Photos courtesy of A. Sparks
Marking the 30th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995), the United Nations Conference on the Status of Women (#CSW69) was held March 10–21, 2025, at the United Nations headquarters in New York City.
On Friday, March 14, Bay Area-based activists Julie Dorf and A. Sparks joined Jessica Stern, former executive director of Outright International and the Biden Administration’s second U.S. Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI Persons, to participate in the Lesbians of the World Unite! protest held in Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza outside the U.N. headquarters.
Following the protest, Dorf served on an interactive panel organized by LesbianGlobal and Outright International held at the Outright offices in New York. The session was designed to strengthen the economic empowerment of queer women through use of research results and AI to connect with international funders.
LesbianGlobal founders Naomi Fine and Kathy Levinson, who are also based in the Bay Area, presented their perspectives on why and how more queer women should step up to challenges and opportunities arising from the dismantling of institutional funding for these individuals globally.
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Published on March 27, 2025
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