Preparations for CSW 56 Continue...

My apologies for the gap since my last blog entry - but be assured that the preparations for CSW 56 are coming along at pace!

I am part of discussions with World YWCA, with whom WAGGGS is co-hosting the Young Women's Caucus at the CSW event. Getting such a group together regularly during the event will allow us to be able to speak as a united voice on several topics - representing the voice of young women to the governmental delegations and other NGOs.

The whole WAGGGS delegation are taking part in many tasks through our groupsite platform as preparation for our work in New York, and the key messages we'll deliver are being formulated. This week's task for example is to research a little on the Millennium Development Goals and understand how the challenges a particular goal seeks to address may impact on rural women (the priority theme of the CSW).

I'll be back soon with another update and some more discussion of the issues.