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Building advocacy networks goal of Indigenous Women's Gathering
Twenty-five indigenous women are gathering November 14-16 for the Annual Anglican/Episcopal Indigenous Women's Gathering at Washington National Cathedral's Cathedral College. Participants, most of whom live on reservations, will travel from Australia, Alaska, Hawaii and throughout the lower 48 states for the event. According to Sarah Eagle Heart, conference coordinator and a member of the Oglala Lakota tribe, indigenous women are particularly concerned
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MIDDLE EAST: Arab conference empowers women, says Anglican group
The second Arab Anglican Women's Convention held in Amman in early October was an important way to unite and empower women from the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, says Shawfeeqa Dawani, coordinator of the event and wife of Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem Suheil Dawani
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In Sweden, Presiding Bishop joins 50th anniversary celebrations of women's ordination
The [Lutheran] Church of Sweden welcomed Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori of the Episcopal Church to Stockholm and Uppsala September 22-23 to join the anniversary celebrations of its historic decision 50 years ago to ordain women to the priesthood.
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MIDDLE EAST: Jordan to host conference for women's empowerment, leadership
The Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem and the Middle East is hosting a leadership and empowerment conference for women August 16-22, and expected among the participants are both men and women from the Diocese of Tokyo
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Joanna Dewey and Carter Heyward lectures set for Episcopal Divinity School
Billed as "One day, two great lectures," Episcopal Divinity School (EDS) will hold the Joanna Dewey Lecture in Feminist Biblical Studies and the Carter Heyward Scholars Program Lecture on November 13
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Episcopal Divinity School set to host first New England Beijing Circles Conference
Episcopal Divinity School (EDS) will serve as host of the first New England Beijing Circles Conference sponsored by the Episcopal Church. Scheduled for September 26 and 27, this conference will explore ways women around the world can work together to address issues of poverty, education, health, and gender equality faced by their global sisters
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Women bishops approved by Church of England's General Synod
The Church of England's General Synod on July 7 approved a motion that supports the consecration of women as bishops and affirmed that "special arrangements" should be made available for those opposed to the move
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Australia appoints first woman bishop
With the April 11 announcement that the Venerable Kay Goldsworthy has been named assistant bishop for the Anglican Diocese of Perth, the Anglican Church of Australia becomes the fourth province in the Anglican Communion to appoint or elect a woman to serve in the episcopate.
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Anglican delegation to UNCSW issues statement
Women who gathered from across the Anglican Communion to provide input to the annual session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW), meet with other NGOs, and meet amongst themselves, have issued a statement
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EPPN urges support of U.S. foreign-policy changes to empower women
The Episcopal Public Policy Network (EPPN) is calling on Episcopalians to mark International Women's Day March 8 by contacting their United States senators and representatives to urge them to support the bipartisan Global Resources and Opportunities for Women to Thrive (GROWTH) Act.
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Financing for gender equity explored by Anglican leaders, scholars
Anglican Women's Empowerment's (AWE) week-long series of activities geared toward the Anglican understanding of gender equity and its relationship to human and social development, culminated on March 1 at Trinity Church Wall Street in New York City with a panel presentation themed "The Intersection of Faith and Politics: Financing for Gender Equity."
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Anglican Women's Empowerment to welcome delegates to 52nd UNCSW assembly
In February, women from every region of the world will arrive in New York to participate in the 52nd United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW), held at the United Nation's headquarters. This year's theme is "Financing for gender equity and the empowerment of women."
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