In a two-part series, we highlight reports in two different hemispheres that focus on women in the COVID-infected world. Part I.
Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Give Voice To Girls
by Mary Ann Dantuono, AIC-USA | September 12, 2019 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 0 Comments
Testimonies from local agencies gave voice to young girls dreams but also enabled them to speak about their fears and difficulties.
The Era of Migrations: Human Mobility and Vincentian Merciful Praxis
by Guillermo Campuzano, CM | September 5, 2019 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 0 Comments
Today migrants are among those more abandoned, discriminated against, persecuted in our global society. Indifference on our part will make us accomplices of what is happening to them, our brothers and sisters in this unique human family.
Fire!! Fire!! Fire!!
by Pattie Hughes, Vincentian | August 29, 2019 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 0 Comments
Our beautiful Mother Earth is on fire. All around the world people are talking about the devastating fires happening right now in the Amazon rain forest. “The earths lungs.”
International Day For The Preservation Of The Ozone Layer
by Catherine Prendergast | August 22, 2019 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 0 Comments
Ozone Layer Day occurs just a week before UN Secretary-General António Guterres hosts the 2019 Climate Action Summit on 23 September in New York.
United Nations Efforts to End Racism
by Margaret O'Dwyer | Jun 11, 2020 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
After recent events, you may ask, “What has the UN done to help eradicate racism?”
COVID-19 and Homelessness
by Pattie Hughes, Vincentian | Jun 4, 2020 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
With the COVID-19 Pandemic uniting the world in abject pain, some of the most vulnerable are finding the situation extremely difficult to navigate.
Systemic Change Meeting Includes UN NGO Reps
by Elizabeth Astridge | Mar 24, 2016 | News, Systemic change, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
At the Bronx Campus of Mount Saint Vincent College, on February 26, representatives of several branches of the Vincentian Family met to discuss ways to more effectively work together to help people living in poverty improve their living conditions through Systemic...
Commission on the Status of Women: You can participate!
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 17, 2016 | News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
From March 14 – 24, 2016, the UN Commission on the Status of Women will convene to consider "Women’s Empowerment and its Link to Sustainable Development." Sr. Teresa Kotturan, SCN of the Sisters of Charity Federation NGO at the UN, invites us to, Engage in the...
Step it Up for Gender Equality — U.N. Initiative
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 10, 2016 | Formation, Justice and Peace, News, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
AIC's Natalie Monteza was Facebooking up a storm on International Women's Day (March 8). Guillermo Campuzano, C.M. -- the C.M. representative at the United Nations -- wrote me about this, too. Here's a good summary of what the U.N. is up to. Senior United Nations...
Encourage World Leaders to Sign Climate Change Agreement
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Mar 3, 2016 | Announcements, News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
On December 11, 195 nations reached an agreement in Paris which could save the planet—The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. This Agreement, however, will not take effect unless a sufficient number of member states officially sign onto it between...
UN’s 54th CSOCD Centers on Strengthening Social Development
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 18, 2016 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
As it drew to a close Friday, the UN’s 54th Commission for Social Development (CSOCD) passed a resolution setting its theme for next year; one close to Vincentian hearts: “Strategies for the Eradication of Poverty to Achieve Sustainable Development for All.” The...
The Vincentian Family at the U.N.
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 11, 2016 | Formation, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
The Vincentian Family at the U.N. is participating in the 54th Session of the Commission on Social Development, February 3 – 12, 2016. The 54th Session of the Commission on Social Development is the first major meeting that is taking place at the UN since the adoption...
The Vincentian Family Collaboration at the United Nations and Genève
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Feb 4, 2016 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
Collaboration at the United Nations by the Vincentian Family has been long in the making. Over the past 20 years, there has been a meaningful transformation in the way we understand our Charism. During this period, two core elements have become integral in our...
United Nations NGOs Collaborate with .FAMVIN
by Margaret O'Dwyer | Jan 28, 2016 | News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
from Margaret O'Dwyer, DC at the United Nations with Aidan Rooney. Members of the Vincentian Family working as NGO representatives to the United Nations met with Fr. Aidan Rooney, CM, Wednesday, at the CM’s NGO Office in Manhattan. The group considered strategies for...
Vincentian Family at the U.N.: Forced Labor
by John Freund, CM | Dec 31, 2015 | Justice and Peace, News, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family at the U.N.
When Vincentians think of forced labor, the image may come to mind of our Co-Founder relieving a debilitated galley slave in the 1947 movie, “Monsieur Vincent.” Centuries later, the plight of forced laborers calls us not only to come to their aid, but also to end...