Rev. Dionne Boissiere

Struggles of women and girls highlighted in online discussion

The stark realities that many women and girls are facing around the world were highlighted in a panel discussion that took place alongside the 66th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, which ends this week.

‘We are not victims of the crisis, but resilient communities’

The 66th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women is centering the role of women and girls in combatting climate change. But the event opens, the world and women and girls in particular are facing numerous issues that intersect with the climate crisis, including the COVID-19 pandemic and a war in Europe that threatens to become a global conflict.