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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Dear Friends,</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">For those of you who might be
interested in the status and voice of women across the Anglican Communion<SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">The Provincial Link to IAWN for The
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of IAWN for the past three years.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Anglican Communion
News Service [mailto:acnslist@anglicancommunion.org] <BR>Sent: </SPAN></FONT>22
January 2009 11:34<BR>To: helena.mbele-mbong@wanadoo.fr<BR>Subject: ACNS4562
International Anglican Women's Network (IAWN) Meeting Feb 2009</P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">International Anglican Women's Network (IAWN) Meeting
Feb 2009</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Posted On : </SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-GB>January 22,
2009</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB> </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>10:21 AM</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB> | Posted By : Webmaster</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">ACNS: <A
href="http://www.aco.org/acns/news.cfm/2009/1/22/ACNS4562">http://www.aco.org/acns/news.cfm/2009/1/22/ACNS4562</A>
</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Related Categories: ACO </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The International Anglican Women's Network (IAWN) will
conduct its first</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">formal meeting </SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Feb.
22-27, 2009</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>, at the </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB>Tutu</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB> </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB>Center</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB> at General</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Theological Seminary in </SPAN></FONT><SPAN
lang=EN-GB>New York City</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Building on the strong presence of the IAWN during the
2008 Lambeth</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Conference, women representing 26 of the 38 Anglican
provinces are</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">expected. "We will focus on progress or lack thereof
toward equality and</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">empowerment for women in our regions," said Mrs.
Priscilla Julie of the</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Church of the Province of the </SPAN></FONT><SPAN
lang=EN-GB>Indian Ocean</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>, who chairs the IAWN
Steering</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Group. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">"How does our situation measure up against the goals of
the </SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Beijing</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Platform for Action and Millennium Development Goal #3:
to promote</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">gender equality and empower women?," she said. "Even
more important,</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">what progress has been made on resolution 13-31 of the
Anglican</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Consultative Council in 2005, which acknowledged the
importance of this</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">MDG goal and requested, inter alia, "all member churches
to work toward</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">the realization of this goal in their structures of
governance, and in</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">other bodies to which they nominate or appoint." (For
the full text, see</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">below or at:</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">http://www.anglicancommunion.org/communion/acc/meetings/acc13/resolution</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">s.cfm#s31 </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The IAWN will report to the Anglican Consultative
Council in May when it</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">convenes in </SPAN></FONT><SPAN
lang=EN-GB>Kingston</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>, </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB>Jamaica</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>. The report will include
activities of</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">the IAWN in the four years since ACC-13 met in
</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Nottingham</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>, plans for
the</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">future, and recommendations for ACC action.
</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">During their week together in </SPAN></FONT><SPAN
lang=EN-GB>New York</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>, IAWN representatives will
share</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">their struggles and successes, build on common goals
that have been</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">made, and plan for the future. They will worship, make
reports, vote on</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">new members to the Steering Group and create
recommendations for further</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">action. Some will stay on in </SPAN></FONT><SPAN
lang=EN-GB>New York</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB> to attend the 53rd Session of
the</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">UN Commission on the Status of Women as part of the
Anglican delegation</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">organized by the Anglican Observer's Office. That
meeting runs from</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">March 2 to March 13 with the theme of "The equal sharing
of</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">responsibilities between women and men, including
caregiving in the</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">context of HIV/AIDS". <A
href="http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/53sess.htm">http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/53sess.htm</A>
</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The IAWN was formed in November 1996 following a
consultation convened</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">by the ACC and funded by the Mothers'
</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Union</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>, headquartered in
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>London</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>,</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">and the United Thank Offering of The Episcopal Church.
Women from 14 of</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">the (then) 32 provinces of the Anglican Communion met in
</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-GB>London</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB> and</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">agreed that an International Anglican Women's Network be
formed. Its</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">mandate was to report the work of women and the
challenges that they</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">face to the ACC. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">One of the official Anglican Communion
networks</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(<A
href="http://iawn.anglicancommunion.org/index.cfm">http://iawn.anglicancommunion.org/index.cfm</A>),
the IAWN has had a</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">remarkable resurgence over the last few years. IAWN
started to build</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">momentum leading up to the 1998 Lambeth Conference, but
languished</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">subsequently. (No funding is provided in the Anglican
Communion budget</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">for networks.) </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In March 2006, the IAWN was re-invigorated at a meeting
of Anglican</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">delegates to the 50th United Nations Commission on the
Status of Women</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(UNCSW) by Archdeacon Taimalelagi Fagamalama
Tuatagaloa-Matalavea, the</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">former Anglican Observer to the United Nations, and Dr.
Jenny Plane Te</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Paa with support from AWE, Anglican Women's Empowerment.
A new structure</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">was approved, consisting of 38 link representatives
(each designated by</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">the primate of her province) and an eight-member
Steering Group (seven</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">elected and one appointed).</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The Episcopal Church is hosting the February meeting,
which is being</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">coordinated by the Steering Group through Ms. Kim Robey,
Program Officer</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">for Women's Ministries and IAWN secretary. "I'm so
pleased with the</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">eager response we have had to the invitations for this
meeting," she</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">said. "I'm excited at the prospect of spending a week
with women from</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">all over the world. It's a tribute to the Anglican
Communion's growing</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">commitment to women that representatives are coming from
so many</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">provinces."</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The Steering Group is comprised of: </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Priscilla
Julie
The Church of the Province</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">of the </SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Indian
Ocean</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>, Convener</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Lisbeth
Barahona
Iglesia Anglicana de la Region</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Central de America</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Esperanza Beleo
The
Episcopal Church in the </SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Philippines</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Joyce
Kariuki
The Anglican Church in </SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Kenya</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Helena
Mbele-Mbong
The Episcopal Church of the </SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-GB>USA</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Alice
Medcof
The Anglican Church of </SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Canada</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Meagan
Morrison
The Anglican Church of </SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Australia</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Margaret
Jones
Mothers' Union appointee, pro tem</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Ex-officio members</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Jolly
Babirukamu
ACC Standing Committee liaison</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Tai
Matalavea
Former Anglican UN Observer</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Kim
Robey
Secretariat</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The provinces having representatives at the meeting are:
Aotearao, NZ,</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">and </SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Polynesia</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB>, </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Australia</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>,
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Burundi</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>, </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB>Canada</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>, </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Central
Africa</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>, </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>England</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB>,</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Episcopal Church, </SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Hong
Kong</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>, </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Indian Ocean</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB>, </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Ireland</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>,
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Japan</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>, </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB>Kenya</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>, </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB>Korea</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>,</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Melanesia</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-GB>, </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB>Mexico</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>, </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>North
India</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>, </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Pakistan</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB>, </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Philippines</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>,
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Scotland</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>, South</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Africa</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-GB>, Southern
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Cone</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>, </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB>Sudan</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>, </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB>Uganda</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>, </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB>Wales</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>, </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>West
Africa</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>, and West</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Indies</SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-GB>. </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">For more information about IAWN and this meeting, or to
arrange press</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">briefings or interviews, please contact Ms. Kim Robey at
1-800-334-7626,</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">ext. 5346, or krobey@episcopalchurch.org.
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<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Resolution ACC 13-31: The 49th Session of the UN
Commission on the</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Status of Women</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The Anglican Consultative Council: </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">* receives and adopts the Report of the ACC Provincial
Delegation to the</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">49th UN Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW), and
affirms the work</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">of the International Anglican Women's Network (IAWN) in
responding to</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">the </SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Beijing</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB> Platform for Action and the Millennium Developments Goals</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(MDG), thereby carrying forward the full flourishing of
God's Creation </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">* acknowledges the MDG goal for equal representation of
women in</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">decision making at all levels, and so requests:
</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> * the Standing Committee
to identify ways in which this goal may</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">appropriately be adapted for incorporation into the
structures of the</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Instruments of Unity, and other bodies to which the
Anglican</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Consultative Council nominates or appoints
</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> * all member churches to
work towards the realization of this</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">goal in their own structures of governance, and in other
bodies to which</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">they nominate or appoint </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">and to report on progress to ACC-14.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">* recommends that a study of the place and role of women
in the</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">structures of the Anglican Communion be undertaken by
the Standing</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Committee in line with the objects of the ACC "to keep
in review the</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">needs that may arise for further study, and, where
necessary, to promote</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">inquiry and research" </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">* requests that each Province give consideration to the
establishment of</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">a women's desk for that Province </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
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49th Session of</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">UNCSW, and encourages those who did not to review their
decision in time</SPAN></FONT></P>
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women of the</SPAN></FONT></P>
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