Advancement of women

St. Albert, Alberta Toronto, Ontario, 10 May 2010 (CBNS) — Baha’is across Canada celebrated International Women’s Day in March by creating spaces for communities to explore topics essential to advancing the status of women in Canadian society. At least five hundred people participated in 14 events held in coffee shops, community centres, banquet halls and libraries. Men and women participated in lively discussions, interactive presentations, singing, dancing, poetry, and a variety of visual arts.

Elizabeth Wright, Gerald Filson and Deloria Bighorn, Canadian delegates to the UN CSWToronto, Ontario, 24 March 2009 (CBNS) — Three Canadian Bahá’ís joined an international Bahá’í delegation to participate in the 53rd UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), held in New York from 2 to 13 March 2009. The CSW is a technical commission of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (ECOSOC) of the United Nations. Its function is to promote women’s rights in political, economic, civil, social and educational fields and to make recommendations and present reports on the development of women’s rights and on new urgent issues.

Fulya Vekiloglu, Director for the Advancement of Women for the Baha’i International Community (left), Gerald Filson (centre), and Elizabeth Wright (right) stand together at the CSW event.Toronto, Ontario, 12 March 2008 (CBNS) — Adopting a long-term perspective instead of being merely reactive, aligning national budgets with particular sensitivity to women and girls, and engaging religion and religious leaders in the work of changing long-held practices and attitudes towards women were among the key points¹ raised this year by the Baha’i International Community’s Office for the Advancement of Women during the course of the 52nd United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (the CSW), held at the UN in New York from 25 February to 7 March.

Dr. Nathalie Auger talked about sex selection at this year's ABS conference.
[Photo by Laura Mostmand]
Toronto, Ontario, 21 August 2007 (CBNS) — Breakout sessions were in full swing by day two of the Association for Bahá’í Studies conference, and this year participants could choose from among 13 panels, including ones on bioethics, sustainable development, education, and science and religion.

Toronto, ON, 22 February 2007 (CBNS) — The Director for the Advancement of Women for the Bahá’í Community of Canada, along with two Bahá’í girls, are set to attend this year’s Commission on the Status of Women.