February 2020 E-Newsletter

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Cathryn Harris-Marchesi Elected Board Member of the Women’s Intercultural Network

Senior Associate Cathryn Harris-Marchesi, who is a current member of the Commission on the Status of Women, was just elected to the Board of the Women’s Intercultural Network (WIN), a 501(c)(3) non-governmental organization (NGO) consultative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

WIN is an organization that focuses globally on women and girls bridging cultures, creeds, classes, ages and gender preferences. WIN’s aim is to create and connect women’s and human rights networks — locally and globally — to function on the ground and electronically across barriers and divides for collaboration on emerging critical concerns. Ms. Harris-Marchesi comes from the international community and is excited to lend her legal skills, as well as international experiences and resources, to aid WIN in achieving its goals.

WIN’s mission is to “assure that all women’s and girls’ voices are heard in public forums for full participation in their governments and economies.” This is accomplished by linking them across geographical boundaries and cultures, creating an exchange of ideas and skills in policy, professional and economic leadership. Some of WIN’s most recognized achievements include:

1) Building the first state policy mechanism to implement the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA) from the 1995 4th World Conference on Women, known globally as the California Women’s Agenda (CAWA)
2) Co-founding U.S. Women Connect (USWC), the U.S. policy mechanism for the BPFA
3) Helping to design the Cities for CEDAW Campaign (The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women) that is bringing the global UN Women’s Treaty to the grassroots of America with 60 cities currently engaged

Ms. Harris-Marchesi, for the second year in a row, was selected as a delegate at the United Nations for CSW64 and will be attending the event at the United Nations in New York in March 2020. Ms. Harris-Marchesi has sponsored an intern at the Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington to attend with her and will also be hosting a dignitary from one of the visiting African nations during CSW64.

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