 2015 United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. The news release is below:
[August 12, 2014] Input is requested from members of The Episcopal Church for a questionnaire that will form the foundation of the church’s presence and participation at the 2015 United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) meeting, March 9-20, 2015.
The questionnaire is located here.
In 2015, UNCSW will undertake a review of progress made in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 20 years after its adoption at the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995.
As in previous years,The Episcopal Church will be joining the Anglican Communion and Ecumenical Women, a coalition of 17 faith-based member organizations, in joint advocacy at UNCSW.
“The Episcopal Church and Ecumenical Women invite all to participate in deciding on the advocacy priorities at UNCSW 59 by filling out the Ecumenical Women questionnaire,” explained Lynnaia Main, Episcopal Church Officer for Global Relations. “The questionnaire can be answered by anyone affiliated with The Episcopal Church or another member organization of Ecumenical Women. Answers will be gathered and considered in forming The Episcopal Church’s and Ecumenical Women’s advocacy priorities at UNCSW in 2015, and will also form the basis for stories related to The Episcopal Church’s engagement with the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, and women and girls more generally.”