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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

What is Heavy Turns to Spirit

April 20th, 2020|

All that is hard and heavy turns to spirit. It cannot help but eventually Become like a cup of ink That is poured into the ocean. I do not doubt that for a time The ink darkens the water, Obscures and displaces the light, Leaching out its tendrils Staining what it touches. But eventually, Finally, The ink must break down into its smallest elements, And even the stains become only faint shadows Barely noticeable to the outer eye. This does not belittle the awful impact of a cup full of shadow. It is only to say, that in an [...]