Join us for the Commission on Status of women watch party: Friday, March 14th
An Intergenerational Conversation on Beijing+30: Sustaining the Momentum
Women’s rights are human rights. In 1995 the UN held a seminal conference on the global rights of women. It’s time for remembering and moving forward.
Hear from women who attended the conference 30 years ago.
• Professor Joy Kwesiga, Vice Chancellor of Kabale University, Uganda
• Dr. Linda Greene, Emeritus Law Professor, UW Madison
Hear:
1. From today’s students and attendees on the relevance of the 1995 platform to today and a call for action
2. Closing remarks from the Minister of Gender for Uganda, Betty Amongi
Where:
Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E. Gorham St., Madison
When:
Friday, March 14th, 7:30a-9a, w/free African inspired breakfast; networking until 10a; doors open at 7am
Organizers:
United Nations Association of Dane County with support from the International Division of UW-Madison and the 4W Initiative for Women and Wellbeing in Wisconsin and the World at UW-Madison For more details and bio's of the presenters contact mailto:[email protected]
Event and Breakfast free but registration is required. Link Below!
Women’s rights are human rights. In 1995 the UN held a seminal conference on the global rights of women. It’s time for remembering and moving forward.
Hear from women who attended the conference 30 years ago.
• Professor Joy Kwesiga, Vice Chancellor of Kabale University, Uganda
• Dr. Linda Greene, Emeritus Law Professor, UW Madison
Hear:
1. From today’s students and attendees on the relevance of the 1995 platform to today and a call for action
2. Closing remarks from the Minister of Gender for Uganda, Betty Amongi
Where:
Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 E. Gorham St., Madison
When:
Friday, March 14th, 7:30a-9a, w/free African inspired breakfast; networking until 10a; doors open at 7am
Organizers:
United Nations Association of Dane County with support from the International Division of UW-Madison and the 4W Initiative for Women and Wellbeing in Wisconsin and the World at UW-Madison For more details and bio's of the presenters contact mailto:[email protected]
Event and Breakfast free but registration is required. Link Below!
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See our chapter featured in the national UNA Today October newsletter!!
UNA Dane Global Citizen Award 2023
17 United Nations SUSTAINABLE Development Goals
The United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals have been created to clarify the principal mission of the United Nations through 2030. Read below to know more.
Congrats to our 2022 Global Citizen Award Recipient, Natalka Akulenko!
As a former citizen of Kyiv, Ukraine, Natalka has worked in the environmental field post-Chernobyl. She is a public speaker that strives to educate our community on the history and needs of Ukraine. 
Lousie Lund and Linda Baumann staffing the UNA table at the Youth Climate Conference.
UNA members David Kuter, Scott Kummer, and Kathy Kunz from the Dane County Office of Energy & Climate Change on the planning committee for the Youth Climate Conference held November 12th at the Alliant Center in Madison.
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United Nations General AssemblyOn Feb. 17, UNA-USA hosted the annual Global Engagement Summit!
A few special guests that you don't want to miss included: Selwin Hart, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Climate Action and Just Transition Sophia Kianni, Founder and Executive Director of Climate Cardinals and youngest U.S. representative to the UN Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change Jamal Hill, member of the 2022 Cohort of Young Leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals 
The recent UNA Women Townhall recently took place to discuss the SCOTUS overturn of the constitutional right to abortion. We encourage our UNA members write to their Congressional representatives urging full support for the UN FPA in the 2023 budget which is now being drafted in Washington D.C. The FPA is a UN agency aimed at improving reproductive and maternal health worldwide. |
