United Nations Engagement

Independent Expert: Culture & Communication

Speaker: New York City/Europe: Culture & Communication topics include:

Cultural Communication Principles, Styles & Strategies; United Nations and NonGovernmental Organizations (NGOs); UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); Women's Social Development

UN NGO Permanent Representative for Soroptimist International (90,000 members)

Focus: Human Rights, Social Development and the Status of Women

Status: Permanent Representative to the Economic Social Council

NGO Organizational Committee : Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

NGO Co-Chair of UN CSW Session 2003: “Women and the Media and ICTs”

NGO Chair of UN CSW Session 2004: “The Role of Men and Boys in the Advancement of Gender Equality”

NGO Committee Member: World Migration

Director of Outreach: UN Millennium Development Goals Global Watch

Focus: The advancement of the eight MDGs through the creation of national working groups; global networking; international/regional conferences and tracking progress

MDG Global Watch Mission Statement

“MDG  Global Watch is a non-profit organization focusing on the assurance that every country on the globe meets the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The organization does not only function as an awareness enhancer with regards to the MDGs, but also works on assisting, linking, and moitoring process toward achievement of these goals on a global scale, through activity development, project participations, networking, meeting attendances, project follow ups, and regular publicity campaigns pertaining to the MDGs, including an annual global progress report.”  

The MDGs include:

v      Goal 1  Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

v      Goal 2  Achieve universal primary education

v      Goal 3  Promote gender equality and empower women

v      Goal 4  Reduce child mortality

v      Goal 5  Improve maternal health

v      Goal 6  Combat HIV/AIDSs, malaria and other diseases

v      Goal 7  Ensure environmental sustainability

v      Goal  8  Global partnership and social development

Activist: Stop Violence Against Women and the Girl Child

Organizer:  Forums and Cultural Events

Purpose:    To promote awareness, advocacy and action