
Confronting the Digital Face of Human Trafficking
On 25 June 2026, civil society representatives, government officials, and UN experts gathered for a Constructive Dialogue on Trafficking in Persons, turning a sharp focus
We are present at the United Nations (UN) on behalf of our IBVM/CJ members and network of over 200,000 students, teachers, co-workers and associates, primarily women and children. We communicate the insights, experiences, needs, and perspectives of the people we live and work with, particularly those most marginalised.
One way we do this is by submitting written statements and oral statements (speaking on the floor of the UN) on behalf of those who cannot be present. This enables us to voice the concerns and lived experiences of those on the ground to the member states and observers at the UN.

On 25 June 2026, civil society representatives, government officials, and UN experts gathered for a Constructive Dialogue on Trafficking in Persons, turning a sharp focus

The Economic and Social Council of the United Nations will host its annual Commission on Social Development in February. To help our Sisters, Associates, Friends,

A girl born in 1995, the year governments made their promises in Beijing, is now a young woman who is yet to experience gender equality

Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged us to accelerate action, saying, “we must not let up on our 2030 promise to end poverty, protect the planet

We were given the opportunity at the 63rd Session of the Commission on Social Development to intervene and deliver an Oral Statement on the theme

And let us make the case, powerfully, for equality. Let the world hear what we have asserted over the past two weeks: that gender equality
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