ADVOCACY & COMMUNITY
CFUW encourages its members to use their education and expertise to bring about change, with particular reference to women’s issues such as violence against women, early learning and child care, quality education, economic prosperity and the empowerment of women as leaders and decision-makers.
CFUW also works on a global level for the adoption and implementation of international agreements that will protect and benefit all women and girls. CFUW holds special consultative status with the United Nations (ECOSOC) and regularly sends a delegation to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.
Over the years, CFUW has taken a stand on innumerable social issues based on our policies (i.e. adopted resolutions). See below for some current initiatives we support.
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CFUW also works on a global level for the adoption and implementation of international agreements that will protect and benefit all women and girls. CFUW holds special consultative status with the United Nations (ECOSOC) and regularly sends a delegation to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.
Over the years, CFUW has taken a stand on innumerable social issues based on our policies (i.e. adopted resolutions). See below for some current initiatives we support.
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In Kelowna local advocacy initiatives have included many projects in the following areas over our sixty-year history:
- Education
- Climate Change and Political Elections
- Housing and Homelessness
- Children and Youth
- Violence Against Women
Arts and Culture
- CFUW Kelowna is a proud supporter of the recently formed Society for a new Performing Arts Centre. https://kelownaperformingarts.ca/
Please support them by signing up on their website and forward to others who want to support their efforts.
- We started Project Literacy, served as board members and volunteered as tutors
- We have contracted for over 20 years with the City of Kelowna as partners in the Adopt-a-Road program (see photos below of some of the volunteers).
- We advocated for water conservation and recycling long before civic programs begun
