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The reason why…
Take a look at these pictures of the food crisis being played out in West Africa now. This is sad and distressing example of the perfect storm of lack of food, lack of water and limited access to fuel that Prof … Continue reading
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Tagged agreed conclusions, drought, perfect storm, reason, the Sahel, UN CSW56, water, worship
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There must be dialogue – or there will be no development
This quotation was passed on to me by a participant on the Arthur Rank Centre rural ministry course last week. It is from Gilbert Shaw (1886 – 1967) an Anglican priest working in the East end of London from 1940. For … Continue reading
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Tagged communicate, dialogue, Gilbert Shaw, holy spirit, rural church, UN CSW56
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More on why the argeed conclusions were not agreed
Regular readers of this blog will know that UN CSW56 (Commission on the Status of Women) failed to reach agreed conclusions. We have been receiving bits and pieces of information as to why this happended. The text that follows attempts to give a … Continue reading
Well said that Bishop
The House of Lords had a debate on 1 March in recognition of International Women’s day which was actually on 8 March 2012. Bishop Peter Price of Bath and Wells made a good speech which addressed the thorny issue of … Continue reading
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Tagged House of Lords, human-rights, International Women's Day, politics, UN CSW56
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No agreed conclusions – at all
The UN announced earlier today that the 56th Commission on the Status of Women has failed to agree conclusions. This is really very sad indeed and a great and depressing indictment of the international community. Why is it that member … Continue reading
Starting week 2
The main focus of the next five days will be the agreed conclusions. Negotiations are expected to be difficult and time consuming – with many late nights. One of the EU staffers mentioned that the negotiations round CSW are some … Continue reading
3 words at the end of week 1
1. Passionate – committed women (and men) striving to improve things for rural women and helping them to achieve their potential. 2. Together – a strong feeling of solidarity and sisterhood – we are all in this together, and together … Continue reading
My fellow traveller
I am really fortunate to be sharing this whole experience of UN CSW56 with a wonderful woman from Scotland. You can read her reflections at: http://atuncsw56.wordpress.com/ Take a look there’s some good stuff there.
Lost and found twice
This is inevitably a brief post as it is past 11pm, although I won’t try to sleep until after the noisest dishwasher in the world has finished its work. Have definitely decided that less is more in UN CSW56. You can … Continue reading
Jill Hopkinson 