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03/01/2006
Proceedings at
the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women WASHINGTON, Mar. 1 -- Concerned Women for America’s (CWA’s) two experts at the 2006 Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the New York headquarters of the United Nations are available for media interviews and commentary on the 50th session of CSW. * Dr. Janice Crouse, who heads CWA’s think tank, The Beverly LaHaye Institute, will report on and analyze the sessions. An authority on women’s issues and human trafficking, Dr. Crouse has particular expertise on the topics that are the focus of the 50th session of CSW (violence against women, sex trafficking, CEDAW, women’s empowerment and women’s political participation). * Wendy Wright, CWA’s President, will be directing efforts of the pro-life, pro-marriage, and pro-family citizen lobbyists during the second week of the session. Miss Wright has participated and reported on UN conferences on women, population and cloning since 1997. Dr. Crouse said, "The 2006 CSW is the 50th session of this important U.N. conference. We don’t anticipate a high-profile event; but, these relatively conflict-free sessions are prime times for the left to wreak havoc by quietly slipping their pet projects into U.N. initiatives. We will have to be very conscientious and diligent." Crouse added, "Plus, the 2006 CSW will be a roll-up- your-sleeves session. The importance of such pivotal sessions focusing on the basic needs of women around the world should not be overshadowed by the conflicts over more controversial issues." Crouse concluded, "Finally, a United Nations session will do what it ought to do all the time; that is, address the basic needs of vulnerable women –– such as an education initiative that will provide hope and opportunity for over 80 million African children, and initiatives in Afghanistan and Iraq that will train women and girls for a brighter future in their newly democratic nations." Wendy Wright stated, "Women around the world have pressing and desperate needs, but regrettably these U.N. conferences often end up promoting heavy-handed policies and programs that ignore the distinctiveness and moral values of individual women. We will advocate for policies that respect the dignity of all women." Please contact Stacey Holliday at 202.488.7000, extension 126, to set up an interview with one of CWA’s experts. Concerned Women for America (CWA) is the nation’s largest public policy women’s organization.
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