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- By Gail Sandlin, USA, CSW71 task force of the ICUUW Advocacy Committee
It’s never too early to look ahead to March in New York City! The 71st Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW71) will once again call the world together to accelerate gender equality and empower women and girls. Grounded in the 2030 Agenda, the UN blueprint designed to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure peace by 2030, this CSW gathering centers on driving progress across its five core dimensions: People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace, and Partnership. By positioning women as architects of global solutions, CSW71 demonstrates how gender equality reinforces each pillar to build resilient, flourishing communities worldwide. At its core, this gathering seeks to elevate women and girls as the catalyst for sustainable development, moving it beyond an abstract policy goal to a living practice, proving that long-term social, economic, and environmental progress is only achievable when women are engaged.
ICUUW will be there, grounding these global challenges in the lived experiences of women from Kosovo to Kenya, and communities across the globe. Together, these efforts reflect a central truth: women are far more than victims of crisis. They are leaders, knowledge-holders, peacebuilders, innovators, and architects of practical solutions. In the coming months, we will have more detailed information about our own ICUUW events at CSW71.
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- By ICUUW Staff
In December 2022, the UU Funding Program awarded a $10,000 grant and a $5,000 challenge grant to ICUUW for a project in collaboration with Sueños Sin Fronteras de Tejas (SSFTX), a Latinx, Women of Color-led advocacy collective. “Building BIPOC power in San Antonio, TX: Justice, Healing, and Resistance” promoted reproductive, immigrant, healing, and economic justice through community-led practices that support the livelihoods, visions, and leadership development of low-income, immigrant, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) in San Antonio, TX.
The project offered trauma-informed educational workshops for 25 low-income, immigrant BIPOC – regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or immigration status – to enhance self-advocacy and community grassroots organizing for reproductive, immigrant, healing, and economic justice.
The protected spaces enabled participants to share, reflect, learn, and heal together in the service of strengthening individual and collective leadership for resilience, justice, healing, and transformation. Please see a report by SSFTX leaders: Sexual and Reproductive Health Workshops for the San Antonio Immigrant Community.
How can you further support this initiative?
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Learn how to advocate for the unique needs of pregnant and birthing undocumented and immigrant people
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Work with your congregation to adopt educational materials and resources from the Reproductive Justice curriculum of the Spiritual Alliance of Communities for Reproductive Dignity (SACReD)
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- By ICUUW Staff
By Leaders of Sueños Sin Fronteras de Tejas, San Antonio, USA
Sueños Sin Fronteras de Tejas (SSFTX), a women-of-color-led collective based in San Antonio, TX, has embarked upon an impactful project titled "Building BIPOC power in San Antonio, TX: Justice, Healing, and Resistance," thanks to funding made possible by IWC via a UU Funding Program grant.
In spring of 2023, SSFTX hosted three participatory workshops focused on sexual and reproductive health (SRH) for the immigrant community in San Antonio, TX.
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- By Peg Swain, ICUUW Board Member, USA
The UU Funding Program awarded a $10,000 grant and a $5,000 challenge grant to IWC for a project in collaboration with Sueños Sin Fronteras de Tejas (SSFTX), a Latinx, WOC-led advocacy collective.“Building BIPOC power in San Antonio, TX: Justice, Healing, and Resistance” promotes reproductive, immigrant, healing, and economic justice through community-led practices that support the livelihoods, visions, and leadership development of low-income, immigrant, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) in San Antonio, TX.
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- By Jan Meslin and Zsófia Sztranyiczki
A Message of Welcome, Hope, and Resilience
In January 2022, ICUUW successfully completed its first U.S. project, focusing on building capacities and resilience of asylum-seeking women and their children. Funded in part by the UU Funding Program, the project also created tangible opportunities for UUs to build and continue the relationships with asylum-seeking families and to learn more about the U.S. immigration (deportation) system.
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- By Jan Meslin, ICUUW Project Coordinator
ICUUW collaborated with the Asylum-Seekers Sponsorship Project (ASSP) to support asylum-seeking women and children in the U.S, thanks to a grant funded in part by the Fund for UU Social Responsibility.