tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537417784964181376.post-45692044072994985162008-02-26T10:31:00.000-05:002008-02-26T10:31:00.000-05:00As one of the two girls´ representatives for Germany I also participated in 51st CSW. Above all I enjoyed the international dialogue, especially within our multi-culturel SSND group, but also with participants from all over the world. Hearing other girls tell about the problems they have to face in their homecountries made me rethink my attitudes and opened my mind for the interests of a larger community. I understood, how important it is to declare your amendnment in a very detailed way, so that it includes the interests of all people in our world. <BR/>It was very impressive how many people from all over the world came to the UN to share their ideas and discuss them, all being part of the progress towards gender equality. This has given me the impression that whatever we´ll do or organize for this common aim, we share the same idea & work with other people, which makes a lot of hope! <BR/>I am so very happy to be part of the SSND organization, to learn to value certain issues (and not to take some for granted)and I am very thankful for the opportunity the School Sisters have given me to contribute to the process of transforming the world through education.<BR/>Stephanie Braun, Munich, GermanyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com