Mount Mary College students prepare to advocate on behalf
of concerns important to School Sisters of Notre Dame
Believing that education is vital means for economic and social development, that economic justice for girls creates a strong foundation for the rest of the population and that governments must invest in girls, nine students from Mount Mary College are joining the School Sisters of Notre Dame delegation at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women this week.
The students began preparing to advocate on behalf of concerns important to the School Sisters of Notre Dame – education, economic justice and girls’ and women’s human rights – during their honors United Nations course at Mount Mary last semester.
After arriving in New York on Sunday, they fine-tuned their research, polishing their talking points on the CSW theme – financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women. Pictured above, students Megan Lann and Mollyrose Mahoney work on a statement on economic justice.
Sister Ethel Howley, SSND, assistant justice, peace and integrity of creation director for the Atlantic-Midwest Province, (left) works with a group of Mount Mary students on a statement about the importance of education and how it relates to the CSW theme of financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women. Pictured next to Sister Ethel, clockwise from left, are Cindy Judds, Jennifer Treptow, Kate Lee Calvano and Christine Behn.
Sister Ann Scholz, SSND, director of the SSND UN-NGO office, (left) briefs the students from Mount Mary College who will be accompanying the School Sisters of Notre Dame delegation at the Commission on the Status of Women. Also working with Sister Ann are Sisters Ethel Howley, SSND, (standing in back) and Eileen Reilly, SSND (not pictured).
Believing that education is vital means for economic and social development, that economic justice for girls creates a strong foundation for the rest of the population and that governments must invest in girls, nine students from Mount Mary College are joining the School Sisters of Notre Dame delegation at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women this week.
Sister Ethel Howley, SSND, assistant justice, peace and integrity of creation director for the Atlantic-Midwest Province, (left) works with a group of Mount Mary students on a statement about the importance of education and how it relates to the CSW theme of financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women. Pictured next to Sister Ethel, clockwise from left, are Cindy Judds, Jennifer Treptow, Kate Lee Calvano and Christine Behn. 