Hailee Hodgson

Members of the Utah International Mountain Forum (UIMF), travelled to New York City to advocate for mountain women to be included in the final document of the 63rd Session of the United Nations (UN) Commission on the Status of Women (CSW63). The UIMF presented on March 19th, 2019 at 8:30am in the Church Center of the United Nations, in parallel event titled “Student Engaged Learning to Empower Mountain Women and Girls,” about UVU’s student engaged learning model, sustainable mountain development (using Utah as a model) and advocating for the inclusion of language about women living in mountain areas in the CSW63 final document, which makes recommendations for ECOSOC and the UN General Assembly for further action on international cooperation to bring equality to women globally.