The Committee on the Status of Women is appointed by the Presiding Bishop and The President of the House of Deputies to report to the General Convention. Created through a 1988 General Convention resolution, its mission arises out of the Baptismal Comenant. Informed by the work of its predecessor, the Committee for the Full Participation of Women in the Life of the Church, the CSW has established the following overall goals: 1) to monitor the status of all women and promote their full participation in the life of the church; 2) to monitor the effects of sexism, racism, and all other forms of discrimination on the status of women in the United States; 3) to advise and recommend to the General convention and to the church policy and program which will improve the status of women. In addition, the committee is actively engaged in task of ending violence against women and is striving to make the "Episcopal Church a truly safe place for all God's people."
