Women’s Initiatives

The Temple of Understanding is excited about this event at the upcoming UN Commission on the Status of Women, sponsored by colleagues at the Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenouos Peoples, along [...]

The TOU is friends of the American Indian Law Alliance and so shares information about this upcoming outstanding event.

A comprehensive civil society statement by the Women’s Major Group (WMG), as drafted by Beijing +25 Global Youth Task Force and others, was delivered at a regional conference in the lead up [...]

This interactive panel will focus on pragmatic aspects of women’s empowerment and sustainable development. Speakers include Puerto Rican women working towards a citizen’s audit of the debt, a [...]

The Temple of Understanding greatly enjoyed connecting with colleagues and friends at this year's Parliament of the World's Religions in Toronto, Ontario. We are especially proud to have worked [...]

Please join the Temple of Understanding at the 2018 Parliament of the World’s Religions for programs featuring our staff and UN colleagues, as well as environmental activist and food sovereignty [...]

The Temple of Understanding is thrilled to be presenting four programs, collaborating on another, and having our representative to the UN speak at still two more programs at the upcoming [...]

The experience of coming to CSW is empowering for many women. Louisa Eikhomun, the Executive Director of Echoes of Women in Africa, writes in detail of her experience, and commends Women Thrive [...]

Temple of Understanding, Parliament of the World’s Religions, NGO Committee on the Status of Women, World Peace Prayer Society,International Federation of Women in Legal Careers,United Religions [...]

So much is interconnected in all the sustainable development goals, and the eradication of poverty requires efforts on many fronts.  My colleague Winifred Doherty has laid out efforts within the [...]