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Articles and Announcements

Reflections from the 69th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women: Beijing +30 Meeting

April 4th, 2025|

By Susan Howland It was a delight to join members of the National ECW board and others at the UNCSW: Beijing +30 meeting in March. The Commission focuses on gender equality and the rights and empowerment of women and girls and this session will review outcomes from the Beijing Declaration  and Platform for Action and make recommendations for improvement.    I have been following this meeting  and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action since 1995,  but this was the first time I traveled to New York City to attend in person. I attended a number of parallel events, organized by [...]

Poems

Praying with Sparrows – A poem of the 2020 pandemic

September 4th, 2020|

Praying with Sparrows A poem of the 2020 pandemic I never thought to pray with sparrows, black throated wild and scrambling for seeds cast carelessly on the hillside. They hover throughout the hours like unceasing prayers Giving thanks when no words can. Warily they brave the rains, the frenzied force, even my hoarse voice an unknown thunder in their world. Spring’s worst storms roll by and they sing unheard, choral chirping drowned in human despair Yet the birds of heaven will teach us. Tomorrow I will not seek the wood-dark birds; I must wait for monochrome March skies to bend [...]