tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537417784964181376.post-61634064149753546322008-02-24T19:53:00.004-06:002008-02-24T20:00:22.913-06:00As a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, the School Sisters of Notre Dame are afforded a powerful platform for advocacy. Responding to that responsibility, the School Sisters of Notre Dame have been taking a dynamic role in activities at the United Nations, such as the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), for the past 15 years.<br /><br />This year, the SSND delegation to the CSW includes a class from Mount Mary College, an SSND-sponsored school in Milwaukee. Those students arrived in New York today well-versed on this year’s CSW theme – financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women – and ready to advocate on behalf of concerns important to the School Sisters of Notre Dame – education, economic justice and girls’ and women’s human rights.<br /><br />They believe education is vital means for economic and social development, that economic justice for girls creates a strong foundation for the rest of the population and that governments must invest in girls. And they won’t hesitate to tell any CSW delegate they meet during the course of the week how and why they must focus on solving these problems. These students are resolute in their objective to promote change that will lead to gender equality and the empowerment of women.<br /><br /><div align="right"><span style="color:#000066;"><em>Julie Gilberto-Brady</em></span><br /></div><div align="right"><span style="color:#000066;"><em>SSND Communications Coordinator</em></span></div>Julie Gilberto-Bradynoreply@blogger.com