Sheila De Lany our contact in California (USA) her article about CEDAW and the US
Sheila De Lany, 60, is a California native, an artist by training, a jeweler by profession, and an activist by delight.
Sheila served on the Santa Cruz County Women's Commission from 1989-1998 and currently co-chairs the Commission's Task Force on CEDAW. She was instrumental in the County's passage of a CEDAW Resolution in 1995 and represented the County to the United Nations NGO Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995. As part of Beyond Beijing and the California Women's Agenda she worked on implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action. Sheila also chairs the Valley Women's Club Women's Issues Committee.
Sheila lives in the mountains of Central California, between the Pacific Ocean and Silicon Valley. She and her husband own the "Blind Pilot Jewelers", established in 1968, in the small mountain town of Boulder Creek, where they design and create original and custom-made jewelry in precious metals and stones.
She has been married to her life partner Gerald since 1962 and has one adult child, Gerard.
Education:
College of San Mateo, AA in Design
San Jose State University, Major: Art and English
Member:
National Organization for Women (NOW)
Santa Cruz County Committee for Economic Vitality
Valley Women's Club : Board Treasurer; Chair Women's Issues, representative to Reproductive Rights Network
Santa Cruz County Women's Commission, 5th and 3rd Districts(1989-1999)
UCSC Women's Center Board member
Steering Committee, Expanding Your Horizons Conference in "Math and Science for Girls"
Co-Chair Women's Commission CEDAW Task Force
California Women's Agenda (CAWA) Regional Co-ordinator
Sheila came to Paris in 1998 and 2002, and she met several members of the network
