SALT LAKE CITY-Per news released Thursday, Sister Carol F. McConkie has been elected as vice president of the NGO Committee on the Status of Women, Geneva.

McConkie, a former Young Women General Presidency counselor in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, joins an organization promoting gender equality and the empowerment and defense of the rights of women and girls worldwide.

NGO CSW Geneva boasts consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, comprising representatives from some 40 UN-accredited nongovernmental organizations.

She has been associated with NGO CSW Geneva since April 2019 when she and her husband, Oscar, began serving as government affairs missionaries for the Salt Lake City-based church.