Anglican Communion News Service

A significant number of women gathered from across the Anglican Communion to provide input to the annual session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, meet with other NGOs, and meet amongst themselves. What better occasion than to join our concerns for improving the lives of women and children

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As we are about to enter Advent, it is good time to sum up the challenges and achievements of the office of the Anglican Observer at the UN in 2007 and an appropriate time to share with you our plans for the upcoming year 2008. The arrival of Hellen Wangusa, the new Anglican Observer at the UN opened a new chapter in the history of this office.

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A Cathedral where people can come to be voluntarily tested for HIV, hospitals offering antiretroviral therapy, home-based care to help with adherence to medication regimes, youth groups offering support and prevention education, palliative care and practical help to those living with HIV. These are all part of the Anglican response to HIV & AIDS which is described in a new report.

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Mrs Hellen Grace Wangusa, the United Nations Africa Co-ordinator of the Millennium Development Goals, has accepted the call to be the next Anglican UN Observer. The Revd Canon Kenneth Kearon, Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, in consultation with the Archbishop of Canterbury, announced the appointment of Mrs Wangusa today in London

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The post of Anglican Observer at the United Nations will shortly become vacant with the retirement of the current post holder, Archdeacon Taimalelagi Fagamalama Tuatagaloa-Matalavea, in June. A tribute to the Archdeacon will appear in the next issue of Anglican Episcopal World and she was honoured with the Cross of St Augustine by the Archbishop of Canterbury during the recent meeting of the Joint Standing Committee of the Anglican Consultative Council and the Primates.

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Greetings from the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) Delegates to the 50th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW). We would like to acknowledge the great advances and achievements over the last year especially the unanimous approval of ACC Resolution 13-31 by the Anglican Consultative Council in Nottingham

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More than 100 delegates to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) from the Episcopal Church and 36 other provinces throughout the Anglican Communion gathered February 24 to begin two weeks of focused attention on issues that face women around the world

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With the soon-to-be released DVD 'Shall We Gather: Anglican Women Together,' Anglican women have taken another step toward making their voices heard loud and clear.The DVD documents the 2005 gathering of the Anglican Communion's delegates to the 49th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women

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Ecumenical Women 2000 is a coalition of Christian denominations and ecumenical organizations at the United Nations focusing on the global intersections of religions, human rights and gender. As a delegation of seventy-five women of faith representing all regions of the world, we unequivocally support the Political Declaration

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The unity of the Anglican Communion was positively demonstrated when 41 women from 27 provinces gathered as the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) delegation to the 49th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) meeting in New York 28 February- 11 March, 2005

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Eighty-one Anglican women gather in New York City beginning February 24 for two weeks of meetings and lobbying in support of the Anglican Observer to the United Nations during the 49th session of the UN's Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW)

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A photo gallery from the fund-raising dinner for the Anglican Observer at the United Nations, held 18 June 2004, in Greenwich, Connecticut, with the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams, and several hundred supporters of this crucial Anglican Communion work

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The Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) delegation to the 48th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meeting in New York, 1-12 March, 2004 examined two themes from the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action, “Men and boys in gender equity” and “Women’s equal participation in conflict prevention, management, resolution and post-conflict peace building."

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A team representing the World Council of Churches (WCC) has expressed concern about a lack of provisions for the proposed Global Fund for AIDS.

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Archdeacon Taimalelagi Fagamalama Tuatagaloa-Matalavea, 55, has been appointed the new Anglican Observer at the United Nations. She succeeds Bishop Herbert Donovan who has served as the Interim Observer.

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"The Anglican Church through the Anglican Consultative Council and the Peace and Justice Network can and should be major participants in the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance," said the Rt Rev Herbert Donovan, the Interim Anglican Observer.

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