Category Archives: UN NGO

Zoroastrian delegation to participate at the United Nations as part of the 68th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68)

NEW YORK, January 4, 2024 – FEZANA will be participating at the 68th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Conference to be held at the UN Headquarters in New York, USA.
This year the CSW68 priority theme is, “Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective”. FEZANA had a record number of applications for this year’s CSW conference. A very large team of delegates will be attending the conference in March 2024.

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Volunteers Wanted for the Ava Project

The FEZANA UN-NGO Committee is looking for participants to join our team for implementing The Ava Project. The Ava Project will bring together a group of people from across the World to form a working group that exchanges ideas pertaining to the environment. The first project is related to the creation of Water and an… Continue Reading

Amplifying Women’s Voices at CSW 65

Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America (FEZANA) will be participating at the 65th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) conference to be held in March 2021 hosted by the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA. This year’s theme will encompass the overarching theme of women’s empowerment and the link to sustainable development… Continue Reading

FEZANA to attend the 11th Annual RAD-AID Conference

Spotlight on the Hospital for the Rehabilitation of Disabled Children October 27, 2020, Washington, D.C.  The FEZANA UN-NGO Committee is delighted to announce that it will be sending delegates to the 11th Annual RAD-AID Conference being held on Nov. 7 & 8, 2020. FEZANA will be represented by Sheherazad Kapadia (UK), Ana Verahrami (Colorado, USA),… Continue Reading

Are We Drowning in Plastic?

Plastic Pollution, is emerging as the second most important threat, to the environment after Climate Change. Governments, notably, France and India are taking bold policy decisions in 2019, to address the issue of non degradable plastic waste, head on. New Innovative Technologies provide opportunities for entrepreneurs who can seize the moment to create wealth as… Continue Reading

FEZANA Spotlights Care of Disabled Children at the United Nations

Exhibit and Workshop presented in Salt Lake City, 26 to 28 August 2019   FEZANA partnered with WZCC, (www.wzcc.org) RAD -AID International (www.rad-aid.org) and PARTNERSASIA,(www.partnersasia.org) to show case  incredible humanitarian work  at the Hospital for the Rehabilitation of Disabled Children, (www.hrdcnepal.org), in Nepal over the last thirty years. More than 90,000 (ninety thousand children) have… Continue Reading

UN-NGO Committee Appoints Youth Representative to the United Nations

FEZANA UN-NGO Committee has appointed Sabrina Bilimoria as a youth representative to the United Nations.  Sabrina graduated from the University of Michigan in 2017 with a B.A. in International Studies and Psychology.  Her studies focused on human rights, international law, and social psychology.  Sabrina’s honors thesis analyzed U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan and the impact… Continue Reading

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FEZANA represents a diverse and growing Zarathushti community in North America.

Guided by the blessings of AHURA MAZDA and the teachings of our Prophet Zarathushtra; the Federation was founded in 1987 It serves as the coordinating body for 26 Zoroastrian Associations and 14 Corresponding Groups in the United States and Canada.

The activities of FEZANA are conducted in a spirit of mutual respect, co-operation and unity amongst all Member associations, and with due regard for the principles of GOODNESS, TRUTH, REASON, BENEVOLENCE, IMPLICIT TRUST and CHARITY towards all Mankind.

:+: Baname Khoda Kshnothro Ahura Mazda