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The sixty-first session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW61) addressed a critical theme –the empowerment of women in the changing world of work – at a critical moment in world affairs. This is a time to come together, and that is precisely what we did at the UNCSW61.

Main Focus:

• The indigenous peoples in Bangladesh and the Philippines (both dealing with land disputes)

The 13th Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues will be held at the United
Nations Headquarters in New York from May 12th-23rd, 2014. The special theme is “Principles of good governance consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous  Peoples: articles3 to 6 and 46 (3)”.

The many aboriginal women in Canada who have gone missing or been murdered has gained  public interest and concern over the last several years. 

The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is a yearly event to help promote and endorse the rights enshrined in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples.

The fifty-seventh session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women was devoted to “ending violence against women.”

Anglican women have engaged with the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) since 1985 when the Anglican Consultative Council was first granted official non-governmental status with ECOSOC, the UN Economic and Social Council.

This year’s 53rd Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) was focused on the priority theme of the equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS.

Five hundred representatives from 370 million indigenous peoples from over 72 countries around the world met in New York for the eleventh session ofthe Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples at the United Nations. Comprising representation from at least 5000 distinct peoples,

Resolutions from the Lambeth Conferences 1978-2009 and Resolutions and other Documents from the ACC-1 through ACC-14