Sr. Lynda’s Women@theWell intiative for women in the street

Sr. Lynda Dearlove is a member of the religious institute of the Sisters of Mercy, known by their initials, RSM.   She is the founder of Women@theWell, London, England, an initiative that cares for ‎vulnerable women and girls caught up in street based prostitution, homelessness, drugs, alcohol, violence, physical and mental ill health.  Women@theWell provides the victims a uniquely holistic and multifaceted range of services in order to empower them to leave the streets and achieve their potential free from exploitation, ‎exclusion, discrimination, abuse and neglect.  Sr. Lynda was one of the speakers at a side event held on March 21 at the United Nations headquarters in New York, during the 60th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women.  The event organized by the Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the UN, Archbishop Bernadito Auza, examined some approaches to caring for women and girls who are working or living on the streets.  In today’s edition of THE BACKGROUNDER, we bring you extracts from this speech of Sr. Lynda Dearlove at the event. 

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