On March 11, 2025, Mabel Martinez, the ESPERA Program Lead at Mary’s Pence, delivered a keynote address at a parallel event during the 69th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) in New York City.
This event, co-hosted by Mary’s Pence and Loretto at the UN, Company of the Daughters of Charity, Salesian Missions, and Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was generously hosted by Altagracia: Faith & Justice Works. It highlighted the transformative impact of the ESPERA program on women’s economic empowerment in Central America and Mexico.
Thank you to everyone who attended our NGO parallel event: Accessing Economic and Civic Power: Women in the Global South. We deeply appreciate your presence and engagement, whether in person or online!
For those who couldn’t join us live, we missed you! The good news is that you can still watch the recording at your convenience.
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Mabel Martinez from Mary’s Pence and Loretto at the UN participants.
Mabel Martinez, ESPERA Lead.
More photos of the adventures in New York!
Grace, from Loretto at the UN, and Mabel from Mary’s Pence.
Katherine Wojtan and Mabel Martinez at the UN.
Katherine and Mabel with friends from past grantee Women NC and with Beth of Loretto at UN.
Katherine and Mabel at flags outside the UN Building in New York
Mabel, Amparo, Mary’s Pence Board Member and Katherine outside of UN building.
Mabel Martinez, ESPERA Lead, Mary Yelenick, long time Mary’s Pence supporter and Pax Christi UN Representative, and Katherine Wojtan, Mary’s Pence Executive Director.
Sister Irene O’Neil, Beth Blissman, Loretto at the UN, and Mabel Martinez, Mary’s Pence ESPERA Lead.