<html>
<head>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)">
<style>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.MsoPlainText, li.MsoPlainText, div.MsoPlainText
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";}
span.EmailStyle18
{font-family:Tahoma;}
@page Section1
{size:595.45pt 841.7pt;
margin:1.0in 69.7pt 1.0in 69.65pt;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple>
<div class=Section1>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>To all those interested in the role
of women across the Anglican Communion - read on.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>As a footnote to the article
below: Phoebe Griswold is the Provincial Link (representative) from The
Episcopal Church. I have been serving on the Steering Group for the past three
years.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Helena Mbele-Mbong</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Emmanuel Church, </span></font><font
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Tahoma'>Geneva</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Tel: + 33 4 50 41 93 45</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Cell: + 33 6 87 30 80 33</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>USA</span></font><font
face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Tahoma'> cell: + 1 827 307 6229</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><a
href="mailto:helena.mbele-mbong@orange.fr">helena.mbele-mbong@orange.fr</a></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>-----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>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>International Anglican Women's Network (IAWN) Meeting
Feb 2009</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>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 size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>ACNS:
http://www.aco.org/acns/news.cfm/2009/1/22/ACNS4562</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Related Categories: ACO </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>The International Anglican Women's Network (IAWN) will
conduct its first</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>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 size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Theological Seminary in </span></font><span
lang=EN-GB>New York City</span><span lang=EN-GB>.</span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Building on the strong presence of the IAWN during the
2008 Lambeth</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Conference, women representing 26 of the 38 Anglican
provinces are</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>expected. "We will focus on progress or lack
thereof toward equality and</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>empowerment for women in our regions," said Mrs.
Priscilla Julie of the</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>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 size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Group. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>"How does our situation measure up against the
goals of the </span></font><span lang=EN-GB>Beijing</span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Platform for Action and Millennium Development Goal
#3: to promote</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>gender equality and empower women?," she said.
"Even more important,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>what progress has been made on resolution 13-31 of the
Anglican</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Consultative Council in 2005, which acknowledged the
importance of this</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>MDG goal and requested, inter alia, "all member
churches to work toward</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>the realization of this goal in their structures of
governance, and in</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>other bodies to which they nominate or appoint."
(For the full text, see</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>below or at:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://www.anglicancommunion.org/communion/acc/meetings/acc13/resolution</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>s.cfm#s31 </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>The IAWN will report to the Anglican Consultative
Council in May when it</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>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 size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>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 size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>future, and recommendations for ACC action. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>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 size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>their struggles and successes, build on common goals
that have been</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>made, and plan for the future. They will worship, make
reports, vote on</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>new members to the Steering Group and create
recommendations for further</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>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 size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>UN Commission on the Status of Women as part of the
Anglican delegation</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>organized by the Anglican Observer's Office. That
meeting runs from</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>March 2 to March 13 with the theme of "The equal
sharing of</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving
in the</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>context of HIV/AIDS".
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/53sess.htm </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>The IAWN was formed in November 1996 following a
consultation convened</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>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 size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>and the United Thank Offering of The Episcopal Church.
Women from 14 of</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>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 size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>agreed that an International Anglican Women's Network
be formed. Its</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>mandate was to report the work of women and the challenges
that they</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>face to the ACC. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>One of the official Anglican Communion networks</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>(http://iawn.anglicancommunion.org/index.cfm), the
IAWN has had a</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>remarkable resurgence over the last few years. IAWN
started to build</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>momentum leading up to the 1998 Lambeth Conference,
but languished</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>subsequently. (No funding is provided in the Anglican
Communion budget</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>for networks.) </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>In March 2006, the IAWN was re-invigorated at a
meeting of Anglican</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>delegates to the 50th United Nations Commission on the
Status of Women</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>(UNCSW) by Archdeacon Taimalelagi Fagamalama Tuatagaloa-Matalavea,
the</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>former Anglican Observer to the United Nations, and
Dr. Jenny Plane Te</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Paa with support from AWE, Anglican Women's
Empowerment. A new structure</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>was approved, consisting of 38 link representatives
(each designated by</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>the primate of her province) and an eight-member
Steering Group (seven</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>elected and one appointed).</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>The Episcopal Church is hosting the February meeting,
which is being</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>coordinated by the Steering Group through Ms. Kim
Robey, Program Officer</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>for Women's Ministries and IAWN secretary. "I'm
so pleased with the</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>eager response we have had to the invitations for this
meeting," she</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>said. "I'm excited at the prospect of spending a
week with women from</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>all over the world. It's a tribute to the Anglican
Communion's growing</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>commitment to women that representatives are coming
from so many</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>provinces."</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>The Steering Group is comprised of: </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Priscilla
Julie
The Church of the Province</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>of the </span></font><span lang=EN-GB>Indian Ocean</span><span
lang=EN-GB>, Convener</span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Lisbeth Barahona
Iglesia Anglicana de la Region</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Central de America</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Esperanza
Beleo
The Episcopal Church in the </span></font><span lang=EN-GB>Philippines</span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Joyce Kariuki
The Anglican Church in </span></font><span lang=EN-GB>Kenya</span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Helena Mbele-Mbong
The Episcopal Church of the </span></font><span lang=EN-GB>USA</span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Alice
Medcof
The Anglican Church of </span></font><span lang=EN-GB>Canada</span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Meagan
Morrison
The Anglican Church of </span></font><span lang=EN-GB>Australia</span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Margaret
Jones
Mothers' Union appointee, pro tem</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Ex-officio members</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Jolly
Babirukamu
ACC Standing Committee liaison</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Tai Matalavea
Former
Anglican UN Observer</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Kim
Robey
Secretariat</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>The provinces having representatives at the meeting
are: Aotearao, NZ,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>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 size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>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 size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>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 size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>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 size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Indies</span></font><span lang=EN-GB>. </span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>For more information about IAWN and this meeting, or
to arrange press</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>briefings or interviews, please contact Ms. Kim Robey
at 1-800-334-7626,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>ext. 5346, or krobey@episcopalchurch.org. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Resolution ACC 13-31: The 49th Session of the UN
Commission on the</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Status of Women</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>The Anglican Consultative Council: </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>* receives and adopts the Report of the ACC Provincial
Delegation to the</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>49th UN Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW), and
affirms the work</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>of the International Anglican Women's Network (IAWN)
in responding to</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>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 size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>(MDG), thereby carrying forward the full flourishing
of God's Creation </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>* acknowledges the MDG goal for equal representation
of women in</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>decision making at all levels, and so requests: </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'> * the Standing
Committee to identify ways in which this goal may</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>appropriately be adapted for incorporation into the
structures of the</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Instruments of Unity, and other bodies to which the
Anglican</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Consultative Council nominates or appoints </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'> * all member churches
to work towards the realization of this</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>goal in their own structures of governance, and in
other bodies to which</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>they nominate or appoint </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>and to report on progress to ACC-14.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>* recommends that a study of the place and role of
women in the</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>structures of the Anglican Communion be undertaken by
the Standing</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Committee in line with the objects of the ACC "to
keep in review the</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>needs that may arise for further study, and, where
necessary, to promote</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>inquiry and research" </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>* requests that each Province give consideration to
the establishment of</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>a women's desk for that Province </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>* thanks those Provinces which sent participants to the
49th Session of</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>UNCSW, and encourages those who did not to review
their decision in time</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>for the 50th Session in 2006 in solidarity with all
women of the</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Anglican Communion. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>___________________________________________________________________</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>ACNSlist, published by Anglican Communion News
Service, </span></font><span lang=EN-GB>London</span><span lang=EN-GB>, is</span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>distributed to more than 8,000 journalists and other
readers around</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>the world.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>For subscription INFORMATION please go to:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/acnslist.cfm</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your address, please click
here:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://mh.epicom.org/scripts/c.php?L=acns&E=helena.mbele-mbong@wanadoo.fr</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>For daily updates on local, national and
communion-wide news stories</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>please visit the ACNS Digest page:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/digest/index.cfm</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Orange vous informe que cet e-mail a ete controle
par l'anti-virus mail. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Aucun virus connu a ce jour par nos services n'a ete detecte.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>