NGO Highlights 1998

The UN

• Celebrates the 50^th anniversary of the UNDHR, Universal Declaration of Human Rights 

The NGO office

• Gives presentation to the North America National Service Providers Rosemont, Columbus Ohio  
• Makes a visit to GS in Chiapas Mexico
• Participates in our 1^st NGO publication, Clearing a Path for Girls in preparation for Beijing plus Five (B+5), Five-year review of the Beijing women conference. The report was a project of the Working Group on Girls of the NGO Committee on UNCEF
• Has first articles on women published in media, Pax Christi national newsletter and Maryknoll magazine
• Makes its first verbal intervention at CEDAW, re the human rights of women in Mexico
• Encourages regional actions through the activity of Lalini in Brussels and Winifred in Ethiopia, who had been appointed regional reps through Barbara Davis.
• Submitted a report on Violence Against Women, to the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, prepared by the Good Shepherd Social Justice network, Australia:  Assessing Government compliance towards elimination of Domestic Violence
• Participates in the review of GS Global Analysis from 1997 General Chapter/Assembly, Rome, Italy.

 

  Beginning to Raise our Voice!

Networking and speaking
		Learning about the Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
		Archbishop Ruiz and GS people in  Chiapas, Mexico