Connie’s Corner
Connie’s Corner is a blog by former YW Board Member Connie Tate, who served as Board Chair from 2000 to 2004 and from 2008 to 2009. She is the third generation in her family to serve as a YW Board officer.
Commission on the Status of Women:
For women around the world and particularly for those active in the World YWCA, the annual CSW conference in New York at the United Nations has become a major event for airing women’s issues and seeking remedies through the UN body known as the Commission on the Status of Women. The Commission (CSW) was established in 1946 by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the UN and has the responsibility for promoting women’s rights in all areas – political, economic, civil, educational, and social – as well a mandate to enact proposals of the last world conference on women held in Beijing in 1995. Read more…
March 26, 2012
“That’s the best dinner we’ve had in months,” agreed two of our YWCA-NYC guests. We were finishing the YWCA-NYC’s third “Dinner by the Book” evening on August 15th at a large, elegant restaurant on Broadway at 105th Street called Henry’s. Beth Linskey, gourmet cook and author, the evening’s star, had joined the owner, Henry Rinehart, and some thirty YWCA-NYC guests for two hours of scrumptious food and interesting pointers on cooking wonderful jams and chutneys. Read more…
August 17, 2011
It was a cold and windy Friday in February, about one o’clock, when the group gathered for a celebration lunch – some eight women students, a director, two teachers, two staff members and two YWCA guests. Lunch was a festive layout with two large serving dishes of colorful lasagna and salad, along with bread and drinks and a luxurious cake covered with thick pink and vanilla icing, saved for after the ceremony. Read more…
August 10, 2011
Jean Schoonover, YWCA President in the 90s and public relations leader at Ogilvy-Mather, was remembered at a memorial service in New York on April 30, 2011. Tributes were paid to Jean by colleagues, family and friends for her outstanding creative work as the first woman leader in public relations, both at her own firm and for many years at Ogilvy-Mather as well as for her 25 years of devoted service to the New York YWCA. Several of her former YWCA friends attended while others joined in the following tribute that was given: Read more…
May 10, 2011
The YWCA of the City of New York held its own version of “How to Succeed in Business” the other evening, and it was a great program! It was held at the Proskauer law firm, in a stunning new building off Times Square, for YW’s Academy of Women Leaders, those who have been honored by their companies at the annual Salute Luncheon for some 37 years, and their friends. The official title of the event was “Leverage Your Advantages to Reach the Next Level,” but what the audience of some sixty business women and a few men really got was a remarkably savvy program of business and life skills insights from four very thoughtful and successful compatriots who could probably teach a college course on the subject. Read more…
March 31, 2011
One of the sure signs of spring for many years in Manhattan has been the remarkable influx of women coming to the United Nations from more than 150 countries for the annual conference known as the Commission on the Status of Women. Last year was a banner year commemorating the Beijing World Conference in 1995; this year more than 1500 were here for the 10 day event, and they celebrated the start of UN Women, a newly created UN organization under the leadership of the recently retired woman President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet. UN Women is expected to work for women’s empowerment and equality during all the remaining 50 weeks of each year. Read more…
March 29, 2011
“What a fantastic program this YW one is!” “I almost wish I could be a “Displaced Homemaker” to take the classes.” Or this comment: “Polo Ralph Lauren has been the greatest sponsor!” Read more…
November 8, 2010
Forty-four World YWCA delegates from 15 countries have just joined 8000 women on a recent visit to the UN in New York City for the 54th Commission on the Status of Women Conference for the first two weeks of March. They also met many of our New York YW Board members, staff and friends at special events and gatherings during their time here. From dawn to dusk, they managed to share ideas on every critical issue facing women: from safe birth to protection against violence and famine; to reproductive rights and health; or power in government and economic survival. As leaders in their own countries, these visitors, many in native costumes, took over the UN section of our city and gave New York an infusion of riches and needed ideas in many ways. Read more…
March 16, 2010
