COP 30 Awareness Campaign
On 10 November through 20 November, people from over 190 countries will gather in Belém, Brazil for the 30th United Nations (UN) Conference of the Parties (COP) commonly referred to as COP 30. It is the…
Sr. Ann Pratt: new UN Representative for DSIC
A lifelong advocate for justice, Sr. Ann Pratt has dedicated her ministry to uplifting families, advancing social justice, and caring for our common home. Currently serving as Co-Lead of the California Chapter of the Laudato Si’…
UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: Opportunity to share achievements and challenges
During the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, there will be a space to share achievements and challenges, and to strengthen networking among representatives from Africa, North, Central, and South America, the Amazon, and Asia-Pacific….
Beijing Declaration: Its Contributions and Challenges to the realization of the SDGs
2025 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Beijing Declaration – a resolution adopted by the UN at the end of the Fourth World Conference on Women on 15 September 1995. The resolution was adopted to promulgate…
Sr. Dusty Farnan, OP on the 63rd session of the Commission for Social Development
The Commission for Social Development is the key UN body in charge of the follow-up and implementation of the Copenhagen Declaration and Programme of Action. The 63rd session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD63) will take place from 10…
Dominican Month of Peace 2024: Praying for Hope and Justice for the Haitian people
The relfection by Sr. Durstyne Farnan, Representative to the UN We begin the magnificent feast of Advent on December first of this year. It is the first Sunday of Advent. It is also the beginning of…
Q&A with Sr. Dusty Farnan, working at the UN toward gender equality
Interview published by the Global Sisters Report Worldwide, nearly 2.4 billion women of working age do not have the same legal rights as men, according to a 2023 report by Women, Business and the Law, a World Bank…
Webinar: Dominican Sisters Reflect on SDGs 3, 13 and 16
October 30, 2024 at 8 AM (EST) / 1 PM (Rome time) The Dominican Leadership Conference and Dominican Sisters International Confederation areorganizing the webinar entitled “Dominican Sisters Reflect on the SDGs 3, 13 and 16”. English…