We believe that the dignity and basic rights of all people must be honoured, upheld and defended. We advocate for equal outcomes for women, men and gender-diverse people and promote inclusive, transformative processes to achieve gender equality.
Due to historical and social disadvantage, gender equity recognises that women and gender-diverse people are not in the same ‘starting position’ as men. Treating women, men and gender-diverse people equally may not be fair and just in all situations. In fact, it can create further disadvantage.
Our leadership and involvement in education, social services and faith-based endeavours for over four centuries have resulted in an acute awareness of the need for gender equity across all areas of life.
A lot has to be done to achieve the goal of gender equality but little by little we can surely make a change. We should
The Secretary-General Report for the 68th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women provides an analysis of women’s poverty and outlines the financing
The Commission for Social Development concluded its sixty-second session by approving and forwarding three resolutions and one draft decision to the Economic and Social Council
We welcome the 62nd Session on the Commission on Social Development’s focus on social justice as a critical principle for development and social policies to
On the 8th February 2024, the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Loreto Generalate/Congregation of Jesus co-hosted a CSocD62 Virtual Side Event in collaboration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmCoCNOS3p4 On October 26 we hosted our 20 year anniversary webinar, Just Souls: Mary Ward Family and Faith Based Organisations at the United Nations. We
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