The UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68)

Bigger and Better than Ever –

And Pathways To Peace is Presenting!

Please Join Us!

Pathways To Peace is honored to be presenting three exceptional parallel events at this year’s CSW68.

One of the largest gatherings of women from around the world will take place at the UN for the sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women,

March 11^th to 22, 2024. 

Please reserve your spot for our PTP events at: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpce-qrz8sHdNYwsiqolDu8COOhU2PGKoG

You will receive a reminder email with the zoom link before your desired event.

Thanks to the SINE Network, you can also view the PTP events on the Pathways To Peace Facebook page and on other SINE Network pages: https://www.facebook.com/pathwaystopeaceun/

Thursday, March 14^th, 4:30 pm- 6:30 pm ET

Empowering Girls to Say “No” to Female Genital Mutilation: #IamBrave.

Pathways To Peace and WAR AGAINST POVERTY in Guinea opened a Shelter for Girls who are brave and said “no” to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and are homeless as a result. Guinea has the second highest rate of FGM in the world, with 97% of young girls experiencing this tortuous practice. The Avon Mattison Girls Shelter provides loving care, safety, emotional support, and opportunities for the girls to pursue a brighter future for themselves through education and job training. Through comprehensive community education, garnering the support of local dignitaries and authorities, and providing shelter, we expect to end FGM in Kindia, Guinea in one generation. Please Join us for this participatory event!

Speakers: Tezikiah Gabriel and David Wick 

RSVP for this event and receive your Zoom link here:

 https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpce-qrz8sHdNYwsiqolDu8COOhU2PGKoG#/registration

Monday, March 18^th, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm ET

The Empowerment of Women and Girls:

Post Covid / Post Roe v Wade.

Welcome to the UN Commission on the Status of Women Panel: THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN & GIRLS IN VT POST-COVID event! Join us live at the Woodstock Inn & Resort or virtually for an insightful discussion on empowering women and girls in a post-COVID world. Our panel of experts will share valuable insights and strategies to support gender equality and women's empowerment. Vermont Women's Fund will be sharing their findings on the newly released This Way Up Data Report – the first-ever comprehensive report on the state of women’s businesses in Vermont.

Panel Guests:

·      Alison Clarkson: State Senator Vermont, Majority Leader 

·      Meg Smith: Vermont Women's Fund, Former Executive Director

·      Emily Bush: Vermont Women's Fund, Executive Director

·      Thato Rasebe: AALV-VT.org, Associate Director & Program Manager

·      Meg Seely: Vermont Food Bank, Corporate Philanthropy Director

Moderated by Deborah Greene: Executive Director, TEDxHartlandHill; UNCSW Delegate.

Join us as we delve into challenges, achievements, and prospects encountered by women and girls in the post-pandemic era across Vermont. Don't miss out on this opportunity to be part of the conversation and drive positive change. See you there!

RSVP here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpce-qrz8sHdNYwsiqolDu8COOhU2PGKoG#/registration

Thursday, March 21^st, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm ET

Youth Speak! Breaking the Silence and Empowering Young Female Leaders.

Pathways To Peace (PTP) high-school student representatives share their research, experience, and perspectives on a variety of critical issues and opportunities in our world today. While the topics they cover are of particular interest to young women, they are universally relevant to all of us. They will also speak to the importance of advocating and empowering the leadership and equality of all women, particularly young women of color.

Youth Speakers: Adriana Araya and Rachal Harnarine, along with a cast of other PTP Student Reps with a youth-produced video. Along with their teachers and mentors, Mr. George Anthony, and Mr. Tawheed Rahman.

RSVP for this event and receive your zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpce-qrz8sHdNYwsiqolDu8COOhU2PGKoG#/registration

There are over 700 parallel and side events in this year’s CSW68 Portal, and you have access to many of them via zoom. Register today! NGO CSW68 Forum (vfairs.com)

About Pathways To Peace

Incorporated in 1983, Pathways to Peace (PTP) is an international organization dedicated to making Peace a lived reality in our world today. PTP is an UN-designated Peace Messenger Organization that holds consultative status with the UN Department of Global Communications (DGC) and the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). For over 40 years, PTP has been engaged in innovation, collaboration, and movement-building. Our Vision is for a World at Peace, and our work is about building a Culture of Peace.

Pathways To Peace provides education, consultation, and mentorship. Working in partnership over the years, PTP has inaugurated several UN-recognized global Peace initiatives, including UN International Day of Peace, the UN Culture of Peace Resolution and Programme of Action, and the PeaceWave.

Pathways To Peace works in partnership with Peacebuilders locally and globally, multi-generationally and cross-culturally on programs that build Peace and eliminate barriers to Peace, including nuclear disarmament, climate change, racial equity, and gender equality. works to raise awareness and advocate for nuclear disarmament and the adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) globally and within Albania.

We invite you to join us in our Peacebuilding efforts! For more information about

Pathways to Peace, please visit our website: pathwaystopeace.org

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This newsletter comes to you from Pathways To Peace (PTP), steward of the Culture of Peace Initiative (CPI) newsletter. PTP is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization, whose work would not be possible without our volunteers and your support. If you would like to support Pathways To Peace programs and activities around the globe, you can do so by clicking the Donation Button above. A heartfelt thank you from the Pathways To Peace Team! 

For more information or to make a donation by check, Venmo, or Paypal, please contact:

Tezikiah Gabriel, Executive Director

[email protected]

651-357-4436

Pathways To Peace Business Office

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St. Paul, MN 55117