Until Friday, government delegates meet in New York for the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. In this annual commission, issues relevant for women globally are being discussed. This year, education is a major focus. In this contribution two young adults representing the Lutheran World Federation speak about some of their experiences. It is double posted from the blog of Ecumenical Women.

By Maria Murerwa and Kristi Van Sickle, LWF Young adults CSW 55 delegates

These first few days of the Commission on the Status of Women 55 have been inspiring. We have attended many wonderful side NGO events that have been eye opening, hopeful, and emphasized the great progress that has been made for empowering women worldwide, as well as how far we still need to move forward. A few points that we would like to highlight are on a documentary we saw called Tapestries of Hope, and an Innovative Strategies for supporting girls’ Education in West Africa’s side event co-sponsored by WIPSEN, TY Danjuma Foundation and LWF. The main speaker was Ms. Leymah Gbowee of the movie Pray the Devil Back to Hell and featured panelists like our very own ecumenical woman, Ms. Facia Harris of WSCF, among others.

We went to see a documentary that considered the healing of girls who had been raped in Zimbabwe. Read the rest of this entry →