Update on Milk+Honey at the United Nations!

Kathy just shared this press release with me:

WINNING STRATEGIES FOR ECONOMIC PARTICIPATION OF RURAL AND INDIGENOUS WOMEN

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2012, UNCSW 56

The Women’s Intercultural Network (WIN) invites all NGOs to an interactive Roundtable and Forum on “Winning Strategies for Economic Participation of Rural and Indigenous Women” .

This 4th WINNING STRATEGIES Parallel event convened by WIN and US Women Connect at a UN CSW Session is a follow up to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Women’s Economic Summit (WES) convened by Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton in September 2011. This year’s UN CSW theme of ‘Empowering Rural and Indigenous Women’ is a perfect opportunity to engage women who are isolated and left behind in most countries.

Secretary Clinton launched the Women’s Economic Summit as “The Age of Participation” and brought together 800 senior private and public sector players for a dialogue on fostering women’s economic empowerment among APEC economies and formed a set of economic policy recommendations in the San Francisco Declaration.

This year’s WINNING STRATEGIES Forum will expand the WES Declaration globally adding experiences and comments of rural and indigenous women working ‘on the ground’, living with an economy and surviving economic policies they often have no voice in making. They will add a fresh perspective with innovative micro-enterprise models and concepts that are replicable for sustainable growth and prosperity.

We will video tape and post the 'best practices' and winning strategies on web media. All women are vital as participants in economic recovery locally and globally.

Panelists:
Olivia Calderon, Moderator, CA Legislative Director New America Foundation, WIN Board of Directors
Dian J. Harrison, Chair, WIN, USA; Advisory Council Kayunga Peace Centre, Republic of Uganda
Marily Mondejar, President, Filipina Women’s Network
Mona Motwani, Human Rights Attorney, Co-Founder, SPARK San
Francisco
Helene Rama Niang, Exec. Director, NGO Network for
Development, Dakar, Senegal
Kathy Wan Povi Sanchez, Tewa Women United; Co-Chair US Women Connect

Location: First Floor Chapel, Church Center UN
777 United Nations Plaza, corner of 44th St. and First Ave
New York, NY 10017
Co-Sponsors:
Women’s Intercultural Network (WIN)
US Women Connect (USWC)
Women News Network (WNN)
TEWA Women United
Filipina Women’s Network (FWN)
NOW Foundation
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For more information : win@win-cawa.org
Women’s Intercultural Network (WIN)
1950 Hayes St. #2, San Francisco, CA 94117
415-221-4841