By Phoebe Farris (Powhatan-Pamunkey)
On March 9-19, 2026, women from around the world participated in this year’s UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 70) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, and at nearby off-site UN-affiliated offices to address global inequities facing women and girls.
By Brandi Morin (Cree/Iroquois/French)
We are witnessing horrendous acts of violence and intimidation against Ukrainians meant to destabilize the State of Ukraine. Ukraine is home to a diversity of Peoples, including Indigenous Peoples such as the Crimean Tatar Peoples, Karaites, Krymchaks, and Gagauzes, Hutsuls, among others.
On March 15, the United Nations General Assembly voted 170–4 to create a new Human Rights Council, effectively dissolving the oft-criticized Commission on Human Rights. Candidates for the Council will need to be elected by an absolute majority of 96 votes in order to secure a position, and once elected members can serve a maximum of two consecutive terms.
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are headquartered on Massachusett land, in Cambridge, MA, and we thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.
