Anglican women will help mark 50th anniversary of UN gathering.STAFF About 100 women from across the Anglican Communion Anglican Communion, the body of churches in all parts of the world that are in communion with the Church of England (see England, Church of). The communion is composed of regional churches, provinces, and separate dioceses bound together by mutual loyalty as are set to attend the 50th anniversary celebration and meeting of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW or UNCSW) is a functional commission of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), one of main UN organs within the United Nations. (UNC-SW) scheduled Feb. 27 to March 10 in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Archdeacon Taimalelagi F. Tuatagaloa-Matalavea, the Anglican Observer at the UN, has sent out invitations to 68 delegates from the 38 provinces of the Anglican Communion. In addition, the Episcopal Church Episcopal Church, Anglican church of the United States. Its separate existence as an American ecclesiastical body with its own episcopate began in 1789. Doctrine and Organization in the United States plans to send about 30 delegates, and the Anglican Church of Canada, eight. A delegate from Cuba has also been invited. It is the last time the archdeacon will head the Anglican delegation to the UN meeting as her term as Anglican Observer to the UN ends July 1; she will have served five years. "There are two goals for the Anglican women: To engage as effectively as possible in the UNC-SW process (and) to expand and create enthusiasm for the International Anglican Women's Network (IAWN IAWN International Anglican Women's Network )," said Canon Alice Medcof, IAWN coordinator. IAWN is a network of the Anglican Communion that encourages the role of women in the church and responds to issues from the perspective of women. Ms. Medcof said during the UN meeting, the IAWN will focus on the equal representation of women and men in decision-making bodies as recommended by a resolution during the Anglican Consultative Council The Anglican Consultative Council or ACC is one of the four "Instruments of Communion" of the Anglican Communion. It was created by a resolution of the 1968 Lambeth Conference. meeting last year. The enhanced participation of women in development, gender equality, and the advancement of women in education, health, and employment will be the focus of the UN meeting. "This event provides an opportunity for Episcopal women and men to listen to and learn from the experiences of our Anglican sisters and to strategize together for women's empowerment throughout the Communion," said Margaret Rose, director of the Episcopal Church's office of Women's Ministries, in a press statement. |
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