Trinity delegation to travel to UN to deliver panel at Conference on the Status of Women

Our Trinity Citizens for Global Solutions Fellows have traveled to the United Nations HQ in New York to participate as delegates to the Commission on the Status of Women. They will have presented their own panel titled: An Intergenerational Panel: Confronting Gender-Specific Violence to Promote Peace, on Friday, March 14th at 10:30am, which could be viewed live on zoom.

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From March 9-12th Trinity Students Cinthya Calderon-Hernandez, Evelin Ortiz-Espinoza, Kayla Strong, Lauren Woodhouse, Nicole Moyo, Sugely (Abi) Huh, and Viviana Barahona had been working at the UN Headquarters as delegates for the Citizens for Global Solutions during the meetings of the Commission of the Status of Women. As part of the commission, they had been accepted to present their own panel. Two of our students present their academic research about gender-specific violence in Nigeria and Congo to tee-up two of our partners who are on the ground there who discuss their day-to-day activities in combating this.

In the fall semester 2024, weekly in-depth workshops walk students through all of the key aspects of how the United Nations works, international human rights law, peacebuilding, environmental issues, and working towards reforming the United Nations. In concert with our partner Citizens for Global Solutions, students participate in policy work and gain a deeper understanding of global governance structures, issues, and how to approach tough international problems. As the capstone to this program, in the Spring semester 2025, students travel to the United Nations HQ in New York City to attend the Conference on the Status of Women where they work to actively contribute to current policies and reform initiatives that will be presented at the United Nations.

Panel Description:

This panel explores different factors, such as the lack of educational opportunities and systemic inequality that contributes to the prevalence of violence against women and barriers to justice and peace. We hope this discussion will help continue to shed light on how women from marginalized groups and disproportionately exposed them to violence through limitations that prevent them from accessing their rights. We aim to center the human rights and identity of women. Through academic research from Trinity students, and the first-hand experiences of members of the Africa Faith & Justice Network, and the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, this event deepens our understanding of how various points of the Beijing Declaration frameworks can be better implemented. (Presented in French & English with simultaneous translation.)