Category: WOC at the UN

[Editor’s Note: WOC is an NGO in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the UN. Janet Antico is one of WOC’s representatives at the UN and offers this critique of UN Security Council Resolution 1325.] UN Security Council Resolution 1325 ~ Women, Peace, and Security The Holy See enjoys the privilege of…
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[Editor’s Note: As an NGO in consultative status with the UN, WOC can submit written statements to ECOSOC meetings. The following statement is being submitted to the ECOSOC High-level segment on the theme “Sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, that promotes the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development: Building an inclusive…
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Christopher White  reports in the Brooklyn Tablet of March 11, 2020 that “United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres will receive the annual top prize from the Path to Peace Foundation – the major charitable organization established to support the work of the Holy See Mission to the U.N.” This article briefly describes the qualifications of…
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[Editors’ note: In this time when the need for connection is greater than ever, we are increasing the frequency of our blog posts to three times a week.] Sometimes a victory is measured in something as small as two words. After obtaining our official status as a recognized Non Governmental Organization (NGO) in the United…
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The recent papal letter “Querida Amazonia” has left many of us puzzled, disappointed and frustrated in varying degrees as we try to understand what this response – or lack of response – means in both the short and long term. Much has already been written about this and I don’t want to belabor the issue: …
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Last Saturday I wrote about Anglican women and I said they get noticed. The second half of that blog was supposed to be about Roman Catholic women who get noticed, but it was too long. We decided to split it and continue today. I did note that WOC and The Grail, among others, are represented…
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Anglican women get noticed. Is it because they are ordained? La Croix International reports that eight women will represent the Anglican Communion at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in New York in March 2020. I am surmising, based on official titles, there are five laywomen, two “reverends,” and one bishop selected…
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I confess that I was more than a little thrilled to grasp the bright blue United Nations ID badge in my hands, for this official recognition of Women’s Ordination Conference into the “Economic and Social Council” (ECOSOC) of the international organization has been a long time coming.  Although WOC has been present at the United…
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What do you think of when you hear the word, “Vatican”?  An imposing basilica dome? A white cloaked man in a funny car?  A sea of red-capped heads? A plaza of milling people and towering pillars?  As I have been finding out these past months, it’s hard to decipher just exactly what “the Vatican” or…
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On Tuesday, September 20, 2016 I was honored to be present at a special forum at the United Nations entitled, “Keeping the Faith in Development: Gender, Religion & Health”. As President of the Women’s Ordination Conference Board, I went to support the Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research, as their director, Dr. Luca Badini Confalonieri, participated…
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