At the beginning of the annual Sixteen Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, the Revd Terrie Robinson said that churches across the Anglican Communion are uniquely placed to challenge and change how society thinks about gender-based violence.
Anglican women around the world have been deeply saddened by the item below from Ayra Inderyas of the Church of Pakistan.
From 3 to 6 November 2009 women and men from around the Anglican Communion gathered in Hong Kong for a four-day consultation on the human trafficking of children, with a particular focus on the girl child in Asia. The consultation was organised by the Office of the Anglican United Nations Observer and was supported by a grant from the Archbishop of Canterbury, with accommodation, board, and ground transportation generously provided by the Primate of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui, Archbishop Paul Kwong.
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Happy are those who saw and were adorned with your love!
For we also shall surely live.
Ecclesiasticus 48:11
This reading at Evening Prayer appropriately set the scene for the first meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council's International Anglican Women's Network (IAWN) held at the Desmond Tutu Center in New York, 22–27 February 2009. This is the first time Provincial Links and the Steering Group have been able to meet since its formation in 1996 to discuss the work of IAWN and its potential impact within the Church and beyond.
The International Anglican Women's Network (IAWN) will conduct its first formal meeting Feb. 22-27, 2009, at the Tutu Center at General Theological Seminary in New York City.
Building on the strong presence of the IAWN during the 2008 Lambeth Conference, women representing 26 of the 38 Anglican provinces are expected.
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.
February 26 through March 9, 2007, Anglican and Episcopal delegates to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) meeting, at UN headquarters in New York City and nearby locations.
Anglican and Episcopal delegates have attended this annual event for the past four years, under the auspices of the Office of the Anglican Observer to the UN and Women's Ministries of the Episcopal Church. The 2007 event included 10 girls and 50 women representing 34 Provinces of the Anglican Communion.