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IAWN Steering Group for 2006 – 2009
In March 2006, while in New York, NY, USA, to be the Anglican Consultative Council delegation to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, 63 women from all 38 Provinces met and elected the IAWN Steering Group for 2006 – 2009.
- Priscilla Julie, The Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean, Coordinator
- Lisbeth Barahona, Iglesia Anglicana de la Region Central de America
- Eperanza Beleo, The Episcopal Church in the Philippines
- Joyce Kariuki, The Anglican Church in Kenya
- Helena Mbele-Mbong, The Episcopal Church of the USA
- Alice Medcof, The Anglican Church of Canada
- Meagan Morrison, The Anglican Church of Australia
- Margaret Jones, Mothers' Union appointee
Ex-officio members
- Archdeacon Taimalelagi Fagamalama Tuatagaloa-Matalavea, Patron
- Ms. Hellen Wangusa, Anglican UN Observer
- Jolly Babirukamu, ACC Standing Committee Liaison
- Secretariat: Women's Ministries for the Episcopal Church of the USA
This new structure replaces the original one formed in 1996.
IAWN was formed in November 1996 following a consultation convened by the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) and funded by the Mothers' Union and the United Thank Offering of the Episcopal Church Women of the Episcopal Church of the United States. Women from 14 of the (then) 32 Provinces of the Anglican Communion met in London and agreed that an international Anglican Women's Network be formed. Its mandate was to report the work of women, and the challenges that women face, to the ACC. An International Coordinator would gather information and write reports as requested.
The Coordinators have been:
- November 1996 to April 1997 Elizabeth Appleby, The Anglican Church of Australia
- May 1997 to May 2003 Liz Barnes, The Church of the Province of Southern Africa
- June 2003 to March 2006 Alice Medcof, The Anglican Church of Canada
IAWN Mission Statement
Our Mission Statement encompasses our values, purposes, and our way forward.
- We are inclusive of age, race, culture, language, education, economic status, and sexual orientation.
- We are informative.
- We are rooted in prayer.
- We are committed to serving and strengthening the Communion.
- We strive for solidarity.
Purposes
- We endeavor to communicate.
- We affirm and encourage the role of women in the Church.
- We support the awareness of needs.
- We respond to issues from a women's perspective.
- We are a resource to the Anglican Consultative Council.
The Way Forward Will Include
- Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action.
- Ensuring that the needs and concerns of women are heard.
- Improvement of Communication.
- Pooling of resources.
- Twinning of Provinces, promoting support.
The Network has the Potential to be a Transforming Agent for the Church as it
- Links Anglican women world-wide through communication and prayer
- Is a forum for determining issues critical to the spiritual and physical well-being of women.
- Advocates for change through the Anglican Consultative Council and the Lambeth Conference of Bishops.
- Links with advocacy groups in church and society.
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