Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Sustainable Development Goals, 9 and 10
Learning about the SDGs and understanding their significance is an important first step as together, creatively, we search for the most effective ways to advocate for these aspects of social justice.
ECOSOC Youth Forum 2021: An opportunity for collaboration to further highlight issues of homelessness
The annual Youth Forum provides a global platform for a candid dialogue among Member States and young leaders from around the world on solutions to challenges affecting youth wellbeing.
Sustainable Development Goals, 7 and 8
Learning about the SDGs and understanding their significance is an important first step as together, creatively, we search for the most effective ways to advocate for these aspects of social justice.
The Commodification of Housing
“Housing has lost its social function and is seen instead as a vehicle for wealth and asset growth.” [Leilani Farha, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing] We’re becoming all too familiar with these scenarios: families forced out of cities by upward spiraling...
World Water Week: In pursuit of SDG 6
In pursuit of Strategic Development Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. That was World Water week 2017 in Stockholm, Sweden. World Water Week 2017 Overview More than half of households worldwide have access to clean...
Conclusion of the Consecrated Life Continental Seminar to Stop Trafficking in Persons
From August 17-20, I had the opportunity to participate, together with 17 Daughters of Charity (DCs) from all provinces of the Americas, in the seminar to stop human trafficking in Bogota, Colombia. Those gathered at the seminar included women, men, consecrated, and...
Sustainable Development Goal #1: End Poverty
END POVERTY IN ALL ITS FORMS EVERYWHERE End extreme poverty in all forms by 2030. Yes, it’s an ambitious goal— but we believe it can be done. In 2000, the world committed to cutting the number of people living in extreme poverty by half in 15 years and we met this...
Invisible Women of Our Society
Who are the invisible women in our society? It is said that these women are “absent from statistics, unnoticed by researchers, neglected by national and local authorities and mostly overlooked by civil society organizations.” This is the situation of widows in our...
Focusing on SDG 3 in Chiapas, Mexico
By Sr. Margaret O’Dwyer, DC, along with the Daughters of Charity and Medical Coordinator of San Carlos Hospital, Altamirano, Chiapas, Mexico The UN thrives on good examples of how the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are being achieved in various parts of the...
High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
“Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world” The High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development is the central platform of the United Nations for the follow-up and review of Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development and The Sustainable...
UN Hearing Focuses on Strengthening Global Plan to Combat Trafficking in Persons
July 30 is World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. One way to fight human trafficking is to strengthen international efforts. Notably, this September, world leaders will revise the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons when they gather for the...
The Oceans
We continue to call for the protection of our common home. This month has welcomed the high-level UN Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: conserve and sustainably use...