Thurs March 12 2015 part 2

 Finally back in my room after a busy evening.

At 6 pm there were 4 places that I wanted to be but I could only do one.
I went to the Canadian presentation sponsored by the National Council of Women. It was a presentation entitled "We used to be Number One"
and now we are number 23. In terms of womens rights, education, violence issues etc.
Five women presented parts of the Canadian Shadow report.
A Shadow report in this case is a report by non governmental organizations about the conditions in Canada related to the Beijing Platform for Action. The government submits a report to the UN telling them how wondeerfully we are doing, but, we used to be #1 in the world and now we are #23. In part we have fallen back a bit but mostly other countries have moved ahead better than we have. Iceland for example has come forward a lot despite having had their economy shattered by the crisis a few years ago.
Vicky Smallman talked about the labour union issues. Equal pay, decent work, childcare,and the impact of trade agreements upon jobs were among the issues she brought up.
Other topics included: homelessness, housing first, the shelter system, young women, legal issues and policy issues,
Timing being what it is here, there were also 2 other presentations being given by Canadians at the same time: one on tax laws and finances and the other on aboriginal issues. And I had already purchased a ticket to a dinner with Ecumenical Women.
And the soroptimists went to Gilda's house at the invitation of SI Manhattan. It is truly impossible to do all the things that one wants to here.

After the presentation I travelled to the hotel where other Canadian Anglicans are staying to have some social time with the other Canadian anglicans. We are few this time but we have a Bishop with us, Bishop Michael Bird from the Diocese of Niagara. We got to know each other better and we talked about how to let more Canadian anglicans know about the importance of what we do here.

OK enough for  tonight I need to soon go to bed. I will try to catch up the missing days soon.


Blessings Judy